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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Somalia	Cape Verde	Somalia
1960	210,024	2,876,331	-	-
1961	215,087	2,952,054	2.41%	2.63%
1962	221,919	3,030,091	3.18%	2.64%
1963	229,373	3,110,361	3.36%	2.65%
1964	237,006	3,192,796	3.33%	2.65%
1965	244,856	3,277,874	3.31%	2.66%
1966	252,976	3,365,106	3.32%	2.66%
1967	261,404	3,454,537	3.33%	2.66%
1968	270,164	3,546,590	3.35%	2.66%
1969	279,248	3,641,015	3.36%	2.66%
1970	287,885	3,738,448	3.09%	2.68%
1971	294,046	3,837,691	2.14%	2.65%
1972	297,386	3,939,436	1.14%	2.65%
1973	299,881	4,045,592	0.84%	2.69%
1974	302,570	4,151,842	0.9%	2.63%
1975	305,847	4,257,535	1.08%	2.55%
1976	309,455	4,365,812	1.18%	2.54%
1977	312,834	4,484,050	1.09%	2.71%
1978	316,147	4,814,892	1.06%	7.38%
1979	319,480	5,449,117	1.05%	13.2%
1980	323,301	5,936,154	1.2%	8.94%
1981	327,846	5,982,849	1.41%	0.79%
1982	332,724	6,003,840	1.49%	0.35%
1983	337,654	6,198,430	1.48%	3.24%
1984	342,505	6,428,389	1.44%	3.71%
1985	347,365	6,693,289	1.42%	4.12%
1986	352,312	6,974,788	1.42%	4.21%
1987	357,302	7,228,302	1.42%	3.63%
1988	362,329	7,235,360	1.41%	0.1%
1989	367,803	7,114,817	1.51%	-1.67%
1990	375,428	7,082,811	2.07%	-0.45%
1991	384,586	6,813,760	2.44%	-3.8%
1992	393,415	6,495,107	2.3%	-4.68%
1993	401,965	6,681,399	2.17%	2.87%
1994	410,228	7,026,797	2.06%	5.17%
1995	418,104	7,285,007	1.92%	3.67%
1996	425,581	7,554,474	1.79%	3.7%
1997	432,798	7,824,525	1.7%	3.57%
1998	439,784	8,155,417	1.61%	4.23%
1999	446,519	8,492,059	1.53%	4.13%
2000	453,317	8,838,713	1.52%	4.08%
2001	460,293	9,198,493	1.54%	4.07%
2002	467,046	9,550,063	1.47%	3.82%
2003	473,383	9,909,157	1.36%	3.76%
2004	479,370	10,280,998	1.26%	3.75%
2005	485,115	10,644,228	1.2%	3.53%
2006	490,728	10,975,502	1.16%	3.11%
2007	496,190	11,322,582	1.11%	3.16%
2008	501,355	11,663,084	1.04%	3.01%
2009	506,141	11,961,201	0.95%	2.56%
2010	509,784	12,261,756	0.72%	2.51%
2011	511,447	12,348,830	0.33%	0.71%
2012	511,955	12,461,160	0.1%	0.91%
2013	512,225	12,869,594	0.05%	3.28%
2014	512,326	13,339,491	0.02%	3.65%
2015	512,394	13,806,963	0.01%	3.5%
2016	512,554	14,348,740	0.03%	3.92%
2017	512,893	14,916,629	0.07%	3.96%
2018	513,415	15,452,487	0.1%	3.59%
2019	514,104	16,030,971	0.13%	3.74%
2020	514,679	16,651,191	0.11%	3.87%
2021	516,649	17,271,431	0.38%	3.72%
2022	519,741	17,801,897	0.6%	3.07%
2023	522,331	18,358,615	0.5%	3.13%
2024	524,877	19,009,151	0.49%	3.54%
2025	527,331	19,654,737	0.47%	3.4%
2026	529,641	20,305,905	0.44%	3.31%
2027	531,874	20,959,056	0.42%	3.22%
2028	534,119	21,601,810	0.42%	3.07%
2029	536,345	22,247,714	0.42%	2.99%
2030	538,617	22,915,042	0.42%	3%
2031	540,769	23,589,793	0.4%	2.94%
2032	542,801	24,258,789	0.38%	2.84%
2033	544,769	24,921,830	0.36%	2.73%
2034	546,653	25,593,666	0.35%	2.7%
2035	548,594	26,294,943	0.36%	2.74%
2036	550,481	27,009,199	0.34%	2.72%
2037	552,294	27,731,170	0.33%	2.67%
2038	554,085	28,455,755	0.32%	2.61%
2039	555,802	29,167,897	0.31%	2.5%
2040	557,378	29,896,286	0.28%	2.5%
2041	558,819	30,635,956	0.26%	2.47%
2042	560,139	31,350,028	0.24%	2.33%
2043	561,350	32,057,980	0.22%	2.26%
2044	562,468	32,780,417	0.2%	2.25%
2045	563,484	33,510,163	0.18%	2.23%
2046	564,357	34,248,030	0.15%	2.2%
2047	565,018	34,996,366	0.12%	2.19%
2048	565,511	35,743,960	0.09%	2.14%
2049	565,896	36,474,683	0.07%	2.04%
2050	566,140	37,206,497	0.04%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cape Verde increased by 21,826 people (a 4.45% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cape Verde gained 17,111 (a 3.34% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 166th most populous country in 2006 and is 169th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.