Population in Cape Verde compared to Guinea-Bissau: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Guinea-Bissau	Cape Verde	Guinea-Bissau
1960	210,024	577,633	-	-
1961	215,087	582,532	2.41%	0.85%
1962	221,919	589,474	3.18%	1.19%
1963	229,373	594,418	3.36%	0.84%
1964	237,006	588,543	3.33%	-0.99%
1965	244,856	575,005	3.31%	-2.3%
1966	252,976	566,908	3.32%	-1.41%
1967	261,404	569,011	3.33%	0.37%
1968	270,164	578,170	3.35%	1.61%
1969	279,248	581,610	3.36%	0.59%
1970	287,885	584,403	3.09%	0.48%
1971	294,046	586,221	2.14%	0.31%
1972	297,386	586,620	1.14%	0.07%
1973	299,881	592,808	0.84%	1.05%
1974	302,570	613,338	0.9%	3.46%
1975	305,847	650,966	1.08%	6.13%
1976	309,455	694,191	1.18%	6.64%
1977	312,834	741,789	1.09%	6.86%
1978	316,147	791,694	1.06%	6.73%
1979	319,480	819,867	1.05%	3.56%
1980	323,301	829,303	1.2%	1.15%
1981	327,846	842,432	1.41%	1.58%
1982	332,724	855,891	1.49%	1.6%
1983	337,654	869,592	1.48%	1.6%
1984	342,505	883,519	1.44%	1.6%
1985	347,365	897,697	1.42%	1.6%
1986	352,312	912,126	1.42%	1.61%
1987	357,302	926,862	1.42%	1.62%
1988	362,329	942,061	1.41%	1.64%
1989	367,803	957,789	1.51%	1.67%
1990	375,428	973,669	2.07%	1.66%
1991	384,586	994,639	2.44%	2.15%
1992	393,415	1,024,356	2.3%	2.99%
1993	401,965	1,058,745	2.17%	3.36%
1994	410,228	1,092,031	2.06%	3.14%
1995	418,104	1,119,949	1.92%	2.56%
1996	425,581	1,143,535	1.79%	2.11%
1997	432,798	1,165,545	1.7%	1.92%
1998	439,784	1,187,473	1.61%	1.88%
1999	446,519	1,210,206	1.53%	1.91%
2000	453,317	1,234,741	1.52%	2.03%
2001	460,293	1,261,273	1.54%	2.15%
2002	467,046	1,289,307	1.47%	2.22%
2003	473,383	1,318,806	1.36%	2.29%
2004	479,370	1,349,563	1.26%	2.33%
2005	485,115	1,381,585	1.2%	2.37%
2006	490,728	1,415,303	1.16%	2.44%
2007	496,190	1,450,986	1.11%	2.52%
2008	501,355	1,488,054	1.04%	2.55%
2009	506,141	1,526,377	0.95%	2.58%
2010	509,784	1,566,347	0.72%	2.62%
2011	511,447	1,608,076	0.33%	2.66%
2012	511,955	1,651,417	0.1%	2.7%
2013	512,225	1,695,973	0.05%	2.7%
2014	512,326	1,741,122	0.02%	2.66%
2015	512,394	1,786,457	0.01%	2.6%
2016	512,554	1,831,893	0.03%	2.54%
2017	512,893	1,877,072	0.07%	2.47%
2018	513,415	1,922,168	0.1%	2.4%
2019	514,104	1,967,696	0.13%	2.37%
2020	514,679	2,013,255	0.11%	2.32%
2021	516,649	2,058,841	0.38%	2.26%
2022	519,741	2,105,529	0.6%	2.27%
2023	522,331	2,153,339	0.5%	2.27%
2024	524,877	2,201,352	0.49%	2.23%
2025	527,331	2,249,512	0.47%	2.19%
2026	529,641	2,297,807	0.44%	2.15%
2027	531,874	2,346,190	0.42%	2.11%
2028	534,119	2,394,226	0.42%	2.05%
2029	536,345	2,441,574	0.42%	1.98%
2030	538,617	2,488,931	0.42%	1.94%
2031	540,769	2,536,893	0.4%	1.93%
2032	542,801	2,585,565	0.38%	1.92%
2033	544,769	2,634,701	0.36%	1.9%
2034	546,653	2,683,078	0.35%	1.84%
2035	548,594	2,730,136	0.36%	1.75%
2036	550,481	2,777,887	0.34%	1.75%
2037	552,294	2,826,159	0.33%	1.74%
2038	554,085	2,873,929	0.32%	1.69%
2039	555,802	2,921,973	0.31%	1.67%
2040	557,378	2,969,699	0.28%	1.63%
2041	558,819	3,016,537	0.26%	1.58%
2042	560,139	3,063,161	0.24%	1.55%
2043	561,350	3,109,927	0.22%	1.53%
2044	562,468	3,156,704	0.2%	1.5%
2045	563,484	3,204,242	0.18%	1.51%
2046	564,357	3,251,465	0.15%	1.47%
2047	565,018	3,298,563	0.12%	1.45%
2048	565,511	3,345,853	0.09%	1.43%
2049	565,896	3,392,557	0.07%	1.4%
2050	566,140	3,438,597	0.04%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cape Verde increased by 21,826 people (a 4.45% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cape Verde gained 17,111 (a 3.34% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 466,442 (a 25.5% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 166th most populous country in 2006 and is 169th in 2026. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2006 and ranked 146th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Cape Verde's population will grow by 6.89% to 566,140 people with a rank change from 169th to 167th. The population of Guinea-Bissau will increase by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.