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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cape Verde was 524,877 in 2024 vs 52,886,363 people in Colombia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cape Verde's population is 529,186 people compared to 53,835,787 in Colombia.

Population statistics:

  • Colombia's population is 101.7 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
  • Cape Verde is ranked the 169th most populous country in the world, while Colombia is the 28th.
  • The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.006% for Cape Verde vs 0.65% for Colombia.
  • For the last 10 years, Cape Verde has had an average growth rate of +0.22% per year vs +1.25% in Colombia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cape Verde has increased from 485K people to 529K (9.08% growth), while Colombia has grown from 42.1M to 53.8M (27.8% growth).
  • Cape Verde is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 566K people compared to the peak of 59.4M people in 2050 for Colombia.

Cape Verde vs Colombia: live population counter

Cape Verde Colombia
Current population
529186
53835787
Population rank 169/197 28/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.65%
One net population change
3.44 hours
55.8 seconds
One birth every
1.36 hours
44.7 seconds
One death every
3.32 hours
1.86 minutes
One migration net change every
7.25 hours
3.71 minutes
Annual migration change -1,209 +141,643
Daily growth/decline +7 +1,549
Annual growth/decline +2,546 +565,211
Annual growth/decline rate +0.49% +1.08%
Population growth rate rank 136/197 98/197

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

Cape Verde
Population

Growth rate
Colombia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cape Verde Colombia Cape Verde Colombia
1960 210,024 15,606,209 - -
1961 215,087 16,095,203 2.41% 3.13%
1962 221,919 16,599,029 3.18% 3.13%
1963 229,373 17,113,823 3.36% 3.1%
1964 237,006 17,637,411 3.33% 3.06%
1965 244,856 18,169,050 3.31% 3.01%
1966 252,976 18,702,688 3.32% 2.94%
1967 261,404 19,235,618 3.33% 2.85%
1968 270,164 19,766,796 3.35% 2.76%
1969 279,248 20,291,942 3.36% 2.66%
1970 287,885 20,811,782 3.09% 2.56%
1971 294,046 21,319,096 2.14% 2.44%
1972 297,386 21,819,563 1.14% 2.35%
1973 299,881 22,325,374 0.84% 2.32%
1974 302,570 22,833,469 0.9% 2.28%
1975 305,847 23,344,644 1.08% 2.24%
1976 309,455 23,858,810 1.18% 2.2%
1977 312,834 24,393,494 1.09% 2.24%
1978 316,147 24,950,337 1.06% 2.28%
1979 319,480 25,515,626 1.05% 2.27%
1980 323,301 26,104,498 1.2% 2.31%
1981 327,846 26,713,267 1.41% 2.33%
1982 332,724 27,338,331 1.49% 2.34%
1983 337,654 27,988,173 1.48% 2.38%
1984 342,505 28,642,690 1.44% 2.34%
1985 347,365 29,268,470 1.42% 2.18%
1986 352,312 29,879,112 1.42% 2.09%
1987 357,302 30,499,467 1.42% 2.08%
1988 362,329 31,130,524 1.41% 2.07%
1989 367,803 31,776,279 1.51% 2.07%
1990 375,428 32,440,069 2.07% 2.09%
1991 384,586 33,098,372 2.44% 2.03%
1992 393,415 33,760,571 2.3% 2%
1993 401,965 34,441,473 2.17% 2.02%
1994 410,228 35,127,410 2.06% 1.99%
1995 418,104 35,804,662 1.92% 1.93%
1996 425,581 36,462,745 1.79% 1.84%
1997 432,798 37,121,149 1.7% 1.81%
1998 439,784 37,792,165 1.61% 1.81%
1999 446,519 38,454,863 1.53% 1.75%
2000 453,317 39,089,934 1.52% 1.65%
2001 460,293 39,709,262 1.54% 1.58%
2002 467,046 40,324,680 1.47% 1.55%
2003 473,383 40,937,429 1.36% 1.52%
2004 479,370 41,543,171 1.26% 1.48%
2005 485,115 42,128,977 1.2% 1.41%
2006 490,728 42,691,084 1.16% 1.33%
2007 496,190 43,235,374 1.11% 1.27%
2008 501,355 43,758,808 1.04% 1.21%
2009 506,141 44,271,541 0.95% 1.17%
2010 509,784 44,777,319 0.72% 1.14%
2011 511,447 45,259,614 0.33% 1.08%
2012 511,955 45,715,810 0.1% 1.01%
2013 512,225 46,151,584 0.05% 0.95%
2014 512,326 46,565,429 0.02% 0.9%
2015 512,394 46,969,940 0.01% 0.87%
2016 512,554 47,437,512 0.03% 1%
2017 512,893 48,131,078 0.07% 1.46%
2018 513,415 49,024,465 0.1% 1.86%
2019 514,104 49,907,985 0.13% 1.8%
2020 514,679 50,629,997 0.11% 1.45%
2021 516,649 51,188,173 0.38% 1.1%
2022 519,741 51,737,944 0.6% 1.07%
2023 522,331 52,321,152 0.5% 1.13%
2024 524,877 52,886,363 0.49% 1.08%
2025 527,331 53,425,632 0.47% 1.02%
2026 529,641 53,936,234 0.44% 0.96%
2027 531,874 54,422,275 0.42% 0.9%
2028 534,119 54,885,123 0.42% 0.85%
2029 536,345 55,322,627 0.42% 0.8%
2030 538,617 55,736,477 0.42% 0.75%
2031 540,769 56,125,966 0.4% 0.7%
2032 542,801 56,490,496 0.38% 0.65%
2033 544,769 56,832,264 0.36% 0.61%
2034 546,653 57,151,619 0.35% 0.56%
2035 548,594 57,445,755 0.36% 0.51%
2036 550,481 57,716,869 0.34% 0.47%
2037 552,294 57,965,300 0.33% 0.43%
2038 554,085 58,190,082 0.32% 0.39%
2039 555,802 58,394,310 0.31% 0.35%
2040 557,378 58,576,452 0.28% 0.31%
2041 558,819 58,736,886 0.26% 0.27%
2042 560,139 58,878,126 0.24% 0.24%
2043 561,350 59,000,362 0.22% 0.21%
2044 562,468 59,104,592 0.2% 0.18%
2045 563,484 59,190,826 0.18% 0.15%
2046 564,357 59,259,758 0.15% 0.12%
2047 565,018 59,313,132 0.12% 0.09%
2048 565,511 59,351,262 0.09% 0.06%
2049 565,896 59,375,012 0.07% 0.04%
2050 566,140 59,385,355 0.04% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Colombia gained 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Colombia's population increased by 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Colombia was ranked 29th in 2005 and ranked 28th 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 Colombia will increase by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people and rank change from 28th to 34th.

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