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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Nigeria	Cape Verde	Nigeria
1960	210,024	45,053,782	-	-
1961	215,087	45,989,310	2.41%	2.08%
1962	221,919	46,965,292	3.18%	2.12%
1963	229,373	47,973,575	3.36%	2.15%
1964	237,006	49,012,016	3.33%	2.16%
1965	244,856	50,086,764	3.31%	2.19%
1966	252,976	51,188,234	3.32%	2.2%
1967	261,404	52,293,065	3.33%	2.16%
1968	270,164	53,432,783	3.35%	2.18%
1969	279,248	54,631,914	3.36%	2.24%
1970	287,885	55,893,838	3.09%	2.31%
1971	294,046	57,214,684	2.14%	2.36%
1972	297,386	58,601,748	1.14%	2.42%
1973	299,881	60,082,139	0.84%	2.53%
1974	302,570	61,679,144	0.9%	2.66%
1975	305,847	63,410,815	1.08%	2.81%
1976	309,455	65,258,009	1.18%	2.91%
1977	312,834	67,234,590	1.09%	3.03%
1978	316,147	69,326,532	1.06%	3.11%
1979	319,480	71,498,242	1.05%	3.13%
1980	323,301	73,764,641	1.2%	3.17%
1981	327,846	76,068,103	1.41%	3.12%
1982	332,724	78,378,701	1.49%	3.04%
1983	337,654	80,438,260	1.48%	2.63%
1984	342,505	82,526,443	1.44%	2.6%
1985	347,365	84,897,973	1.42%	2.87%
1986	352,312	87,235,953	1.42%	2.75%
1987	357,302	89,591,716	1.42%	2.7%
1988	362,329	92,020,090	1.41%	2.71%
1989	367,803	94,531,014	1.51%	2.73%
1990	375,428	97,120,925	2.07%	2.74%
1991	384,586	99,720,162	2.44%	2.68%
1992	393,415	102,372,770	2.3%	2.66%
1993	401,965	105,122,069	2.17%	2.69%
1994	410,228	107,935,714	2.06%	2.68%
1995	418,104	110,819,428	1.92%	2.67%
1996	425,581	113,754,779	1.79%	2.65%
1997	432,798	116,754,792	1.7%	2.64%
1998	439,784	119,846,254	1.61%	2.65%
1999	446,519	123,047,320	1.53%	2.67%
2000	453,317	126,382,494	1.52%	2.71%
2001	460,293	129,862,595	1.54%	2.75%
2002	467,046	133,471,989	1.47%	2.78%
2003	473,383	137,202,644	1.36%	2.8%
2004	479,370	141,057,045	1.26%	2.81%
2005	485,115	145,017,253	1.2%	2.81%
2006	490,728	149,077,334	1.16%	2.8%
2007	496,190	153,267,261	1.11%	2.81%
2008	501,355	157,595,014	1.04%	2.82%
2009	506,141	162,049,464	0.95%	2.83%
2010	509,784	166,642,886	0.72%	2.83%
2011	511,447	171,379,598	0.33%	2.84%
2012	511,955	176,200,625	0.1%	2.81%
2013	512,225	181,049,443	0.05%	2.75%
2014	512,326	185,896,915	0.02%	2.68%
2015	512,394	190,671,878	0.01%	2.57%
2016	512,554	195,443,700	0.03%	2.5%
2017	512,893	200,254,579	0.07%	2.46%
2018	513,415	204,938,755	0.1%	2.34%
2019	514,104	209,485,641	0.13%	2.22%
2020	514,679	213,996,181	0.11%	2.15%
2021	516,649	218,529,286	0.38%	2.12%
2022	519,741	223,150,896	0.6%	2.11%
2023	522,331	227,882,945	0.5%	2.12%
2024	524,877	232,679,478	0.49%	2.1%
2025	527,331	237,527,783	0.47%	2.08%
2026	529,641	242,431,830	0.44%	2.06%
2027	531,874	247,374,258	0.42%	2.04%
2028	534,119	252,346,128	0.42%	2.01%
2029	536,345	257,352,638	0.42%	1.98%
2030	538,617	262,380,975	0.42%	1.95%
2031	540,769	267,421,079	0.4%	1.92%
2032	542,801	272,483,635	0.38%	1.89%
2033	544,769	277,555,116	0.36%	1.86%
2034	546,653	282,622,388	0.35%	1.83%
2035	548,594	287,685,757	0.36%	1.79%
2036	550,481	292,739,390	0.34%	1.76%
2037	552,294	297,773,236	0.33%	1.72%
2038	554,085	302,782,350	0.32%	1.68%
2039	555,802	307,764,754	0.31%	1.65%
2040	557,378	312,710,403	0.28%	1.61%
2041	558,819	317,607,237	0.26%	1.57%
2042	560,139	322,450,302	0.24%	1.52%
2043	561,350	327,243,941	0.22%	1.49%
2044	562,468	331,983,354	0.2%	1.45%
2045	563,484	336,662,502	0.18%	1.41%
2046	564,357	341,281,757	0.15%	1.37%
2047	565,018	345,844,004	0.12%	1.34%
2048	565,511	350,347,757	0.09%	1.3%
2049	565,896	354,792,418	0.07%	1.27%
2050	566,140	359,185,550	0.04%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.