The latest officially reported population of Cape Verde was 524,877 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cape Verde's population is 529,186 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 100.1 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
- Cape Verde is ranked the 169th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.006% for Cape Verde vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Cape Verde has had an average growth rate of +0.22% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Cape Verde has increased from 485K people to 529K (9.08% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Cape Verde is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 566K people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.
Cape Verde vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
529186
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52963918
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| Population rank | 169/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.006% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
3.44 hours
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.36 hours
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
3.32 hours
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
7.25 hours
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -1,209 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +7 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,546 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.49% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 136/197 | 118/197 |
Cape Verde and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 210,024 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 215,087 | 8,634,941 | 2.41% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 221,919 | 8,919,028 | 3.18% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 229,373 | 9,218,077 | 3.36% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 237,006 | 9,531,109 | 3.33% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 244,856 | 9,858,030 | 3.31% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 252,976 | 10,197,578 | 3.32% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 261,404 | 10,550,597 | 3.33% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 270,164 | 10,917,999 | 3.35% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 279,248 | 11,298,936 | 3.36% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 287,885 | 11,695,771 | 3.09% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 294,046 | 12,105,539 | 2.14% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 297,386 | 12,527,856 | 1.14% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 299,881 | 13,049,315 | 0.84% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 302,570 | 13,580,723 | 0.9% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 305,847 | 14,064,798 | 1.08% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 309,455 | 14,569,716 | 1.18% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 312,834 | 15,086,614 | 1.09% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 316,147 | 15,695,003 | 1.06% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 319,480 | 16,355,352 | 1.05% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 323,301 | 17,058,905 | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 327,846 | 17,780,572 | 1.41% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 332,724 | 18,486,645 | 1.49% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 337,654 | 19,109,770 | 1.48% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 342,505 | 19,546,528 | 1.44% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 347,365 | 19,905,872 | 1.42% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 352,312 | 20,288,238 | 1.42% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 357,302 | 20,704,904 | 1.42% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 362,329 | 21,138,431 | 1.41% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 367,803 | 21,578,022 | 1.51% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 375,428 | 22,021,481 | 2.07% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 384,586 | 22,470,676 | 2.44% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 393,415 | 22,927,355 | 2.3% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 401,965 | 23,445,592 | 2.17% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 410,228 | 24,043,948 | 2.06% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 418,104 | 24,672,143 | 1.92% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 425,581 | 25,231,528 | 1.79% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 432,798 | 25,799,821 | 1.7% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 439,784 | 26,458,999 | 1.61% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 446,519 | 27,130,613 | 1.53% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 453,317 | 27,816,745 | 1.52% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 460,293 | 28,516,770 | 1.54% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 467,046 | 29,228,727 | 1.47% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 473,383 | 29,896,035 | 1.36% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 479,370 | 30,556,637 | 1.26% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 485,115 | 31,262,444 | 1.2% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 490,728 | 31,992,435 | 1.16% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 496,190 | 32,764,135 | 1.11% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 501,355 | 33,623,980 | 1.04% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 506,141 | 34,569,113 | 0.95% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 509,784 | 35,414,399 | 0.72% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 511,447 | 36,140,806 | 0.33% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 511,955 | 36,923,178 | 0.1% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 512,225 | 37,785,849 | 0.05% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 512,326 | 38,823,318 | 0.02% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 512,394 | 40,024,431 | 0.01% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 512,554 | 41,259,892 | 0.03% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 512,893 | 42,714,306 | 0.07% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 513,415 | 44,230,596 | 0.1% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 514,104 | 45,548,175 | 0.13% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 514,679 | 46,789,231 | 0.11% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 516,649 | 48,066,924 | 0.38% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 519,741 | 49,383,346 | 0.6% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 522,331 | 50,042,791 | 0.5% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 524,877 | 50,448,963 | 0.49% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 527,331 | 51,662,152 | 0.47% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 529,641 | 53,282,718 | 0.44% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 531,874 | 54,724,215 | 0.42% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 534,119 | 55,993,833 | 0.42% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 536,345 | 57,275,443 | 0.42% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 538,617 | 58,571,624 | 0.42% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 540,769 | 59,872,936 | 0.4% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 542,801 | 61,179,476 | 0.38% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 544,769 | 62,497,205 | 0.36% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 546,653 | 63,822,356 | 0.35% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 548,594 | 65,148,317 | 0.36% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 550,481 | 66,470,018 | 0.34% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 552,294 | 67,791,240 | 0.33% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 554,085 | 69,107,712 | 0.32% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 555,802 | 70,416,631 | 0.31% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 557,378 | 71,730,604 | 0.28% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 558,819 | 73,056,213 | 0.26% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 560,139 | 74,387,562 | 0.24% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 561,350 | 75,723,670 | 0.22% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 562,468 | 77,066,454 | 0.2% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 563,484 | 78,415,205 | 0.18% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 564,357 | 79,767,271 | 0.15% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 565,018 | 81,115,241 | 0.12% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 565,511 | 82,463,202 | 0.09% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 565,896 | 83,828,356 | 0.07% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 566,140 | 85,206,384 | 0.04% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Praia | 159K |
| Mindelo | 70.5K |
| Assomada | 12K |
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Cape Verde and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 31.4 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 29.4 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.52 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 337 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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