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Cape Verde vs Philippines statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 116M in The Philippines (ranked 14/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 115,124 sq mi for The Philippines (ranked 167th vs. 71st).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and The Philippines ranks 35/197 ($462B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while The Philippines ranks 130/197 ($3,985).

Main facts and rankings

Cape Verde Philippines
Population
529186
117540050
Population rank 169/197 14/197
GDP
$2.77B
2024
$462B
2024
GDP rank 170/197 35/197
GDP per capita
$5,273
2024
$3,985
2024
GDP per capita rank 117/197 130/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,262
2024
$11,794
2024
Government debt
$3.15B
2024
$263B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
109.6%
2025
58.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,998
2024
$2,274
2024
Government debt per person rank 75/185 115/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,527
2025
$3,821
2025
Land area
1,556 sq mi
2025
115,124 sq mi
2025
Population density
337 ppl/mi²
2024
1,006 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.52
2023
1.92
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
26.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Cape Verde and Philippines: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Philippines economies compared

GDP
Cape Verde

Philippines
Year GDP
Cape Verde Philippines
1960 - $7,515,894,111
1961 - $8,171,194,425
1962 - $4,954,593,072
1963 - $5,505,023,238
1964 - $5,953,756,195
1965 - $6,517,349,772
1966 - $7,189,017,888
1967 - $7,724,873,935
1968 - $8,632,749,269
1969 - $9,571,800,653
1970 - $7,559,115,517
1971 - $8,375,075,630
1972 - $9,067,815,521
1973 - $11,412,449,735
1974 - $15,607,882,555
1975 - $16,875,240,684
1976 - $19,381,055,197
1977 - $22,283,109,803
1978 - $25,762,224,563
1979 - $31,218,296,292
1980 $142,246,815 $36,848,080,899
1981 $139,468,209 $40,499,388,869
1982 $140,630,679 $42,206,011,275
1983 $138,476,176 $37,759,179,895
1984 $132,019,039 $35,730,185,634
1985 $137,728,205 $34,961,486,348
1986 $190,651,168 $33,987,207,295
1987 $235,253,065 $37,791,488,666
1988 $264,308,140 $43,152,128,959
1989 $267,448,571 $48,513,773,721
1990 $306,890,963 $50,508,286,642
1991 $319,827,059 $51,784,144,943
1992 $357,160,985 $60,422,328,242
1993 $490,417,390 $62,036,529,147
1994 $406,580,652 $73,159,336,915
1995 $487,148,994 $84,644,328,727
1996 $501,979,270 $94,648,084,429
1997 $490,608,658 $94,106,317,565
1998 $521,910,561 $74,492,416,330
1999 $592,416,703 $85,640,171,045
2000 $539,227,278 $83,669,788,377
2001 $563,090,490 $78,921,234,458
2002 $620,507,387 $84,307,345,888
2003 $813,260,469 $87,039,092,974
2004 $924,940,012 $95,001,999,685
2005 $972,241,677 $107,419,977,318
2006 $1,107,571,458 $127,652,926,368
2007 $1,649,621,739 $155,980,408,673
2008 $1,959,620,648 $181,624,626,327
2009 $1,852,334,575 $175,974,755,881
2010 $1,824,751,468 $208,368,893,151
2011 $2,046,817,987 $234,216,730,291
2012 $1,913,081,210 $261,920,540,963
2013 $2,028,910,915 $283,902,828,589
2014 $2,041,930,125 $297,483,555,338
2015 $1,749,857,620 $306,445,871,242
2016 $1,849,789,986 $318,627,003,017
2017 $1,996,741,540 $328,480,736,803
2018 $2,205,099,507 $346,841,896,587
2019 $2,252,177,124 $376,823,402,239
2020 $1,821,565,614 $361,751,145,452
2021 $2,051,842,619 $394,087,359,848
2022 $2,247,003,344 $404,353,369,605
2023 $2,539,203,429 $437,055,627,244
2024 $2,767,599,017 $461,617,509,782

