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Cape Verde vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cape Verde has a population of 525K (ranked 169/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Cape Verde's land area is 1,556 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 167th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Cape Verde Tonga
Population
529186
103744
Population rank 169/197 183/197
GDP
$2.77B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 170/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$5,273
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 117/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$11,262
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$3.15B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
109.6%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,998
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 75/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,527
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
1,556 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
337 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.52
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
29.4 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Cape Verde and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Cape Verde and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Cape Verde

Tonga
Year GDP
Cape Verde Tonga
1975 - $32,506,742
1976 - $30,036,417
1977 - $34,139,388
1978 - $41,567,472
1979 - $44,667,002
1980 $142,246,815 $53,260,077
1981 $139,468,209 $62,242,013
1982 $140,630,679 $62,068,161
1983 $138,476,176 $60,863,964
1984 $132,019,039 $64,248,355
1985 $137,728,205 $60,058,663
1986 $190,651,168 $68,195,856
1987 $235,253,065 $81,667,133
1988 $264,308,140 $106,657,267
1989 $267,448,571 $106,344,855
1990 $306,890,963 $113,563,822
1991 $319,827,059 $132,201,141
1992 $357,160,985 $137,066,291
1993 $490,417,390 $138,489,884
1994 $406,580,652 $195,990,986
1995 $487,148,994 $208,871,666
1996 $501,979,270 $222,100,576
1997 $490,608,658 $214,991,452
1998 $521,910,561 $191,504,893
1999 $592,416,703 $199,208,718
2000 $539,227,278 $204,848,488
2001 $563,090,490 $181,117,230
2002 $620,507,387 $182,764,281
2003 $813,260,469 $202,246,591
2004 $924,940,012 $230,678,011
2005 $972,241,677 $261,823,805
2006 $1,107,571,458 $292,232,703
2007 $1,649,621,739 $298,519,623
2008 $1,959,620,648 $344,438,844
2009 $1,852,334,575 $312,415,028
2010 $1,824,751,468 $366,887,375
2011 $2,046,817,987 $414,143,828
2012 $1,913,081,210 $471,122,971
2013 $2,028,910,915 $451,788,498
2014 $2,041,930,125 $440,997,735
2015 $1,749,857,620 $437,525,539
2016 $1,849,789,986 $420,828,255
2017 $1,996,741,540 $459,976,847
2018 $2,205,099,507 $489,714,530
2019 $2,252,177,124 $494,197,854
2020 $1,821,565,614 $496,856,304
2021 $2,051,842,619 $518,228,029
2022 $2,247,003,344 $518,180,029
2023 $2,539,203,429 $508,735,107
2024 $2,767,599,017 -

Cape Verde and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Cape Verde

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Cape Verde Tonga
1975 - $349
1976 - $315
1977 - $353
1978 - $428
1979 - $458
1980 $440 $545
1981 $425 $636
1982 $423 $633
1983 $410 $621
1984 $385 $656
1985 $396 $613
1986 $541 $696
1987 $658 $830
1988 $729 $1,078
1989 $727 $1,070
1990 $817 $1,139
1991 $832 $1,323
1992 $908 $1,370
1993 $1,220 $1,383
1994 $991 $1,957
1995 $1,165 $2,084
1996 $1,180 $2,215
1997 $1,134 $2,136
1998 $1,187 $1,889
1999 $1,327 $1,952
2000 $1,190 $1,995
2001 $1,223 $1,754
2002 $1,329 $1,759
2003 $1,718 $1,936
2004 $1,929 $2,195
2005 $2,004 $2,478
2006 $2,257 $2,750
2007 $3,325 $2,797
2008 $3,909 $3,218
2009 $3,660 $2,914
2010 $3,579 $3,416
2011 $4,002 $3,850
2012 $3,737 $4,384
2013 $3,961 $4,219
2014 $3,986 $4,137
2015 $3,415 $4,124
2016 $3,609 $3,988
2017 $3,893 $4,366
2018 $4,295 $4,639
2019 $4,381 $4,677
2020 $3,539 $4,700
2021 $3,971 $4,913
2022 $4,323 $4,933
2023 $4,861 $4,864
2024 $5,273 -

