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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cape Verde was 524,877 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cape Verde's population is 529,186 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Cape Verde's population is 3.83 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Cape Verde is ranked the 169th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.008% of the world: 0.006% for Cape Verde vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Cape Verde has had an average growth rate of +0.22% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cape Verde has increased from 485K people to 529K (9.08% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Cape Verde is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 566K people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Cape Verde vs Kiribati: live population counter

Cape Verde Kiribati
Current population
529186
138067
Population rank 169/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.002%
One net population change
3.44 hours
4.41 hours
One birth every
1.36 hours
2.56 hours
One death every
3.32 hours
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
7.25 hours
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -1,209 -471
Daily growth/decline +7 +5
Annual growth/decline +2,546 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +0.49% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 136/197 74/197

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

Cape Verde
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cape Verde Kiribati Cape Verde Kiribati
1960 210,024 47,157 - -
1961 215,087 48,323 2.41% 2.47%
1962 221,919 49,538 3.18% 2.51%
1963 229,373 50,791 3.36% 2.53%
1964 237,006 52,088 3.33% 2.55%
1965 244,856 53,439 3.31% 2.59%
1966 252,976 54,425 3.32% 1.85%
1967 261,404 54,996 3.33% 1.05%
1968 270,164 55,529 3.35% 0.97%
1969 279,248 56,360 3.36% 1.5%
1970 287,885 57,510 3.09% 2.04%
1971 294,046 58,652 2.14% 1.99%
1972 297,386 59,778 1.14% 1.92%
1973 299,881 60,824 0.84% 1.75%
1974 302,570 61,219 0.9% 0.65%
1975 305,847 60,987 1.08% -0.38%
1976 309,455 60,661 1.18% -0.53%
1977 312,834 60,267 1.09% -0.65%
1978 316,147 59,864 1.06% -0.67%
1979 319,480 60,172 1.05% 0.51%
1980 323,301 61,148 1.2% 1.62%
1981 327,846 62,121 1.41% 1.59%
1982 332,724 63,134 1.49% 1.63%
1983 337,654 64,169 1.48% 1.64%
1984 342,505 65,228 1.44% 1.65%
1985 347,365 66,496 1.42% 1.94%
1986 352,312 68,059 1.42% 2.35%
1987 357,302 69,733 1.42% 2.46%
1988 362,329 71,427 1.41% 2.43%
1989 367,803 73,147 1.51% 2.41%
1990 375,428 74,855 2.07% 2.34%
1991 384,586 76,367 2.44% 2.02%
1992 393,415 77,641 2.3% 1.67%
1993 401,965 78,841 2.17% 1.55%
1994 410,228 80,021 2.06% 1.5%
1995 418,104 81,234 1.92% 1.52%
1996 425,581 82,623 1.79% 1.71%
1997 432,798 84,147 1.7% 1.84%
1998 439,784 85,657 1.61% 1.79%
1999 446,519 87,126 1.53% 1.71%
2000 453,317 88,613 1.52% 1.71%
2001 460,293 90,335 1.54% 1.94%
2002 467,046 92,264 1.47% 2.14%
2003 473,383 94,175 1.36% 2.07%
2004 479,370 96,085 1.26% 2.03%
2005 485,115 98,035 1.2% 2.03%
2006 490,728 100,017 1.16% 2.02%
2007 496,190 102,068 1.11% 2.05%
2008 501,355 104,222 1.04% 2.11%
2009 506,141 106,467 0.95% 2.15%
2010 509,784 108,704 0.72% 2.1%
2011 511,447 110,647 0.33% 1.79%
2012 511,955 112,284 0.1% 1.48%
2013 512,225 113,838 0.05% 1.38%
2014 512,326 115,326 0.02% 1.31%
2015 512,394 116,815 0.01% 1.29%
2016 512,554 118,478 0.03% 1.42%
2017 512,893 120,275 0.07% 1.52%
2018 513,415 122,084 0.1% 1.5%
2019 514,104 123,921 0.13% 1.5%
2020 514,679 126,099 0.11% 1.76%
2021 516,649 128,377 0.38% 1.81%
2022 519,741 130,469 0.6% 1.63%
2023 522,331 132,530 0.5% 1.58%
2024 524,877 134,518 0.49% 1.5%
2025 527,331 136,501 0.47% 1.47%
2026 529,641 138,451 0.44% 1.43%
2027 531,874 140,405 0.42% 1.41%
2028 534,119 142,335 0.42% 1.37%
2029 536,345 144,231 0.42% 1.33%
2030 538,617 146,130 0.42% 1.32%
2031 540,769 148,028 0.4% 1.3%
2032 542,801 149,915 0.38% 1.27%
2033 544,769 151,768 0.36% 1.24%
2034 546,653 153,602 0.35% 1.21%
2035 548,594 155,447 0.36% 1.2%
2036 550,481 157,316 0.34% 1.2%
2037 552,294 159,188 0.33% 1.19%
2038 554,085 161,050 0.32% 1.17%
2039 555,802 162,895 0.31% 1.15%
2040 557,378 164,711 0.28% 1.11%
2041 558,819 166,508 0.26% 1.09%
2042 560,139 168,325 0.24% 1.09%
2043 561,350 170,182 0.22% 1.1%
2044 562,468 172,012 0.2% 1.08%
2045 563,484 173,818 0.18% 1.05%
2046 564,357 175,629 0.15% 1.04%
2047 565,018 177,392 0.12% 1%
2048 565,511 179,152 0.09% 0.99%
2049 565,896 180,915 0.07% 0.98%
2050 566,140 182,629 0.04% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Cape Verde
City Population
Praia 159K
Mindelo 70.5K
Assomada 12K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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