Population in Cape Verde compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Cape Verde and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cape Verde	Sri Lanka	Cape Verde	Sri Lanka
1960	210,024	9,661,389	-	-
1961	215,087	9,899,372	2.41%	2.46%
1962	221,919	10,143,754	3.18%	2.47%
1963	229,373	10,395,040	3.36%	2.48%
1964	237,006	10,653,397	3.33%	2.49%
1965	244,856	10,916,965	3.31%	2.47%
1966	252,976	11,183,928	3.32%	2.45%
1967	261,404	11,457,328	3.33%	2.44%
1968	270,164	11,736,088	3.35%	2.43%
1969	279,248	12,013,858	3.36%	2.37%
1970	287,885	12,287,110	3.09%	2.27%
1971	294,046	12,551,910	2.14%	2.16%
1972	297,386	12,809,205	1.14%	2.05%
1973	299,881	13,060,916	0.84%	1.97%
1974	302,570	13,305,693	0.9%	1.87%
1975	305,847	13,548,984	1.08%	1.83%
1976	309,455	13,796,770	1.18%	1.83%
1977	312,834	14,049,371	1.09%	1.83%
1978	316,147	14,310,128	1.06%	1.86%
1979	319,480	14,579,614	1.05%	1.88%
1980	323,301	14,847,974	1.2%	1.84%
1981	327,846	15,099,414	1.41%	1.69%
1982	332,724	15,286,567	1.49%	1.24%
1983	337,654	15,388,794	1.48%	0.67%
1984	342,505	15,441,860	1.44%	0.34%
1985	347,365	15,544,154	1.42%	0.66%
1986	352,312	15,731,256	1.42%	1.2%
1987	357,302	15,916,576	1.42%	1.18%
1988	362,329	16,078,621	1.41%	1.02%
1989	367,803	16,248,557	1.51%	1.06%
1990	375,428	16,352,458	2.07%	0.64%
1991	384,586	16,475,354	2.44%	0.75%
1992	393,415	16,739,284	2.3%	1.6%
1993	401,965	17,025,918	2.17%	1.71%
1994	410,228	17,275,773	2.06%	1.47%
1995	418,104	17,564,068	1.92%	1.67%
1996	425,581	17,905,018	1.79%	1.94%
1997	432,798	18,248,200	1.7%	1.92%
1998	439,784	18,596,003	1.61%	1.91%
1999	446,519	18,944,731	1.53%	1.88%
2000	453,317	19,293,054	1.52%	1.84%
2001	460,293	19,600,362	1.54%	1.59%
2002	467,046	19,805,752	1.47%	1.05%
2003	473,383	19,951,521	1.36%	0.74%
2004	479,370	20,087,605	1.26%	0.68%
2005	485,115	20,216,524	1.2%	0.64%
2006	490,728	20,352,411	1.16%	0.67%
2007	496,190	20,492,545	1.11%	0.69%
2008	501,355	20,629,378	1.04%	0.67%
2009	506,141	20,756,435	0.95%	0.62%
2010	509,784	20,879,089	0.72%	0.59%
2011	511,447	21,009,048	0.33%	0.62%
2012	511,955	21,169,458	0.1%	0.76%
2013	512,225	20,585,000	0.05%	-2.76%
2014	512,326	20,778,000	0.02%	0.94%
2015	512,394	20,970,000	0.01%	0.92%
2016	512,554	21,209,000	0.03%	1.14%
2017	512,893	21,453,000	0.07%	1.15%
2018	513,415	21,670,000	0.1%	1.01%
2019	514,104	21,803,000	0.13%	0.61%
2020	514,679	21,919,000	0.11%	0.53%
2021	516,649	22,156,000	0.38%	1.08%
2022	519,741	22,181,000	0.6%	0.11%
2023	522,331	22,037,000	0.5%	-0.65%
2024	524,877	21,916,000	0.49%	-0.55%
2025	527,331	22,035,440	0.47%	0.54%
2026	529,641	22,148,172	0.44%	0.51%
2027	531,874	22,255,601	0.42%	0.49%
2028	534,119	22,357,682	0.42%	0.46%
2029	536,345	22,453,922	0.42%	0.43%
2030	538,617	22,546,245	0.42%	0.41%
2031	540,769	22,635,106	0.4%	0.39%
2032	542,801	22,720,118	0.38%	0.38%
2033	544,769	22,802,043	0.36%	0.36%
2034	546,653	22,879,527	0.35%	0.34%
2035	548,594	22,952,739	0.36%	0.32%
2036	550,481	23,022,027	0.34%	0.3%
2037	552,294	23,088,877	0.33%	0.29%
2038	554,085	23,152,480	0.32%	0.28%
2039	555,802	23,211,633	0.31%	0.26%
2040	557,378	23,265,986	0.28%	0.23%
2041	558,819	23,315,260	0.26%	0.21%
2042	560,139	23,359,578	0.24%	0.19%
2043	561,350	23,398,752	0.22%	0.17%
2044	562,468	23,433,096	0.2%	0.15%
2045	563,484	23,464,943	0.18%	0.14%
2046	564,357	23,492,738	0.15%	0.12%
2047	565,018	23,512,629	0.12%	0.08%
2048	565,511	23,525,953	0.09%	0.06%
2049	565,896	23,533,940	0.07%	0.03%
2050	566,140	23,538,230	0.04%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.