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Cape Verde vs Saint Kitts and Nevis statistics compared

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Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 46.8K in Saint Kitts and Nevis (ranked 189/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 100.4 sq mi for Saint Kitts and Nevis (ranked 167th vs. 189th).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 188/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 55/197 ($22,771).

Main facts and rankings

Cape Verde Saint Kitts
Population
529186
46977
Population rank 169/197 189/197
GDP
$2.77B
2024
$1.07B
2024
GDP rank 170/197 188/197
GDP per capita
$5,273
2024
$22,771
2024
GDP per capita rank 117/197 55/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,262
2024
$35,545
2024
Government debt
$3.15B
2024
$557M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
109.6%
2025
60.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,998
2024
$11,885
2024
Government debt per person rank 75/185 46/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,527
2025
$13,293
2025
Land area
1,556 sq mi
2025
100.4 sq mi
2025
Population density
337 ppl/mi²
2024
467 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.52
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
36.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
72.4 years
2025

Cape Verde and Saint Kitts and Nevis: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Saint Kitts and Nevis economies compared

GDP
Cape Verde

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year GDP
Cape Verde Saint Kitts
1960 - $12,366,636
1961 - $12,483,302
1962 - $12,541,635
1963 - $12,833,301
1964 - $13,416,633
1965 - $13,593,932
1966 - $14,469,078
1967 - $16,742,338
1968 - $14,600,000
1969 - $15,850,000
1970 - $16,300,000
1971 - $19,624,746
1972 - $22,944,849
1973 - $24,196,018
1974 - $31,514,856
1975 - $33,364,055
1976 - $30,095,602
1977 - $44,496,296
1978 - $49,433,333
1979 - $58,840,741
1980 $142,246,815 $68,459,259
1981 $139,468,209 $80,888,889
1982 $140,630,679 $86,022,222
1983 $138,476,176 $86,874,074
1984 $132,019,039 $98,603,704
1985 $137,728,205 $111,007,407
1986 $190,651,168 $130,685,185
1987 $235,253,065 $147,748,148
1988 $264,308,140 $172,692,593
1989 $267,448,571 $192,518,519
1990 $306,890,963 $217,259,259
1991 $319,827,059 $220,540,741
1992 $357,160,985 $242,137,037
1993 $490,417,390 $263,755,556
1994 $406,580,652 $295,159,259
1995 $487,148,994 $313,485,185
1996 $501,979,270 $333,944,444
1997 $490,608,658 $374,641,308
1998 $521,910,561 $383,257,331
1999 $592,416,703 $406,595,484
2000 $539,227,278 $421,695,770
2001 $563,090,490 $458,643,829
2002 $620,507,387 $481,077,374
2003 $813,260,469 $469,869,870
2004 $924,940,012 $506,900,000
2005 $972,241,677 $547,203,704
2006 $1,107,571,458 $644,414,815
2007 $1,649,621,739 $689,285,185
2008 $1,959,620,648 $777,692,593
2009 $1,852,334,575 $774,274,074
2010 $1,824,751,468 $778,718,519
2011 $2,046,817,987 $836,092,593
2012 $1,913,081,210 $824,585,185
2013 $2,028,910,915 $874,548,148
2014 $2,041,930,125 $952,111,111
2015 $1,749,857,620 $957,222,222
2016 $1,849,789,986 $1,006,818,519
2017 $1,996,741,540 $1,056,977,778
2018 $2,205,099,507 $1,076,548,148
2019 $2,252,177,124 $1,107,855,556
2020 $1,821,565,614 $883,922,222
2021 $2,051,842,619 $858,622,222
2022 $2,247,003,344 $980,188,889
2023 $2,539,203,429 $1,056,751,852
2024 $2,767,599,017 $1,066,681,481

