Cabo Verde — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Cabo Verde, 1961–2025.
Population growth for Cabo Verde was 0.47% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.31% in 1969. The lowest was 0.01% in 2015 (about 35.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.52% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 140 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Cabo Verde sits below it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 86% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3407%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 47 of 48 economies; Mauritius (-0.16%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 242% in 2021. That is 77% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 101st of 216 in 1961 → 37th of 216 in 1970 → 147th of 216 in 1980 → 103rd of 216 in 1990 → 98th of 217 in 2000 → 136th of 217 in 2010 → 163rd of 217 in 2020 → 140th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.47% | -0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 0.49% | -0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 0.38% | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 0.11% | -0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 0.13% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 0.07% | +0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 0.03% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 0.01% | -0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 0.02% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 0.05% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 0.33% | -0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 0.72% | -0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 0.95% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 1.04% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 1.11% | -0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 1.15% | -0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 1.19% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 1.26% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 1.35% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 1.46% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 1.53% | +0.0 pp |
| 2000 | 1.51% | -0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 1.52% | -0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 1.6% | -0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 1.68% | -0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 1.77% | -0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 1.9% | -0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 2.03% | -0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 2.15% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 2.27% | -0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 2.41% | +0.4 pp |
| 1990 | 2.05% | +0.6 pp |
| 1989 | 1.5% | +0.1 pp |
| 1988 | 1.4% | -0.0 pp |
| 1987 | 1.41% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 1.41% | +0.0 pp |
| 1985 | 1.41% | -0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 1.43% | -0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 1.47% | -0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 1.48% | +0.1 pp |
| 1981 | 1.4% | +0.2 pp |
| 1980 | 1.19% | +0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 1.05% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 1.05% | -0.0 pp |
| 1977 | 1.09% | -0.1 pp |
| 1976 | 1.17% | +0.1 pp |
| 1975 | 1.08% | +0.2 pp |
| 1974 | 0.89% | +0.1 pp |
| 1973 | 0.84% | -0.3 pp |
| 1972 | 1.13% | -1.0 pp |
| 1971 | 2.12% | -0.9 pp |
| 1970 | 3.05% | -0.3 pp |
| 1969 | 3.31% | +0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 3.3% | +0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 3.28% | +0.0 pp |
| 1966 | 3.26% | +0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 3.26% | -0.0 pp |
| 1964 | 3.27% | -0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 3.3% | +0.2 pp |
| 1962 | 3.13% | +0.7 pp |
| 1961 | 2.38% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cabo Verde’s Population growth in 1962?
3.13% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cabo Verde’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -80.5% in total — about 2.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.47%; 2024: 0.49%; 2023: 0.5%; 2022: 0.6%; 2021: 0.38%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.