The latest officially reported population of Cape Verde was 524,877 in 2024 vs 10,979,783 people in Cuba in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cape Verde's population is 529,186 people compared to 10,937,204 in Cuba.
Population statistics:
- Cuba's population is 20.7 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
- Cape Verde is ranked the 169th most populous country in the world, while Cuba is the 89th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.006% for Cape Verde vs 0.13% for Cuba.
- For the last 10 years, Cape Verde has had an average growth rate of +0.22% per year vs -0.26% in Cuba.
- Since 2005, the population of Cape Verde has increased from 485K people to 529K (9.08% growth), while Cuba has declined from 11.3M to 10.9M (2.89% decline).
- Cape Verde is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 566K people, while Cuba's population already peaked in 2012 at 11.3M people and is projected to decrease to 5.58M people by 2100.
Cape Verde vs Cuba: live population counter
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| Current population |
529186
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10937204
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| Population rank | 169/197 | 89/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.006% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
3.44 hours
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13.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.36 hours
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5.48 minutes
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| One death every |
3.32 hours
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4.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
7.25 hours
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23.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,209 | -22,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | +7 | -110 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,546 | -40,148 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.49% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 136/197 | 180/197 |
Cape Verde and Cuba: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 210,024 | 7,238,081 | - | - |
| 1961 | 215,087 | 7,387,117 | 2.41% | 2.06% |
| 1962 | 221,919 | 7,541,098 | 3.18% | 2.08% |
| 1963 | 229,373 | 7,701,660 | 3.36% | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 237,006 | 7,866,020 | 3.33% | 2.13% |
| 1965 | 244,856 | 8,030,797 | 3.31% | 2.09% |
| 1966 | 252,976 | 8,193,450 | 3.32% | 2.03% |
| 1967 | 261,404 | 8,352,625 | 3.33% | 1.94% |
| 1968 | 270,164 | 8,509,522 | 3.35% | 1.88% |
| 1969 | 279,248 | 8,666,640 | 3.36% | 1.85% |
| 1970 | 287,885 | 8,824,382 | 3.09% | 1.82% |
| 1971 | 294,046 | 8,979,085 | 2.14% | 1.75% |
| 1972 | 297,386 | 9,123,891 | 1.14% | 1.61% |
| 1973 | 299,881 | 9,255,328 | 0.84% | 1.44% |
| 1974 | 302,570 | 9,374,183 | 0.9% | 1.28% |
| 1975 | 305,847 | 9,479,726 | 1.08% | 1.13% |
| 1976 | 309,455 | 9,571,242 | 1.18% | 0.97% |
| 1977 | 312,834 | 9,648,440 | 1.09% | 0.81% |
| 1978 | 316,147 | 9,711,980 | 1.06% | 0.66% |
| 1979 | 319,480 | 9,763,355 | 1.05% | 0.53% |
| 1980 | 323,301 | 9,804,796 | 1.2% | 0.42% |
| 1981 | 327,846 | 9,849,320 | 1.41% | 0.45% |
| 1982 | 332,724 | 9,912,681 | 1.49% | 0.64% |
| 1983 | 337,654 | 9,991,026 | 1.48% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 342,505 | 10,073,299 | 1.44% | 0.82% |
| 1985 | 347,365 | 10,157,228 | 1.42% | 0.83% |
| 1986 | 352,312 | 10,244,247 | 1.42% | 0.86% |
| 1987 | 357,302 | 10,335,342 | 1.42% | 0.89% |
| 1988 | 362,329 | 10,432,585 | 1.41% | 0.94% |
| 1989 | 367,803 | 10,533,243 | 1.51% | 0.96% |
| 1990 | 375,428 | 10,631,799 | 2.07% | 0.94% |
| 1991 | 384,586 | 10,717,640 | 2.44% | 0.81% |
| 1992 | 393,415 | 10,785,801 | 2.3% | 0.64% |
| 1993 | 401,965 | 10,841,031 | 2.17% | 0.51% |
| 1994 | 410,228 | 10,886,021 | 2.06% | 0.41% |
| 1995 | 418,104 | 10,925,362 | 1.92% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 425,581 | 10,962,010 | 1.79% | 0.34% |
| 1997 | 432,798 | 10,997,934 | 1.7% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 439,784 | 11,034,712 | 1.61% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 446,519 | 11,072,230 | 1.53% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 453,317 | 11,109,109 | 1.52% | 0.33% |