Cape Verde and Saint Kitts and Nevis economies compared

GDP per capita
Cape Verde

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year GDP per capita
Cape Verde Saint Kitts
1960 - $221.6
1961 - $225.6
1962 - $230.3
1963 - $240.1
1964 - $256.4
1965 - $265.8
1966 - $290
1967 - $344
1968 - $309
1969 - $347
1970 - $365
1971 - $444
1972 - $521
1973 - $551
1974 - $721
1975 - $765
1976 - $692
1977 - $1,026
1978 - $1,144
1979 - $1,367
1980 $440 $1,598
1981 $425 $1,894
1982 $423 $2,023
1983 $410 $2,052
1984 $385 $2,341
1985 $396 $2,651
1986 $541 $3,140
1987 $658 $3,573
1988 $729 $4,206
1989 $727 $4,723
1990 $817 $5,373
1991 $832 $5,465
1992 $908 $5,947
1993 $1,220 $6,395
1994 $991 $7,065
1995 $1,165 $7,406
1996 $1,180 $7,788
1997 $1,134 $8,627
1998 $1,187 $8,711
1999 $1,327 $9,116
2000 $1,190 $9,320
2001 $1,223 $10,023
2002 $1,329 $10,454
2003 $1,718 $10,176
2004 $1,929 $10,945
2005 $2,004 $11,784
2006 $2,257 $13,838
2007 $3,325 $14,758
2008 $3,909 $16,605
2009 $3,660 $16,503
2010 $3,579 $16,623
2011 $4,002 $17,832
2012 $3,737 $17,532
2013 $3,961 $18,580
2014 $3,986 $20,219
2015 $3,415 $20,329
2016 $3,609 $21,388
2017 $3,893 $22,465
2018 $4,295 $22,901
2019 $4,381 $23,595
2020 $3,539 $18,859
2021 $3,971 $18,361
2022 $4,323 $20,985
2023 $4,861 $22,600
2024 $5,273 $22,771

Cape Verde vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cape Verde

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Life expectancy, years
Cape Verde Saint Kitts
1950 44.9 54.8
1951 45.6 55.2
1952 46.2 55.7
1953 46.4 56
1954 46.6 56.3
1955 46.9 56.4
1956 47.1 56.4
1957 47.4 56.4
1958 47.7 56.4
1959 48.2 56.6
1960 48.7 56.8
1961 49.4 57.3
1962 50.2 57.8
1963 51.1 58.4
1964 52.1 59
1965 53 59.6
1966 53.9 60.1
1967 54.7 60.4
1968 55.4 60.8
1969 56 61.1
1970 56.6 61.4
1971 57 61.7
1972 57.5 62.1
1973 58 62.5
1974 58.4 62.9
1975 59 63.2
1976 59.4 63.5
1977 60 63.7
1978 60.4 64
1979 60.7 64.2
1980 61 64.4
1981 61.3 64.6
1982 61.5 64.9
1983 61.8 65.1
1984 61.8 65.3
1985 62.3 65.5
1986 62.6 65.6
1987 62.9 65.5
1988 63.2 65.5
1989 63.6 65.4
1990 63.9 65.6
1991 64.1 66
1992 64.3 66.3
1993 64.5 66.7
1994 64.6 67
1995 63.7 67.2
1996 65.5 67.5
1997 66.1 67.8
1998 66.7 67.9
1999 67.4 68.7
2000 68.1 69.2
2001 68.7 69.8
2002 69.4 70.2
2003 70 70.6
2004 70.5 70.9
2005 70.9 71.2
2006 71.3 71.4
2007 71.5 71.4
2008 71.9 71.5
2009 72.1 71.5
2010 72.5 71.5
2011 72.9 71.4
2012 73.3 71.4
2013 73.5 71.3
2014 73.8 71.2
2015 74.1 71.2
2016 74.4 71.2
2017 74.7 71.3
2018 74.8 71.3
2019 75.4 71.5
2020 73.8 71.2
2021 74.4 69.3
2022 75.9 70.3
2023 76.1 72.1
2024 76.2 72.3
2025 76.4 72.4

