Population in Cape Verde compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cape Verde and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Sierra Leone	Cape Verde	Sierra Leone
1960	210,024	2,268,356	-	-
1961	215,087	2,304,227	2.41%	1.58%
1962	221,919	2,342,242	3.18%	1.65%
1963	229,373	2,382,258	3.36%	1.71%
1964	237,006	2,424,390	3.33%	1.77%
1965	244,856	2,468,666	3.31%	1.83%
1966	252,976	2,514,638	3.32%	1.86%
1967	261,404	2,562,384	3.33%	1.9%
1968	270,164	2,611,532	3.35%	1.92%
1969	279,248	2,661,365	3.36%	1.91%
1970	287,885	2,712,286	3.09%	1.91%
1971	294,046	2,763,222	2.14%	1.88%
1972	297,386	2,814,388	1.14%	1.85%
1973	299,881	2,866,955	0.84%	1.87%
1974	302,570	2,920,459	0.9%	1.87%
1975	305,847	2,974,657	1.08%	1.86%
1976	309,455	3,028,820	1.18%	1.82%
1977	312,834	3,085,354	1.09%	1.87%
1978	316,147	3,145,517	1.06%	1.95%
1979	319,480	3,207,499	1.05%	1.97%
1980	323,301	3,272,089	1.2%	2.01%
1981	327,846	3,338,940	1.41%	2.04%
1982	332,724	3,408,183	1.49%	2.07%
1983	337,654	3,481,646	1.48%	2.16%
1984	342,505	3,558,758	1.44%	2.21%
1985	347,365	3,638,438	1.42%	2.24%
1986	352,312	3,728,380	1.42%	2.47%
1987	357,302	3,829,718	1.42%	2.72%
1988	362,329	3,934,517	1.41%	2.74%
1989	367,803	4,034,037	1.51%	2.53%
1990	375,428	4,196,828	2.07%	4.04%
1991	384,586	4,246,267	2.44%	1.18%
1992	393,415	4,166,366	2.3%	-1.88%
1993	401,965	4,157,130	2.17%	-0.22%
1994	410,228	4,173,105	2.06%	0.38%
1995	418,104	4,179,179	1.92%	0.15%
1996	425,581	4,199,210	1.79%	0.48%
1997	432,798	4,253,716	1.7%	1.3%
1998	439,784	4,295,785	1.61%	0.99%
1999	446,519	4,318,043	1.53%	0.52%
2000	453,317	4,423,611	1.52%	2.44%
2001	460,293	4,692,716	1.54%	6.08%
2002	467,046	4,971,435	1.47%	5.94%
2003	473,383	5,177,687	1.36%	4.15%
2004	479,370	5,355,717	1.26%	3.44%
2005	485,115	5,501,712	1.2%	2.73%
2006	490,728	5,624,466	1.16%	2.23%
2007	496,190	5,749,352	1.11%	2.22%
2008	501,355	5,894,722	1.04%	2.53%
2009	506,141	6,055,646	0.95%	2.73%
2010	509,784	6,222,714	0.72%	2.76%
2011	511,447	6,387,251	0.33%	2.64%
2012	511,955	6,551,080	0.1%	2.56%
2013	512,225	6,714,051	0.05%	2.49%
2014	512,326	6,876,385	0.02%	2.42%
2015	512,394	7,037,655	0.01%	2.35%
2016	512,554	7,205,328	0.03%	2.38%
2017	512,893	7,379,299	0.07%	2.41%
2018	513,415	7,554,563	0.1%	2.38%
2019	514,104	7,731,991	0.13%	2.35%
2020	514,679	7,912,558	0.11%	2.34%
2021	516,649	8,094,602	0.38%	2.3%
2022	519,741	8,276,807	0.6%	2.25%
2023	522,331	8,460,512	0.5%	2.22%
2024	524,877	8,642,022	0.49%	2.15%
2025	527,331	8,819,789	0.47%	2.06%
2026	529,641	8,996,743	0.44%	2.01%
2027	531,874	9,174,695	0.42%	1.98%
2028	534,119	9,349,021	0.42%	1.9%
2029	536,345	9,520,811	0.42%	1.84%
2030	538,617	9,694,851	0.42%	1.83%
2031	540,769	9,870,295	0.4%	1.81%
2032	542,801	10,047,193	0.38%	1.79%
2033	544,769	10,221,006	0.36%	1.73%
2034	546,653	10,391,485	0.35%	1.67%
2035	548,594	10,563,163	0.36%	1.65%
2036	550,481	10,734,341	0.34%	1.62%
2037	552,294	10,902,263	0.33%	1.56%
2038	554,085	11,066,143	0.32%	1.5%
2039	555,802	11,230,060	0.31%	1.48%
2040	557,378	11,398,391	0.28%	1.5%
2041	558,819	11,566,213	0.26%	1.47%
2042	560,139	11,728,787	0.24%	1.41%
2043	561,350	11,887,934	0.22%	1.36%
2044	562,468	12,049,424	0.2%	1.36%
2045	563,484	12,208,872	0.18%	1.32%
2046	564,357	12,363,446	0.15%	1.27%
2047	565,018	12,512,739	0.12%	1.21%
2048	565,511	12,659,609	0.09%	1.17%
2049	565,896	12,805,136	0.07%	1.15%
2050	566,140	12,948,320	0.04%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.