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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Spain	Cape Verde	Spain
1960	210,024	30,455,000	-	-
1961	215,087	30,739,250	2.41%	0.93%
1962	221,919	31,023,366	3.18%	0.92%
1963	229,373	31,296,651	3.36%	0.88%
1964	237,006	31,609,195	3.33%	1%
1965	244,856	31,954,292	3.31%	1.09%
1966	252,976	32,283,194	3.32%	1.03%
1967	261,404	32,682,947	3.33%	1.24%
1968	270,164	33,113,134	3.35%	1.32%
1969	279,248	33,441,054	3.36%	0.99%
1970	287,885	33,814,531	3.09%	1.12%
1971	294,046	34,224,490	2.14%	1.21%
1972	297,386	34,604,469	1.14%	1.11%
1973	299,881	34,988,947	0.84%	1.11%
1974	302,570	35,373,335	0.9%	1.1%
1975	305,847	35,757,900	1.08%	1.09%
1976	309,455	36,137,812	1.18%	1.06%
1977	312,834	36,511,638	1.09%	1.03%
1978	316,147	36,864,898	1.06%	0.97%
1979	319,480	37,191,330	1.05%	0.89%
1980	323,301	37,491,165	1.2%	0.81%
1981	327,846	37,758,631	1.41%	0.71%
1982	332,724	37,986,012	1.49%	0.6%
1983	337,654	38,171,525	1.48%	0.49%
1984	342,505	38,330,364	1.44%	0.42%
1985	347,365	38,469,512	1.42%	0.36%
1986	352,312	38,584,624	1.42%	0.3%
1987	357,302	38,684,815	1.42%	0.26%
1988	362,329	38,766,939	1.41%	0.21%
1989	367,803	38,827,764	1.51%	0.16%
1990	375,428	38,867,322	2.07%	0.1%
1991	384,586	38,966,376	2.44%	0.25%
1992	393,415	39,157,685	2.3%	0.49%
1993	401,965	39,361,262	2.17%	0.52%
1994	410,228	39,549,108	2.06%	0.48%
1995	418,104	39,724,050	1.92%	0.44%
1996	425,581	39,889,852	1.79%	0.42%
1997	432,798	40,057,389	1.7%	0.42%
1998	439,784	40,223,509	1.61%	0.41%
1999	446,519	40,386,875	1.53%	0.41%
2000	453,317	40,567,864	1.52%	0.45%
2001	460,293	40,850,412	1.54%	0.7%
2002	467,046	41,431,558	1.47%	1.42%
2003	473,383	42,187,645	1.36%	1.82%
2004	479,370	42,921,895	1.26%	1.74%
2005	485,115	43,653,155	1.2%	1.7%
2006	490,728	44,397,319	1.16%	1.7%
2007	496,190	45,226,803	1.11%	1.87%
2008	501,355	45,954,106	1.04%	1.61%
2009	506,141	46,362,946	0.95%	0.89%
2010	509,784	46,576,897	0.72%	0.46%
2011	511,447	46,742,697	0.33%	0.36%
2012	511,955	46,773,055	0.1%	0.06%
2013	512,225	46,604,197	0.05%	-0.36%
2014	512,326	46,460,733	0.02%	-0.31%
2015	512,394	46,422,303	0.01%	-0.08%
2016	512,554	46,458,139	0.03%	0.08%
2017	512,893	46,571,232	0.07%	0.24%
2018	513,415	46,782,011	0.1%	0.45%
2019	514,104	47,118,501	0.13%	0.72%
2020	514,679	47,359,424	0.11%	0.51%
2021	516,649	47,443,821	0.38%	0.18%
2022	519,741	47,786,102	0.6%	0.72%
2023	522,331	48,347,910	0.5%	1.18%
2024	524,877	48,807,137	0.49%	0.95%
2025	527,331	48,786,181	0.47%	-0.04%
2026	529,641	48,746,279	0.44%	-0.08%
2027	531,874	48,696,847	0.42%	-0.1%
2028	534,119	48,642,132	0.42%	-0.11%
2029	536,345	48,578,166	0.42%	-0.13%
2030	538,617	48,501,513	0.42%	-0.16%
2031	540,769	48,412,854	0.4%	-0.18%
2032	542,801	48,321,195	0.38%	-0.19%
2033	544,769	48,230,054	0.36%	-0.19%
2034	546,653	48,136,421	0.35%	-0.19%
2035	548,594	48,036,650	0.36%	-0.21%
2036	550,481	47,929,957	0.34%	-0.22%
2037	552,294	47,819,257	0.33%	-0.23%
2038	554,085	47,706,580	0.32%	-0.24%
2039	555,802	47,588,878	0.31%	-0.25%
2040	557,378	47,463,597	0.28%	-0.26%
2041	558,819	47,332,618	0.26%	-0.28%
2042	560,139	47,194,588	0.24%	-0.29%
2043	561,350	47,052,293	0.22%	-0.3%
2044	562,468	46,902,636	0.2%	-0.32%
2045	563,484	46,738,565	0.18%	-0.35%
2046	564,357	46,564,383	0.15%	-0.37%
2047	565,018	46,381,681	0.12%	-0.39%
2048	565,511	46,190,642	0.09%	-0.41%
2049	565,896	45,985,428	0.07%	-0.44%
2050	566,140	45,769,362	0.04%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.