Cabo Verde Population Pyramid 2021
Year
2021Cabo Verde in 2021
As of 2021, Cabo Verde counted 516,649 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2011, the population was 511,446; it has grown by 1.0% since.
Half of the population was younger than 27.8 years; 28.0% were children under 15 and 6.1% were 65 or older. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Cabo Verde was 1.52 births per woman in 2023, under the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 76.1 years on average (79.2 years for girls, 72.9 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
14,821 immigrants live in Cabo Verde, 2.8% of the population.
| Guinea-Bissau | 5,576 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1,893 |
| Senegal | 1,634 |
| Portugal | 1,281 |
| Russian Federation | 771 |
146,396 people born in Cabo Verde live in other countries.
| Portugal | 76,835 |
| France | 34,814 |
| Angola | 9,497 |
| Luxembourg | 8,211 |
| Mozambique | 7,107 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabo Verde | 516,649 | 27.8 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,058,842 | 19.6 | |
| Gambia | 2,576,010 | 18.9 | |
| Mauritania | 4,734,875 | 18.0 | |
| Liberia | 5,259,323 | 19.1 |