Cape Verde and Philippines economies compared

GDP per capita
Cape Verde

Philippines
Year GDP per capita
Cape Verde Philippines
1960 - $269.5
1961 - $283.8
1962 - $166.7
1963 - $179.5
1964 - $188.2
1965 - $199.8
1966 - $213.8
1967 - $223.1
1968 - $242.2
1969 - $261.1
1970 - $200.9
1971 - $217.4
1972 - $230.1
1973 - $283.2
1974 - $379
1975 - $401
1976 - $449
1977 - $502
1978 - $565
1979 - $667
1980 $440 $767
1981 $425 $821
1982 $423 $833
1983 $410 $723
1984 $385 $665
1985 $396 $633
1986 $541 $600
1987 $658 $650
1988 $729 $722
1989 $727 $792
1990 $817 $804
1991 $832 $804
1992 $908 $917
1993 $1,220 $919
1994 $991 $1,060
1995 $1,165 $1,200
1996 $1,180 $1,311
1997 $1,134 $1,273
1998 $1,187 $983
1999 $1,327 $1,101
2000 $1,190 $1,051
2001 $1,223 $970
2002 $1,329 $1,015
2003 $1,718 $1,027
2004 $1,929 $1,100
2005 $2,004 $1,220
2006 $2,257 $1,426
2007 $3,325 $1,713
2008 $3,909 $1,959
2009 $3,660 $1,864
2010 $3,579 $2,163
2011 $4,002 $2,384
2012 $3,737 $2,615
2013 $3,961 $2,781
2014 $3,986 $2,867
2015 $3,415 $2,910
2016 $3,609 $2,985
2017 $3,893 $3,038
2018 $4,295 $3,169
2019 $4,381 $3,401
2020 $3,539 $3,228
2021 $3,971 $3,484
2022 $4,323 $3,548
2023 $4,861 $3,804
2024 $5,273 $3,985

Cape Verde vs. Philippines life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cape Verde

Philippines
Year Life expectancy, years
Cape Verde Philippines
1950 44.9 53.6
1951 45.6 54.1
1952 46.2 54.7
1953 46.4 55.4
1954 46.6 56
1955 46.9 56.6
1956 47.1 57.2
1957 47.4 57.8
1958 47.7 58.3
1959 48.2 58.7
1960 48.7 59.2
1961 49.4 59.5
1962 50.2 59.8
1963 51.1 60
1964 52.1 60.1
1965 53 60.4
1966 53.9 60.6
1967 54.7 60.8
1968 55.4 60.9
1969 56 61
1970 56.6 60.8
1971 57 61.1
1972 57.5 60.9
1973 58 60.7
1974 58.4 60.8
1975 59 60.9
1976 59.4 60.9
1977 60 61.4
1978 60.4 61.5
1979 60.7 61.7
1980 61 61.9
1981 61.3 61.9
1982 61.5 62.2
1983 61.8 62.3
1984 61.8 62.4
1985 62.3 62.7
1986 62.6 62.9
1987 62.9 63.3
1988 63.2 63.7
1989 63.6 64.1
1990 63.9 64.4
1991 64.1 64.6
1992 64.3 65.4
1993 64.5 65.7
1994 64.6 66
1995 63.7 66.3
1996 65.5 66.7
1997 66.1 67
1998 66.7 67.2
1999 67.4 67.5
2000 68.1 67.8
2001 68.7 67.8
2002 69.4 67.9
2003 70 68
2004 70.5 68.3
2005 70.9 68.4
2006 71.3 68.2
2007 71.5 68.5
2008 71.9 68.6
2009 72.1 68.6
2010 72.5 68.9
2011 72.9 69.1
2012 73.3 69.2
2013 73.5 69.3
2014 73.8 69.3
2015 74.1 69.5
2016 74.4 69.5
2017 74.7 70
2018 74.8 69.8
2019 75.4 69.7
2020 73.8 70.1
2021 74.4 66.7
2022 75.9 69.5
2023 76.1 69.8
2024 76.2 69.9
2025 76.4 70.1