Cape Verde and Saint Kitts and Nevis population clocks and comparison

Population
Cape Verde

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Population
Cape Verde Saint Kitts
1960 210,024 55,810
1961 215,087 55,334
1962 221,919 54,461
1963 229,373 53,441
1964 237,006 52,326
1965 244,856 51,139
1966 252,976 49,898
1967 261,404 48,605
1968 270,164 47,245
1969 279,248 45,731
1970 287,885 44,606
1971 294,046 44,206
1972 297,386 44,033
1973 299,881 43,880
1974 302,570 43,738
1975 305,847 43,606
1976 309,455 43,482
1977 312,834 43,358
1978 316,147 43,217
1979 319,480 43,033
1980 323,301 42,850
1981 327,846 42,698
1982 332,724 42,532
1983 337,654 42,334
1984 342,505 42,113
1985 347,365 41,874
1986 352,312 41,618
1987 357,302 41,348
1988 362,329 41,062
1989 367,803 40,758
1990 375,428 40,432
1991 384,586 40,358
1992 393,415 40,715
1993 401,965 41,242
1994 410,228 41,776
1995 418,104 42,326
1996 425,581 42,877
1997 432,798 43,428
1998 439,784 43,998
1999 446,519 44,601
2000 453,317 45,248
2001 460,293 45,761
2002 467,046 46,020
2003 473,383 46,176
2004 479,370 46,315
2005 485,115 46,437
2006 490,728 46,569
2007 496,190 46,706
2008 501,355 46,835
2009 506,141 46,916
2010 509,784 46,846
2011 511,447 46,886
2012 511,955 47,033
2013 512,225 47,069
2014 512,326 47,089
2015 512,394 47,087
2016 512,554 47,075
2017 512,893 47,050
2018 513,415 47,008
2019 514,104 46,952
2020 514,679 46,870
2021 516,649 46,763
2022 519,741 46,709
2023 522,331 46,758
2024 524,877 46,843

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fertility rate
Cape Verde

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Fertility rate
Cape Verde Saint Kitts
1960 6.89 6.54
1961 6.92 6.27
1962 6.95 6.06
1963 6.98 6.12
1964 6.99 6.08
1965 6.99 6.01
1966 6.99 5.78
1967 6.98 5.46
1968 6.97 5.17
1969 6.95 4.97
1970 6.94 4.73
1971 6.91 4.51
1972 6.89 4.16
1973 6.86 3.97
1974 6.82 3.81
1975 6.77 3.68
1976 6.71 3.59
1977 6.65 3.48
1978 6.56 3.29
1979 6.47 3.23
1980 6.38 3.26
1981 6.27 3.3
1982 6.17 3.18
1983 6.07 3.1
1984 5.97 2.88
1985 5.92 2.82
1986 5.81 2.68
1987 5.68 2.62
1988 5.55 2.62
1989 5.45 2.69
1990 5.36 2.73
1991 5.26 2.6
1992 5.12 2.43
1993 4.95 2.38
1994 4.72 2.31
1995 4.49 2.3
1996 4.26 2.26
1997 4.05 2.3
1998 3.9 2.31
1999 3.73 2.26
2000 3.55 2.13
2001 3.37 2.08
2002 3.19 2.04
2003 3.03 2
2004 2.9 1.96
2005 2.73 1.93
2006 2.56 1.9
2007 2.41 1.87
2008 2.3 1.83
2009 2.25 1.8
2010 2.33 1.76
2011 2.33 1.74
2012 2.15 1.71
2013 2.07 1.68
2014 2.03 1.67
2015 1.97 1.64
2016 1.97 1.63
2017 1.93 1.61
2018 1.8 1.59
2019 1.7 1.57
2020 1.59 1.55
2021 1.55 1.53
2022 1.53 1.51
2023 1.52 1.51

