Population in Cape Verde compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cape Verde and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	South Africa	Cape Verde	South Africa
1960	210,024	16,440,172	-	-
1961	215,087	16,908,035	2.41%	2.85%
1962	221,919	17,418,522	3.18%	3.02%
1963	229,373	17,954,564	3.36%	3.08%
1964	237,006	18,511,361	3.33%	3.1%
1965	244,856	19,089,380	3.31%	3.12%
1966	252,976	19,690,087	3.32%	3.15%
1967	261,404	20,314,066	3.33%	3.17%
1968	270,164	20,957,287	3.35%	3.17%
1969	279,248	21,614,676	3.36%	3.14%
1970	287,885	22,279,984	3.09%	3.08%
1971	294,046	22,942,143	2.14%	2.97%
1972	297,386	23,609,456	1.14%	2.91%
1973	299,881	24,294,263	0.84%	2.9%
1974	302,570	24,989,108	0.9%	2.86%
1975	305,847	25,690,940	1.08%	2.81%
1976	309,455	26,395,450	1.18%	2.74%
1977	312,834	27,118,952	1.09%	2.74%
1978	316,147	27,869,507	1.06%	2.77%
1979	319,480	28,634,162	1.05%	2.74%
1980	323,301	29,518,857	1.2%	3.09%
1981	327,846	30,541,044	1.41%	3.46%
1982	332,724	31,615,339	1.49%	3.52%
1983	337,654	32,739,304	1.48%	3.56%
1984	342,505	33,892,788	1.44%	3.52%
1985	347,365	35,042,093	1.42%	3.39%
1986	352,312	36,180,515	1.42%	3.25%
1987	357,302	37,326,190	1.42%	3.17%
1988	362,329	38,480,649	1.41%	3.09%
1989	367,803	39,628,575	1.51%	2.98%
1990	375,428	40,746,268	2.07%	2.82%
1991	384,586	41,687,898	2.44%	2.31%
1992	393,415	42,443,509	2.3%	1.81%
1993	401,965	43,297,156	2.17%	2.01%
1994	410,228	44,004,139	2.06%	1.63%
1995	418,104	44,541,554	1.92%	1.22%
1996	425,581	45,123,018	1.79%	1.31%
1997	432,798	45,666,838	1.7%	1.21%
1998	439,784	46,223,880	1.61%	1.22%
1999	446,519	46,730,335	1.53%	1.1%
2000	453,317	47,159,719	1.52%	0.92%
2001	460,293	47,566,800	1.54%	0.86%
2002	467,046	48,019,415	1.47%	0.95%
2003	473,383	48,500,348	1.36%	1%
2004	479,370	48,991,421	1.26%	1.01%
2005	485,115	49,490,033	1.2%	1.02%
2006	490,728	49,998,277	1.16%	1.03%
2007	496,190	50,528,584	1.11%	1.06%
2008	501,355	51,114,599	1.04%	1.16%
2009	506,141	51,728,516	0.95%	1.2%
2010	509,784	52,344,051	0.72%	1.19%
2011	511,447	52,995,205	0.33%	1.24%
2012	511,955	53,782,567	0.1%	1.49%
2013	512,225	54,678,791	0.05%	1.67%
2014	512,326	55,594,838	0.02%	1.68%
2015	512,394	56,723,537	0.01%	2.03%
2016	512,554	57,259,551	0.03%	0.94%
2017	512,893	57,635,162	0.07%	0.66%
2018	513,415	58,613,001	0.1%	1.7%
2019	514,104	59,587,885	0.13%	1.66%
2020	514,679	60,562,381	0.11%	1.64%
2021	516,649	61,502,603	0.38%	1.55%
2022	519,741	62,378,410	0.6%	1.42%
2023	522,331	63,212,384	0.5%	1.34%
2024	524,877	64,007,187	0.49%	1.26%
2025	527,331	64,747,317	0.47%	1.16%
2026	529,641	65,453,086	0.44%	1.09%
2027	531,874	66,143,018	0.42%	1.05%
2028	534,119	66,830,384	0.42%	1.04%
2029	536,345	67,506,850	0.42%	1.01%
2030	538,617	68,161,357	0.42%	0.97%
2031	540,769	68,798,574	0.4%	0.93%
2032	542,801	69,426,441	0.38%	0.91%
2033	544,769	70,040,484	0.36%	0.88%
2034	546,653	70,641,572	0.35%	0.86%
2035	548,594	71,234,749	0.36%	0.84%
2036	550,481	71,816,372	0.34%	0.82%
2037	552,294	72,387,807	0.33%	0.8%
2038	554,085	72,949,611	0.32%	0.78%
2039	555,802	73,496,152	0.31%	0.75%
2040	557,378	74,035,615	0.28%	0.73%
2041	558,819	74,575,444	0.26%	0.73%
2042	560,139	75,111,899	0.24%	0.72%
2043	561,350	75,641,512	0.22%	0.71%
2044	562,468	76,164,461	0.2%	0.69%
2045	563,484	76,681,448	0.18%	0.68%
2046	564,357	77,199,542	0.15%	0.68%
2047	565,018	77,716,650	0.12%	0.67%
2048	565,511	78,215,323	0.09%	0.64%
2049	565,896	78,699,584	0.07%	0.62%
2050	566,140	79,177,329	0.04%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.