| 2001 | 460,293 | 11,144,132 | 1.54% | 0.32% |
| 2002 | 467,046 | 11,177,418 | 1.47% | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 473,383 | 11,209,383 | 1.36% | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 479,370 | 11,238,756 | 1.26% | 0.26% |
| 2005 | 485,115 | 11,262,554 | 1.2% | 0.21% |
| 2006 | 490,728 | 11,278,550 | 1.16% | 0.14% |
| 2007 | 496,190 | 11,287,272 | 1.11% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 501,355 | 11,291,762 | 1.04% | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 506,141 | 11,294,719 | 0.95% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 509,784 | 11,297,409 | 0.72% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 511,447 | 11,301,571 | 0.33% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | 511,955 | 11,303,175 | 0.1% | 0.01% |
| 2013 | 512,225 | 11,298,167 | 0.05% | -0.04% |
| 2014 | 512,326 | 11,285,775 | 0.02% | -0.11% |
| 2015 | 512,394 | 11,275,065 | 0.01% | -0.09% |
| 2016 | 512,554 | 11,265,612 | 0.03% | -0.08% |
| 2017 | 512,893 | 11,247,829 | 0.07% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 513,415 | 11,227,118 | 0.1% | -0.18% |
| 2019 | 514,104 | 11,202,846 | 0.13% | -0.22% |
| 2020 | 514,679 | 11,176,354 | 0.11% | -0.24% |
| 2021 | 516,649 | 11,122,168 | 0.38% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 519,741 | 11,059,820 | 0.6% | -0.56% |
| 2023 | 522,331 | 11,019,931 | 0.5% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 524,877 | 10,979,783 | 0.49% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 527,331 | 10,937,204 | 0.47% | -0.39% |
| 2026 | 529,641 | 10,892,659 | 0.44% | -0.41% |
| 2027 | 531,874 | 10,846,709 | 0.42% | -0.42% |
| 2028 | 534,119 | 10,799,586 | 0.42% | -0.43% |
| 2029 | 536,345 | 10,750,892 | 0.42% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 538,617 | 10,700,820 | 0.42% | -0.47% |
| 2031 | 540,769 | 10,649,673 | 0.4% | -0.48% |
| 2032 | 542,801 | 10,597,336 | 0.38% | -0.49% |
| 2033 | 544,769 | 10,543,539 | 0.36% | -0.51% |
| 2034 | 546,653 | 10,488,270 | 0.35% | -0.52% |
| 2035 | 548,594 | 10,431,762 | 0.36% | -0.54% |
| 2036 | 550,481 | 10,373,926 | 0.34% | -0.55% |
| 2037 | 552,294 | 10,314,339 | 0.33% | -0.57% |
| 2038 | 554,085 | 10,253,201 | 0.32% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 555,802 | 10,190,465 | 0.31% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 557,378 | 10,125,837 | 0.28% | -0.63% |
| 2041 | 558,819 | 10,059,299 | 0.26% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 560,139 | 9,990,897 | 0.24% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 561,350 | 9,920,670 | 0.22% | -0.7% |
| 2044 | 562,468 | 9,848,751 | 0.2% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 563,484 | 9,775,205 | 0.18% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 564,357 | 9,699,830 | 0.15% | -0.77% |
| 2047 | 565,018 | 9,622,707 | 0.12% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 565,511 | 9,544,142 | 0.09% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 565,896 | 9,463,925 | 0.07% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 566,140 | 9,381,995 | 0.04% | -0.87% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Cuba gained 12,511 people (a 0.11% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Cuba's population decreased by -337,861 (a 3% decline).
Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Cuba was ranked 72nd in 2005 and ranked 89th 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 Cuba will decrease by 14.2% to 9,381,995 people and rank change from 89th to 104th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Praia | 159K |
| Mindelo | 70.5K |
| Assomada | 12K |
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| City | Population |
| Havana | 2.49M |
| Santiago de Cuba | 445K |
| Holguin | 350K |
| Camaguey | 322K |
| Santa Clara | 247K |
| Bayamo | 235K |
| Guantanamo | 228K |
| Las Tunas | 202K |
| Pinar del Rio | 189K |
| Cienfuegos | 165K |
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Population differences between Cape Verde and Cuba
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 31.4 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 29.4 years | 43.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.52 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| Population density | 337 ppl/mi² | 274 ppl/mi² |
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