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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Netherlands	Cape Verde	Netherlands
1960	210,024	11,486,631	-	-
1961	215,087	11,638,712	2.41%	1.32%
1962	221,919	11,805,689	3.18%	1.43%
1963	229,373	11,965,966	3.36%	1.36%
1964	237,006	12,127,120	3.33%	1.35%
1965	244,856	12,294,732	3.31%	1.38%
1966	252,976	12,456,251	3.32%	1.31%
1967	261,404	12,598,201	3.33%	1.14%
1968	270,164	12,729,721	3.35%	1.04%
1969	279,248	12,877,984	3.36%	1.16%
1970	287,885	13,038,526	3.09%	1.25%
1971	294,046	13,194,497	2.14%	1.2%
1972	297,386	13,328,593	1.14%	1.02%
1973	299,881	13,439,322	0.84%	0.83%
1974	302,570	13,545,056	0.9%	0.79%
1975	305,847	13,666,335	1.08%	0.9%
1976	309,455	13,774,037	1.18%	0.79%
1977	312,834	13,856,185	1.09%	0.6%
1978	316,147	13,941,700	1.06%	0.62%
1979	319,480	14,038,270	1.05%	0.69%
1980	323,301	14,149,800	1.2%	0.79%
1981	327,846	14,247,208	1.41%	0.69%
1982	332,724	14,312,690	1.49%	0.46%
1983	337,654	14,367,070	1.48%	0.38%
1984	342,505	14,424,211	1.44%	0.4%
1985	347,365	14,491,632	1.42%	0.47%
1986	352,312	14,572,278	1.42%	0.56%
1987	357,302	14,665,037	1.42%	0.64%
1988	362,329	14,760,094	1.41%	0.65%
1989	367,803	14,848,907	1.51%	0.6%
1990	375,428	14,951,510	2.07%	0.69%
1991	384,586	15,069,798	2.44%	0.79%
1992	393,415	15,184,166	2.3%	0.76%
1993	401,965	15,290,368	2.17%	0.7%
1994	410,228	15,382,838	2.06%	0.6%
1995	418,104	15,459,006	1.92%	0.5%
1996	425,581	15,530,498	1.79%	0.46%
1997	432,798	15,610,650	1.7%	0.52%
1998	439,784	15,707,209	1.61%	0.62%
1999	446,519	15,812,088	1.53%	0.67%
2000	453,317	15,925,513	1.52%	0.72%
2001	460,293	16,046,180	1.54%	0.76%
2002	467,046	16,148,929	1.47%	0.64%
2003	473,383	16,225,302	1.36%	0.47%
2004	479,370	16,281,779	1.26%	0.35%
2005	485,115	16,319,868	1.2%	0.23%
2006	490,728	16,346,101	1.16%	0.16%
2007	496,190	16,381,696	1.11%	0.22%
2008	501,355	16,445,593	1.04%	0.39%
2009	506,141	16,530,388	0.95%	0.52%
2010	509,784	16,615,394	0.72%	0.51%
2011	511,447	16,693,074	0.33%	0.47%
2012	511,955	16,754,962	0.1%	0.37%
2013	512,225	16,804,432	0.05%	0.3%
2014	512,326	16,865,008	0.02%	0.36%
2015	512,394	16,939,923	0.01%	0.44%
2016	512,554	17,030,314	0.03%	0.53%
2017	512,893	17,131,296	0.07%	0.59%
2018	513,415	17,231,624	0.1%	0.59%
2019	514,104	17,344,874	0.13%	0.66%
2020	514,679	17,441,500	0.11%	0.56%
2021	516,649	17,533,044	0.38%	0.52%
2022	519,741	17,700,982	0.6%	0.96%
2023	522,331	17,877,117	0.5%	1%
2024	524,877	17,994,237	0.49%	0.66%
2025	527,331	18,110,800	0.47%	0.65%
2026	529,641	18,211,436	0.44%	0.56%
2027	531,874	18,299,531	0.42%	0.48%
2028	534,119	18,379,573	0.42%	0.44%
2029	536,345	18,452,044	0.42%	0.39%
2030	538,617	18,515,913	0.42%	0.35%
2031	540,769	18,571,934	0.4%	0.3%
2032	542,801	18,621,087	0.38%	0.26%
2033	544,769	18,664,975	0.36%	0.24%
2034	546,653	18,702,456	0.35%	0.2%
2035	548,594	18,733,223	0.36%	0.16%
2036	550,481	18,760,054	0.34%	0.14%
2037	552,294	18,781,793	0.33%	0.12%
2038	554,085	18,798,283	0.32%	0.09%
2039	555,802	18,810,276	0.31%	0.06%
2040	557,378	18,817,745	0.28%	0.04%
2041	558,819	18,820,870	0.26%	0.02%
2042	560,139	18,819,607	0.24%	-0.007%
2043	561,350	18,815,261	0.22%	-0.02%
2044	562,468	18,807,564	0.2%	-0.04%
2045	563,484	18,797,005	0.18%	-0.06%
2046	564,357	18,785,724	0.15%	-0.06%
2047	565,018	18,771,651	0.12%	-0.07%
2048	565,511	18,754,325	0.09%	-0.09%
2049	565,896	18,735,299	0.07%	-0.1%
2050	566,140	18,714,579	0.04%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.