Cape Verde vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cape Verde

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Cape Verde Tonga
1950 44.9 48.4
1951 45.6 49.8
1952 46.2 51.2
1953 46.4 52.4
1954 46.6 53.6
1955 46.9 54.7
1956 47.1 55.7
1957 47.4 56.5
1958 47.7 57.2
1959 48.2 57.8
1960 48.7 58.3
1961 49.4 58.8
1962 50.2 59.3
1963 51.1 59.8
1964 52.1 60.3
1965 53 60.7
1966 53.9 61.2
1967 54.7 61.7
1968 55.4 62.2
1969 56 62.7
1970 56.6 63.2
1971 57 63.6
1972 57.5 64.1
1973 58 64.4
1974 58.4 64.8
1975 59 65.1
1976 59.4 65.4
1977 60 65.6
1978 60.4 65.9
1979 60.7 66
1980 61 66.2
1981 61.3 66.4
1982 61.5 66.3
1983 61.8 66.7
1984 61.8 66.8
1985 62.3 66.9
1986 62.6 67.1
1987 62.9 67.2
1988 63.2 67.3
1989 63.6 67.4
1990 63.9 67.5
1991 64.1 67.7
1992 64.3 67.9
1993 64.5 68.2
1994 64.6 68.4
1995 63.7 68.6
1996 65.5 68.8
1997 66.1 69
1998 66.7 69.2
1999 67.4 69.4
2000 68.1 69.6
2001 68.7 69.8
2002 69.4 70
2003 70 70.2
2004 70.5 70.4
2005 70.9 70.6
2006 71.3 70.7
2007 71.5 70.9
2008 71.9 71
2009 72.1 70.9
2010 72.5 71.3
2011 72.9 71.4
2012 73.3 71.5
2013 73.5 71.6
2014 73.8 71.7
2015 74.1 71.9
2016 74.4 72
2017 74.7 72.1
2018 74.8 72.2
2019 75.4 72.3
2020 73.8 72.4
2021 74.4 72.1
2022 75.9 72.6
2023 76.1 72.9
2024 76.2 73.1
2025 76.4 73.2

Cape Verde and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Cape Verde

Tonga
Year Population
Cape Verde Tonga
1960 210,024 66,170
1961 215,087 68,037
1962 221,919 69,940
1963 229,373 71,885
1964 237,006 73,879
1965 244,856 75,924
1966 252,976 78,002
1967 261,404 79,814
1968 270,164 81,353
1969 279,248 82,885
1970 287,885 84,401
1971 294,046 85,896
1972 297,386 87,356
1973 299,881 88,805
1974 302,570 90,683
1975 305,847 93,017
1976 309,455 95,325
1977 312,834 96,725
1978 316,147 97,204
1979 319,480 97,544
1980 323,301 97,769
1981 327,846 97,909
1982 332,724 97,980
1983 337,654 97,998
1984 342,505 97,990
1985 347,365 97,984
1986 352,312 98,010
1987 357,302 98,376
1988 362,329 98,969
1989 367,803 99,403
1990 375,428 99,700
1991 384,586 99,895
1992 393,415 100,022
1993 401,965 100,103
1994 410,228 100,166
1995 418,104 100,225
1996 425,581 100,275
1997 432,798 100,674
1998 439,784 101,388
1999 446,519 102,046
2000 453,317 102,677
2001 460,293 103,288
2002 467,046 103,874
2003 473,383 104,464
2004 479,370 105,071
2005 485,115 105,671
2006 490,728 106,253
2007 496,190 106,726
2008 501,355 107,020
2009 506,141 107,203
2010 509,784 107,400
2011 511,447 107,570
2012 511,955 107,460
2013 512,225 107,078
2014 512,326 106,609
2015 512,394 106,095
2016 512,554 105,524
2017 512,893 105,356
2018 513,415 105,567
2019 514,104 105,669
2020 514,679 105,704
2021 516,649 105,490
2022 519,741 105,042
2023 522,331 104,597
2024 524,877 104,175

