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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cape Verde was 524,877 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cape Verde's population is 529,186 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 97.7 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
  • Cape Verde is ranked the 169th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.63% of the world: 0.006% for Cape Verde vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Cape Verde has had an average growth rate of +0.22% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cape Verde has increased from 485K people to 529K (9.08% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Cape Verde is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 566K people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Cape Verde vs South Korea: live population counter

Cape Verde South Korea
Current population
529186
51700480
Population rank 169/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.63%
One net population change
3.44 hours
13.7 minutes
One birth every
1.36 hours
2.26 minutes
One death every
3.32 hours
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
7.25 hours
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -1,209 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +7 +105
Annual growth/decline +2,546 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +0.49% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 136/197 159/197

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

Cape Verde
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cape Verde South Korea Cape Verde South Korea
1960 210,024 25,012,374 - -
1961 215,087 25,765,673 2.41% 3.01%
1962 221,919 26,513,030 3.18% 2.9%
1963 229,373 27,261,747 3.36% 2.82%
1964 237,006 27,984,155 3.33% 2.65%
1965 244,856 28,704,674 3.31% 2.57%
1966 252,976 29,435,571 3.32% 2.55%
1967 261,404 30,130,983 3.33% 2.36%
1968 270,164 30,838,302 3.35% 2.35%
1969 279,248 31,544,266 3.36% 2.29%
1970 287,885 32,240,827 3.09% 2.21%
1971 294,046 32,882,704 2.14% 1.99%
1972 297,386 33,505,406 1.14% 1.89%
1973 299,881 34,103,149 0.84% 1.78%
1974 302,570 34,692,266 0.9% 1.73%
1975 305,847 35,280,725 1.08% 1.7%
1976 309,455 35,848,523 1.18% 1.61%
1977 312,834 36,411,795 1.09% 1.57%
1978 316,147 36,969,185 1.06% 1.53%
1979 319,480 37,534,236 1.05% 1.53%
1980 323,301 38,123,775 1.2% 1.57%
1981 327,846 38,723,248 1.41% 1.57%
1982 332,724 39,326,352 1.49% 1.56%
1983 337,654 39,910,403 1.48% 1.49%
1984 342,505 40,405,956 1.44% 1.24%
1985 347,365 40,805,744 1.42% 0.99%
1986 352,312 41,213,674 1.42% 1%
1987 357,302 41,621,690 1.42% 0.99%
1988 362,329 42,031,247 1.41% 0.98%
1989 367,803 42,449,038 1.51% 0.99%
1990 375,428 42,869,283 2.07% 0.99%
1991 384,586 43,295,704 2.44% 0.99%
1992 393,415 43,747,962 2.3% 1.04%
1993 401,965 44,194,628 2.17% 1.02%
1994 410,228 44,641,540 2.06% 1.01%
1995 418,104 45,092,991 1.92% 1.01%
1996 425,581 45,524,681 1.79% 0.96%
1997 432,798 45,953,580 1.7% 0.94%
1998 439,784 46,286,503 1.61% 0.72%
1999 446,519 46,616,677 1.53% 0.71%
2000 453,317 47,008,111 1.52% 0.84%
2001 460,293 47,370,164 1.54% 0.77%
2002 467,046 47,644,736 1.47% 0.58%
2003 473,383 47,892,330 1.36% 0.52%
2004 479,370 48,082,519 1.26% 0.4%
2005 485,115 48,184,561 1.2% 0.21%
2006 490,728 48,438,292 1.16% 0.53%
2007 496,190 48,683,638 1.11% 0.51%
2008 501,355 49,054,708 1.04% 0.76%
2009 506,141 49,307,835 0.95% 0.52%
2010 509,784 49,554,112 0.72% 0.5%
2011 511,447 49,936,638 0.33% 0.77%
2012 511,955 50,199,853 0.1% 0.53%
2013 512,225 50,428,893 0.05% 0.46%
2014 512,326 50,746,659 0.02% 0.63%
2015 512,394 51,014,947 0.01% 0.53%
2016 512,554 51,217,803 0.03% 0.4%
2017 512,893 51,361,911 0.07% 0.28%
2018 513,415 51,585,058 0.1% 0.43%
2019 514,104 51,764,822 0.13% 0.35%
2020 514,679 51,836,239 0.11% 0.14%
2021 516,649 51,769,539 0.38% -0.13%
2022 519,741 51,672,569 0.6% -0.19%
2023 522,331 51,712,619 0.5% 0.08%
2024 524,877 51,751,065 0.49% 0.07%
2025 527,331 51,700,480 0.47% -0.1%
2026 529,641 51,633,793 0.44% -0.13%
2027 531,874 51,552,198 0.42% -0.16%
2028 534,119 51,456,707 0.42% -0.19%
2029 536,345 51,347,230 0.42% -0.21%
2030 538,617 51,221,713 0.42% -0.24%
2031 540,769 51,081,220 0.4% -0.27%
2032 542,801 50,924,233 0.38% -0.31%
2033 544,769 50,747,132 0.36% -0.35%
2034 546,653 50,549,508 0.35% -0.39%
2035 548,594 50,333,286 0.36% -0.43%
2036 550,481 50,098,951 0.34% -0.47%
2037 552,294 49,845,669 0.33% -0.51%
2038 554,085 49,573,234 0.32% -0.55%
2039 555,802 49,283,770 0.31% -0.58%
2040 557,378 48,980,369 0.28% -0.62%
2041 558,819 48,661,905 0.26% -0.65%
2042 560,139 48,331,004 0.24% -0.68%
2043 561,350 47,990,085 0.22% -0.71%
2044 562,468 47,634,183 0.2% -0.74%
2045 563,484 47,263,526 0.18% -0.78%
2046 564,357 46,881,228 0.15% -0.81%
2047 565,018 46,482,133 0.12% -0.85%
2048 565,511 46,063,595 0.09% -0.9%
2049 565,896 45,626,805 0.07% -0.95%
2050 566,140 45,172,356 0.04% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

Cape Verde
City Population
Praia 159K
Mindelo 70.5K
Assomada 12K
South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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