Population in Cape Verde compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cape Verde and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Cayman Islands	Cape Verde	Cayman Islands
1960	210,024	8,428	-	-
1961	215,087	8,601	2.41%	2.05%
1962	221,919	8,781	3.18%	2.09%
1963	229,373	8,970	3.36%	2.15%
1964	237,006	9,166	3.33%	2.19%
1965	244,856	9,361	3.31%	2.13%
1966	252,976	9,560	3.32%	2.13%
1967	261,404	9,769	3.33%	2.19%
1968	270,164	9,971	3.35%	2.07%
1969	279,248	10,165	3.36%	1.95%
1970	287,885	10,517	3.09%	3.46%
1971	294,046	11,098	2.14%	5.52%
1972	297,386	11,764	1.14%	6%
1973	299,881	12,438	0.84%	5.73%
1974	302,570	13,114	0.9%	5.43%
1975	305,847	13,788	1.08%	5.14%
1976	309,455	14,454	1.18%	4.83%
1977	312,834	15,105	1.09%	4.5%
1978	316,147	15,727	1.06%	4.12%
1979	319,480	16,351	1.05%	3.97%
1980	323,301	17,079	1.2%	4.45%
1981	327,846	17,905	1.41%	4.84%
1982	332,724	18,750	1.49%	4.72%
1983	337,654	19,598	1.48%	4.52%
1984	342,505	20,454	1.44%	4.37%
1985	347,365	21,324	1.42%	4.25%
1986	352,312	22,197	1.42%	4.09%
1987	357,302	23,073	1.42%	3.95%
1988	362,329	23,951	1.41%	3.81%
1989	367,803	24,874	1.51%	3.85%
1990	375,428	25,999	2.07%	4.52%
1991	384,586	27,294	2.44%	4.98%
1992	393,415	28,621	2.3%	4.86%
1993	401,965	29,976	2.17%	4.73%
1994	410,228	31,352	2.06%	4.59%
1995	418,104	32,743	1.92%	4.44%
1996	425,581	34,143	1.79%	4.28%
1997	432,798	35,543	1.7%	4.1%
1998	439,784	36,922	1.61%	3.88%
1999	446,519	38,284	1.53%	3.69%
2000	453,317	39,674	1.52%	3.63%
2001	460,293	41,089	1.54%	3.57%
2002	467,046	42,514	1.47%	3.47%
2003	473,383	43,934	1.36%	3.34%
2004	479,370	45,352	1.26%	3.23%
2005	485,115	46,788	1.2%	3.17%
2006	490,728	48,232	1.16%	3.09%
2007	496,190	49,687	1.11%	3.02%
2008	501,355	51,151	1.04%	2.95%
2009	506,141	52,618	0.95%	2.87%
2010	509,784	54,099	0.72%	2.81%
2011	511,447	55,606	0.33%	2.79%
2012	511,955	57,136	0.1%	2.75%
2013	512,225	58,655	0.05%	2.66%
2014	512,326	60,160	0.02%	2.57%
2015	512,394	61,642	0.01%	2.46%
2016	512,554	63,100	0.03%	2.37%
2017	512,893	64,535	0.07%	2.27%
2018	513,415	65,941	0.1%	2.18%
2019	514,104	67,327	0.13%	2.1%
2020	514,679	68,684	0.11%	2.02%
2021	516,649	70,108	0.38%	2.07%
2022	519,741	71,591	0.6%	2.12%
2023	522,331	73,038	0.5%	2.02%
2024	524,877	74,457	0.49%	1.94%
2025	527,331	75,842	0.47%	1.86%
2026	529,641	77,197	0.44%	1.79%
2027	531,874	78,532	0.42%	1.73%
2028	534,119	79,852	0.42%	1.68%
2029	536,345	81,146	0.42%	1.62%
2030	538,617	82,412	0.42%	1.56%
2031	540,769	83,676	0.4%	1.53%
2032	542,801	84,915	0.38%	1.48%
2033	544,769	86,125	0.36%	1.42%
2034	546,653	87,319	0.35%	1.39%
2035	548,594	88,457	0.36%	1.3%
2036	550,481	89,597	0.34%	1.29%
2037	552,294	90,741	0.33%	1.28%
2038	554,085	91,867	0.32%	1.24%
2039	555,802	92,983	0.31%	1.21%
2040	557,378	94,101	0.28%	1.2%
2041	558,819	95,206	0.26%	1.17%
2042	560,139	96,287	0.24%	1.14%
2043	561,350	97,352	0.22%	1.11%
2044	562,468	98,386	0.2%	1.06%
2045	563,484	99,371	0.18%	1%
2046	564,357	100,330	0.15%	0.96%
2047	565,018	101,257	0.12%	0.92%
2048	565,511	102,188	0.09%	0.92%
2049	565,896	103,075	0.07%	0.87%
2050	566,140	103,943	0.04%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Cape Verde's population will grow by 6.98% to 566,140 people with a rank change from 169th to 168th. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.