Demographic profile
Cabo Verde is the 173rd most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.01% of everyone alive. Within World, it ranks 4 of 6.
Each day brings roughly 27 births and 13 deaths, adding about 5,113 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.9% annually, the population would double in roughly 78 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Barlavento Islands, holding an estimated 64.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 2 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 85.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 17.0%. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Cabo Verde in 2026? Approximately 597,915 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Cabo Verde growing? About 0.9% per year — roughly 27 births and 13 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Cabo Verde? Around 0.01% — ranked 173 worldwide by population.