Cape Verde and Saint Kitts and Nevis demographics compared

Median age
Cape Verde

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year Median age, years
Cape Verde Saint Kitts
1960 19 17.5
1961 18.6 17.4
1962 18.1 17.4
1963 17.7 17.3
1964 17.4 17.3
1965 17.2 17.1
1966 17.1 16.9
1967 17 16.6
1968 17 16.4
1969 17.1 16.1
1970 17.2 16.3
1971 17.2 16.8
1972 17.2 17.3
1973 17.2 17.7
1974 17.2 18.1
1975 17 18.5
1976 16.8 18.9
1977 16.6 19.2
1978 16.4 19.5
1979 16.2 19.8
1980 16.1 20.1
1981 16.1 20.5
1982 16.3 21
1983 16.4 21.4
1984 16.5 21.8
1985 16.6 22.2
1986 16.7 22.5
1987 16.8 22.8
1988 16.8 23
1989 16.9 23.2
1990 17 23.3
1991 17 23.5
1992 17.1 23.7
1993 17.2 24.1
1994 17.4 24.4
1995 17.5 24.7
1996 17.7 25.1
1997 17.9 25.5
1998 18.1 25.9
1999 18.3 26.3
2000 18.6 26.7
2001 18.9 27
2002 19.2 27.4
2003 19.6 27.7
2004 19.9 28.1
2005 20.4 28.5
2006 20.8 28.9
2007 21.3 29.3
2008 21.7 29.6
2009 22.1 30
2010 22.6 30.6
2011 23.1 31.1
2012 23.6 31.5
2013 24.2 31.9
2014 24.7 32.3
2015 25.2 32.8
2016 25.7 33.3
2017 26.2 33.8
2018 26.6 34.2
2019 27 34.7
2020 27.3 35.2
2021 27.8 35.6
2022 28.3 36
2023 28.8 36.4
2024 29.4 36.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cape Verde Saint Kitts
GNI, Atlas method
$2.63B
2024
$1.04B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.5%
2025
41%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.35%
2023
3.5%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.53%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
1,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.77%
2025
-8.54%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
5.12%
2001
Services, % of GDP
69.4%
2024
65.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.5%
2024
21.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
62
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2015
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2015
n/a
Number of billionaires n/a
0
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0%
2025
Total reserves including gold
$783M
2024
$295M
2024
Personal remittances received
$334M
2024
$36.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
180,000
2020
301,399
2020
International tourism as share of exports
39.9%
2020
61.8%
2018

Energy

Cape Verde Saint Kitts
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
207.6 kg
2007
1,777 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$26.8
2007
$12
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.01 megatons
2023
0.12 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
2.54 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
21.8%
2022
1.5%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
4.53%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cape Verde Saint Kitts
% of world population
0.006%
2024
0.0006%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,209
2024
-7
2024
Urban population
68.4%
2024
31.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
5.7 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.34 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.7
2025
53.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
62
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
27
2025
13
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.18
2020
23.1
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
2
2025
Visa free countries
75
2025
148
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.5%
2024
97.8%
2003
English speaking
8%
2025
78%
2023
People using the Internet
73.5%
2023
76.4%
2023

Health

Cape Verde Saint Kitts
Government health expenditure per capita
$286
2022
$1,160
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$73.5
2022
$502
2022
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
72.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.28%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.79
2018
3.03
2018
Maternal mortality per 100K births
40
2023
74
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.6
2023
16.3
2023
Obesity rate
16.4%
2022
46.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
29
2025
85
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.01 liters
2020
4.69 liters
2020

Territory

Cape Verde Saint Kitts
% of world land
0.003%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
2,964 sq mi
2024
2,143 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
305 sq mi
2025
23.2 sq mi
2025
Forest area
180 sq mi
2025
42.5 sq mi
2025
Roads length
839 mi
2013
238 mi
2002

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