Cape Verde and Philippines population clocks and comparison

Population
Cape Verde

Philippines
Year Population
Cape Verde Philippines
1960 210,024 27,891,897
1961 215,087 28,792,621
1962 221,919 29,723,536
1963 229,373 30,674,731
1964 237,006 31,643,032
1965 244,856 32,625,316
1966 252,976 33,617,170
1967 261,404 34,621,320
1968 270,164 35,638,342
1969 279,248 36,660,799
1970 287,885 37,622,204
1971 294,046 38,518,659
1972 297,386 39,408,560
1973 299,881 40,294,130
1974 302,570 41,174,341
1975 305,847 42,120,826
1976 309,455 43,201,488
1977 312,834 44,367,962
1978 316,147 45,575,281
1979 319,480 46,807,103
1980 323,301 48,043,740
1981 327,846 49,311,727
1982 332,724 50,695,707
1983 337,654 52,194,620
1984 342,505 53,726,181
1985 347,365 55,213,006
1986 352,312 56,645,077
1987 357,302 58,157,496
1988 362,329 59,739,052
1989 367,803 61,265,260
1990 375,428 62,854,666
1991 384,586 64,382,249
1992 393,415 65,926,125
1993 401,965 67,530,621
1994 410,228 69,019,291
1995 418,104 70,546,246
1996 425,581 72,190,242
1997 432,798 73,908,810
1998 439,784 75,791,024
1999 446,519 77,753,257
2000 453,317 79,625,397
2001 460,293 81,401,488
2002 467,046 83,068,889
2003 473,383 84,731,835
2004 479,370 86,394,504
2005 485,115 88,015,962
2006 490,728 89,508,986
2007 496,190 91,075,184
2008 501,355 92,699,095
2009 506,141 94,384,250
2010 509,784 96,337,125
2011 511,447 98,248,614
2012 511,955 100,175,512
2013 512,225 102,076,336
2014 512,326 103,767,130
2015 512,394 105,312,992
2016 512,554 106,735,719
2017 512,893 108,119,693
2018 513,415 109,465,287
2019 514,104 110,804,683
2020 514,679 112,081,264
2021 516,649 113,100,950
2022 519,741 113,964,338
2023 522,331 114,891,199
2024 524,877 115,843,670

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Philippines

Fertility rate
Cape Verde

Philippines
Year Fertility rate
Cape Verde Philippines
1960 6.89 7
1961 6.92 6.99
1962 6.95 6.98
1963 6.98 6.95
1964 6.99 6.89
1965 6.99 6.8
1966 6.99 6.69
1967 6.98 6.57
1968 6.97 6.45
1969 6.95 6.33
1970 6.94 6.22
1971 6.91 6.08
1972 6.89 5.94
1973 6.86 5.79
1974 6.82 5.69
1975 6.77 5.6
1976 6.71 5.51
1977 6.65 5.44
1978 6.56 5.39
1979 6.47 5.26
1980 6.38 5.11
1981 6.27 4.97
1982 6.17 4.92
1983 6.07 4.87
1984 5.97 4.77
1985 5.92 4.66
1986 5.81 4.56
1987 5.68 4.51
1988 5.55 4.45
1989 5.45 4.37
1990 5.36 4.32
1991 5.26 4.27
1992 5.12 4.16
1993 4.95 4.1
1994 4.72 4.08
1995 4.49 4.07
1996 4.26 4
1997 4.05 3.94
1998 3.9 3.88
1999 3.73 3.83
2000 3.55 3.75
2001 3.37 3.72
2002 3.19 3.65
2003 3.03 3.59
2004 2.9 3.52
2005 2.73 3.45
2006 2.56 3.47
2007 2.41 3.4
2008 2.3 3.4
2009 2.25 3.38
2010 2.33 3.32
2011 2.33 3.24
2012 2.15 3.14
2013 2.07 3.04
2014 2.03 2.89
2015 1.97 2.83
2016 1.97 2.68
2017 1.93 2.53
2018 1.8 2.38
2019 1.7 2.22
2020 1.59 2.08
2021 1.55 1.95
2022 1.53 1.93
2023 1.52 1.92