Fertility rates in Cape Verde and Tonga

Fertility rate
Cape Verde

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Cape Verde Tonga
1960 6.89 6.65
1961 6.92 6.61
1962 6.95 6.57
1963 6.98 6.52
1964 6.99 6.46
1965 6.99 6.41
1966 6.99 6.35
1967 6.98 6.29
1968 6.97 6.23
1969 6.95 6.17
1970 6.94 6.07
1971 6.91 5.96
1972 6.89 5.86
1973 6.86 5.8
1974 6.82 5.77
1975 6.77 5.75
1976 6.71 5.73
1977 6.65 5.7
1978 6.56 5.68
1979 6.47 5.65
1980 6.38 5.6
1981 6.27 5.55
1982 6.17 5.5
1983 6.07 5.45
1984 5.97 5.41
1985 5.92 5.34
1986 5.81 5.27
1987 5.68 5.19
1988 5.55 5.1
1989 5.45 5.01
1990 5.36 4.93
1991 5.26 4.85
1992 5.12 4.79
1993 4.95 4.73
1994 4.72 4.66
1995 4.49 4.56
1996 4.26 4.46
1997 4.05 4.38
1998 3.9 4.31
1999 3.73 4.23
2000 3.55 4.16
2001 3.37 4.13
2002 3.19 4.14
2003 3.03 4.18
2004 2.9 4.19
2005 2.73 4.2
2006 2.56 4.14
2007 2.41 4.09
2008 2.3 4.01
2009 2.25 3.95
2010 2.33 3.88
2011 2.33 3.83
2012 2.15 3.77
2013 2.07 3.7
2014 2.03 3.62
2015 1.97 3.54
2016 1.97 3.46
2017 1.93 3.39
2018 1.8 3.33
2019 1.7 3.27
2020 1.59 3.23
2021 1.55 3.2
2022 1.53 3.17
2023 1.52 3.13

Cape Verde and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Cape Verde

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Cape Verde Tonga
1960 19 17.1
1961 18.6 17.1
1962 18.1 17.1
1963 17.7 17
1964 17.4 17
1965 17.2 17
1966 17.1 17
1967 17 17
1968 17 16.9
1969 17.1 16.8
1970 17.2 16.8
1971 17.2 16.7
1972 17.2 16.7
1973 17.2 16.8
1974 17.2 16.8
1975 17 16.7
1976 16.8 16.7
1977 16.6 16.8
1978 16.4 17.1
1979 16.2 17.3
1980 16.1 17.4
1981 16.1 17.6
1982 16.3 17.8
1983 16.4 17.9
1984 16.5 18
1985 16.6 18.1
1986 16.7 18.2
1987 16.8 18.3
1988 16.8 18.6
1989 16.9 18.9
1990 17 19.1
1991 17 19.3
1992 17.1 19.5
1993 17.2 19.6
1994 17.4 19.6
1995 17.5 19.6
1996 17.7 19.6
1997 17.9 19.7
1998 18.1 19.9
1999 18.3 20.1
2000 18.6 20.3
2001 18.9 20.5
2002 19.2 20.7
2003 19.6 20.8
2004 19.9 20.8
2005 20.4 20.8
2006 20.8 20.8
2007 21.3 20.9
2008 21.7 21
2009 22.1 21.1
2010 22.6 21.2
2011 23.1 21.2
2012 23.6 21.4
2013 24.2 21.6
2014 24.7 21.7
2015 25.2 21.8
2016 25.7 21.9
2017 26.2 21.9
2018 26.6 22
2019 27 22
2020 27.3 22.1
2021 27.8 22.1
2022 28.3 22
2023 28.8 21.9
2024 29.4 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cape Verde Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$2.63B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.5%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.35%
2023
5.15%
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
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2019
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
69.4%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
10.5%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
68.7
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.3%
2015
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2015
4%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$783M
2024
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$334M
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
180,000
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
39.9%
2020
47.8%
2020

Energy

Cape Verde Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
207.6 kg
2007
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$26.8
2007
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.01 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.93 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
21.8%
2022
2.3%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
18.3%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.6%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cape Verde Tonga
% of world population
0.006%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,209
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
68.4%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.7
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
62
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
27
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
6.18
2020
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.5%
2024
99.4%
2021
English speaking
8%
2025
30%
2023
People using the Internet
73.5%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Cape Verde Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$286
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$73.5
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
76.4 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
8.28%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.79
2018
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
40
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.6
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
16.4%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.8%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
29
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.01 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Cape Verde Tonga
% of world land
0.003%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
2,964 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
305 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
180 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
839 mi
2013
423 mi
2011

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