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Population in Australia compared to Cape Verde: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Australia was 27,204,809 in 2024 vs 524,877 people in Cape Verde in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Australia's population is 27,677,455 people compared to 529,186 in Cape Verde.

Population statistics:

  • Australia's population is 52.3 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
  • Australia is ranked the 55th most populous country in the world, while Cape Verde is the 169th.
  • The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.33% for Australia vs 0.006% for Cape Verde.
  • For the last 10 years, Australia has had an average growth rate of +1.49% per year vs +0.22% in Cape Verde.
  • Since 2005, the population of Australia has increased from 20.2M people to 27.7M (37.2% growth), while Cape Verde has grown from 485K to 529K (9.08% growth).
  • Australia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 43.9M people compared to the peak of 566K people in 2051 for Cape Verde.

Australia vs Cape Verde: live population counter

Australia Cape Verde
Current population
27677455
529186
Population rank 55/197 169/197
Percent of world population 0.33% 0.006%
One net population change
57.1 seconds
3.44 hours
One birth every
1.83 minutes
1.36 hours
One death every
2.86 minutes
3.32 hours
One migration net change every
3.79 minutes
7.25 hours
Annual migration change +138,510 -1,209
Daily growth/decline +1,512 +7
Annual growth/decline +552,032 +2,546
Annual growth/decline rate +2.07% +0.49%
Population growth rate rank 51/197 136/197

Australia and Cape Verde: population history and growth rate by year chart

Australia
Population

Growth rate
Cape Verde
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Australia Cape Verde Australia Cape Verde
1960 10,276,477 210,024 - -
1961 10,483,000 215,087 2.01% 2.41%
1962 10,742,000 221,919 2.47% 3.18%
1963 10,950,000 229,373 1.94% 3.36%
1964 11,167,000 237,006 1.98% 3.33%
1965 11,388,000 244,856 1.98% 3.31%
1966 11,651,000 252,976 2.31% 3.32%
1967 11,799,000 261,404 1.27% 3.33%
1968 12,009,000 270,164 1.78% 3.35%
1969 12,263,000 279,248 2.12% 3.36%
1970 12,507,000 287,885 1.99% 3.09%
1971 12,937,000 294,046 3.44% 2.14%
1972 13,177,000 297,386 1.86% 1.14%
1973 13,380,000 299,881 1.54% 0.84%
1974 13,723,000 302,570 2.56% 0.9%
1975 13,893,000 305,847 1.24% 1.08%
1976 14,033,000 309,455 1.01% 1.18%
1977 14,192,000 312,834 1.13% 1.09%
1978 14,358,000 316,147 1.17% 1.06%
1979 14,514,000 319,480 1.09% 1.05%
1980 14,692,000 323,301 1.23% 1.2%
1981 14,923,260 327,846 1.57% 1.41%
1982 15,184,247 332,724 1.75% 1.49%
1983 15,393,472 337,654 1.38% 1.48%
1984 15,579,391 342,505 1.21% 1.44%
1985 15,788,312 347,365 1.34% 1.42%
1986 16,018,350 352,312 1.46% 1.42%
1987 16,263,874 357,302 1.53% 1.42%
1988 16,532,164 362,329 1.65% 1.41%
1989 16,814,416 367,803 1.71% 1.51%
1990 17,065,128 375,428 1.49% 2.07%
1991 17,284,036 384,586 1.28% 2.44%
1992 17,478,635 393,415 1.13% 2.3%
1993 17,634,808 401,965 0.89% 2.17%
1994 17,805,468 410,228 0.97% 2.06%
1995 18,004,882 418,104 1.12% 1.92%
1996 18,224,767 425,581 1.22% 1.79%
1997 18,423,037 432,798 1.09% 1.7%
1998 18,607,584 439,784 1% 1.61%
1999 18,812,264 446,519 1.1% 1.53%
2000 19,028,802 453,317 1.15% 1.52%
2001 19,274,701 460,293 1.29% 1.54%
2002 19,495,210 467,046 1.14% 1.47%
2003 19,720,737 473,383 1.16% 1.36%
2004 19,932,722 479,370 1.07% 1.26%
2005 20,176,844 485,115 1.22% 1.2%
2006 20,450,966 490,728 1.36% 1.16%
2007 20,827,622 496,190 1.84% 1.11%
2008 21,249,199 501,355 2.02% 1.04%
2009 21,691,653 506,141 2.08% 0.95%
2010 22,031,750 509,784 1.57% 0.72%
2011 22,340,024 511,447 1.4% 0.33%
2012 22,733,465 511,955 1.76% 0.1%
2013 23,128,129 512,225 1.74% 0.05%
2014 23,475,686 512,326 1.5% 0.02%
2015 23,815,995 512,394 1.45% 0.01%
2016 24,190,907 512,554 1.57% 0.03%
2017 24,592,588 512,893 1.66% 0.07%
2018 24,963,258 513,415 1.51% 0.1%
2019 25,334,826 514,104 1.49% 0.13%
2020 25,649,248 514,679 1.24% 0.11%
2021 25,685,412 516,649 0.14% 0.38%
2022 26,014,399 519,741 1.28% 0.6%
2023 26,652,777 522,331 2.45% 0.5%
2024 27,204,809 524,877 2.07% 0.49%
2025 27,470,426 527,331 0.98% 0.47%
2026 27,728,157 529,641 0.94% 0.44%
2027 27,979,877 531,874 0.91% 0.42%
2028 28,228,958 534,119 0.89% 0.42%
2029 28,471,054 536,345 0.86% 0.42%
2030 28,707,292 538,617 0.83% 0.42%
2031 28,940,769 540,769 0.81% 0.4%
2032 29,169,013 542,801 0.79% 0.38%
2033 29,392,748 544,769 0.77% 0.36%
2034 29,614,137 546,653 0.75% 0.35%
2035 29,835,307 548,594 0.75% 0.36%
2036 30,056,752 550,481 0.74% 0.34%
2037 30,273,692 552,294 0.72% 0.33%
2038 30,488,994 554,085 0.71% 0.32%
2039 30,703,245 555,802 0.7% 0.31%
2040 30,916,122 557,378 0.69% 0.28%
2041 31,132,858 558,819 0.7% 0.26%
2042 31,352,893 560,139 0.71% 0.24%
2043 31,572,750 561,350 0.7% 0.22%
2044 31,790,565 562,468 0.69% 0.2%
2045 32,009,555 563,484 0.69% 0.18%
2046 32,232,946 564,357 0.7% 0.15%
2047 32,452,651 565,018 0.68% 0.12%
2048 32,672,016 565,511 0.68% 0.09%
2049 32,891,546 565,896 0.67% 0.07%
2050 33,105,190 566,140 0.65% 0.04%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Cape Verde gained 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Cape Verde's population increased by 16,792 (a 3.28% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Cape Verde was ranked 165th in 2005 and ranked 169th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Cape Verde will increase by 6.98% to 566,140 people and rank change from 169th to 168th.

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