Cape Verde and Philippines demographics compared

Median age
Cape Verde

Philippines
Year Median age, years
Cape Verde Philippines
1960 19 15.8
1961 18.6 15.6
1962 18.1 15.5
1963 17.7 15.4
1964 17.4 15.4
1965 17.2 15.4
1966 17.1 15.4
1967 17 15.4
1968 17 15.5
1969 17.1 15.6
1970 17.2 15.7
1971 17.2 15.8
1972 17.2 15.9
1973 17.2 16
1974 17.2 16.1
1975 17 16.3
1976 16.8 16.5
1977 16.6 16.7
1978 16.4 16.9
1979 16.2 17.1
1980 16.1 17.3
1981 16.1 17.5
1982 16.3 17.7
1983 16.4 17.9
1984 16.5 18.1
1985 16.6 18.2
1986 16.7 18.3
1987 16.8 18.5
1988 16.8 18.6
1989 16.9 18.7
1990 17 18.8
1991 17 18.9
1992 17.1 19
1993 17.2 19.1
1994 17.4 19.1
1995 17.5 19.2
1996 17.7 19.3
1997 17.9 19.4
1998 18.1 19.6
1999 18.3 19.8
2000 18.6 20
2001 18.9 20.2
2002 19.2 20.4
2003 19.6 20.6
2004 19.9 20.8
2005 20.4 21
2006 20.8 21.2
2007 21.3 21.3
2008 21.7 21.5
2009 22.1 21.7
2010 22.6 22
2011 23.1 22.2
2012 23.6 22.4
2013 24.2 22.7
2014 24.7 22.9
2015 25.2 23.3
2016 25.7 23.6
2017 26.2 24
2018 26.6 24.3
2019 27 24.7
2020 27.3 25.1
2021 27.8 25.5
2022 28.3 25.9
2023 28.8 26.3
2024 29.4 26.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cape Verde Philippines
GNI, Atlas method
$2.63B
2024
$518B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.5%
2025
24.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.35%
2023
3.93%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.53%
2023
1.25%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
157,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.77%
2025
-3.88%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
2.41%
2023
Services, % of GDP
69.4%
2024
63.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.5%
2024
27.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2015
31.6%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2015
2.9%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
15
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
280
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$252B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$783M
2024
$106B
2024
Personal remittances received
$334M
2024
$40.3B
2024
International tourist arrivals
180,000
2020
1,483,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
39.9%
2020
3.46%
2020
Banked people share n/a
50.2%
2024

Energy

Cape Verde Philippines
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
207.6 kg
2007
551 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$26.8
2007
$18.4
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.01 megatons
2023
161.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
1.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
66.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.8%
2022
28%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
16.1%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
54.4%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
885 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
22.7%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
9.04%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.6%
2023
98%
2023

Society

Cape Verde Philippines
% of world population
0.006%
2024
1.42%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,209
2024
-160,373
2024
Urban population
68.4%
2024
48.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
5.42 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.06 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.7
2025
47.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
62
2024
33
2024
Higher education index
27
2025
54
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.18
2020
4.32
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
78
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.5%
2024
98.5%
2020
English speaking
8%
2025
63.7%
2023
People using the Internet
73.5%
2023
83.8%
2023

Health

Cape Verde Philippines
Government health expenditure per capita
$286
2022
$194.1
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$73.5
2022
$86.1
2023
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.28%
2022
0.09%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.79
2018
0.79
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
23.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
40
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.6
2023
26.9
2023
Obesity rate
16.4%
2022
8.96%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
29
2025
53
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11%
2022
20.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.01 liters
2020
5.66 liters
2020

Territory

Cape Verde Philippines
% of world land
0.003%
2025
0.2%
2025
Land area per capita
2,964 sq mi
2024
994 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
305 sq mi
2025
49,122 sq mi
2025
Forest area
180 sq mi
2025
28,159 sq mi
2025
Roads length
839 mi
2013
134,457 mi
2020

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