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Population in Cape Verde compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cape Verde was 524,877 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cape Verde's population is 529,186 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.

Population statistics:

  • The United Arab Emirates' population is 21.5 times bigger than Cape Verde's.
  • Cape Verde is ranked the 169th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
  • The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.006% for Cape Verde vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
  • For the last 10 years, Cape Verde has had an average growth rate of +0.22% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cape Verde has increased from 485K people to 529K (9.08% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
  • Cape Verde is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 566K people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.

Cape Verde vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter

Cape Verde UAE
Current population
529186
11372700
Population rank 169/197 86/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.14%
One net population change
3.44 hours
1.34 minutes
One birth every
1.36 hours
5.13 minutes
One death every
3.32 hours
53.8 minutes
One migration net change every
7.25 hours
1.89 minutes
Annual migration change -1,209 +278,439
Daily growth/decline +7 +1,077
Annual growth/decline +2,546 +393,230
Annual growth/decline rate +0.49% +3.75%
Population growth rate rank 136/197 8/197

Cape Verde and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Cape Verde
Population

Growth rate
United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cape Verde UAE Cape Verde UAE
1960 210,024 131,334 - -
1961 215,087 137,989 2.41% 5.07%
1962 221,919 144,946 3.18% 5.04%
1963 229,373 152,211 3.36% 5.01%
1964 237,006 159,692 3.33% 4.91%
1965 244,856 167,103 3.31% 4.64%
1966 252,976 173,976 3.32% 4.11%
1967 261,404 179,700 3.33% 3.29%
1968 270,164 199,416 3.35% 11%
1969 279,248 239,660 3.36% 20.2%
1970 287,885 286,536 3.09% 19.6%
1971 294,046 335,027 2.14% 16.9%
1972 297,386 385,014 1.14% 14.9%
1973 299,881 436,399 0.84% 13.3%
1974 302,570 489,087 0.9% 12.1%
1975 305,847 542,856 1.08% 11%
1976 309,455 615,866 1.18% 13.4%
1977 312,834 710,209 1.09% 15.3%
1978 316,147 809,274 1.06% 13.9%
1979 319,480 912,010 1.05% 12.7%
1980 323,301 1,015,700 1.2% 11.4%
1981 327,846 1,099,855 1.41% 8.29%
1982 332,724 1,166,370 1.49% 6.05%
1983 337,654 1,235,305 1.48% 5.91%
1984 342,505 1,305,996 1.44% 5.72%
1985 347,365 1,377,911 1.42% 5.51%
1986 352,312 1,467,383 1.42% 6.49%
1987 357,302 1,574,244 1.42% 7.28%
1988 362,329 1,681,788 1.41% 6.83%
1989 367,803 1,789,851 1.51% 6.43%
1990 375,428 1,898,220 2.07% 6.05%
1991 384,586 2,006,626 2.44% 5.71%
1992 393,415 2,114,730 2.3% 5.39%
1993 401,965 2,222,093 2.17% 5.08%
1994 410,228 2,328,188 2.06% 4.77%
1995 418,104 2,434,662 1.92% 4.57%
1996 425,581 2,597,564 1.79% 6.69%
1997 432,798 2,817,410 1.7% 8.46%
1998 439,784 3,040,421 1.61% 7.92%
1999 446,519 3,266,009 1.53% 7.42%
2000 453,317 3,493,575 1.52% 6.97%
2001 460,293 3,723,590 1.54% 6.58%
2002 467,046 3,956,826 1.47% 6.26%
2003 473,383 4,192,457 1.36% 5.96%
2004 479,370 4,428,967 1.26% 5.64%
2005 485,115 4,664,790 1.2% 5.32%
2006 490,728 5,009,100 1.16% 7.38%
2007 496,190 5,624,635 1.11% 12.3%
2008 501,355 6,302,664 1.04% 12.1%
2009 506,141 6,707,058 0.95% 6.42%
2010 509,784 6,869,838 0.72% 2.43%
2011 511,447 7,104,538 0.33% 3.42%
2012 511,955 7,391,448 0.1% 4.04%
2013 512,225 7,693,031 0.05% 4.08%
2014 512,326 8,059,440 0.02% 4.76%
2015 512,394 8,505,237 0.01% 5.53%
2016 512,554 8,935,095 0.03% 5.05%
2017 512,893 9,223,225 0.07% 3.22%
2018 513,415 9,346,701 0.1% 1.34%
2019 514,104 9,445,785 0.13% 1.06%
2020 514,679 9,401,038 0.11% -0.47%
2021 516,649 9,575,152 0.38% 1.85%
2022 519,741 10,074,977 0.6% 5.22%
2023 522,331 10,483,751 0.5% 4.06%
2024 524,877 10,876,981 0.49% 3.75%
2025 527,331 11,191,510 0.47% 2.89%
2026 529,641 11,417,074 0.44% 2.02%
2027 531,874 11,595,528 0.42% 1.56%
2028 534,119 11,750,055 0.42% 1.33%
2029 536,345 11,890,496 0.42% 1.2%
2030 538,617 12,024,613 0.42% 1.13%
2031 540,769 12,159,255 0.4% 1.12%
2032 542,801 12,298,043 0.38% 1.14%
2033 544,769 12,440,531 0.36% 1.16%
2034 546,653 12,586,327 0.35% 1.17%
2035 548,594 12,734,906 0.36% 1.18%
2036 550,481 12,885,831 0.34% 1.19%
2037 552,294 13,038,803 0.33% 1.19%
2038 554,085 13,193,613 0.32% 1.19%
2039 555,802 13,349,897 0.31% 1.18%
2040 557,378 13,507,317 0.28% 1.18%
2041 558,819 13,665,875 0.26% 1.17%
2042 560,139 13,825,473 0.24% 1.17%
2043 561,350 13,986,029 0.22% 1.16%
2044 562,468 14,147,509 0.2% 1.15%
2045 563,484 14,309,823 0.18% 1.15%
2046 564,357 14,473,950 0.15% 1.15%
2047 565,018 14,641,700 0.12% 1.16%
2048 565,511 14,812,411 0.09% 1.17%
2049 565,896 14,984,754 0.07% 1.16%
2050 566,140 15,158,142 0.04% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cape Verde increased by 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cape Verde gained 16,792 (a 3.28% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Cape Verde was ranked 165th most populous country in 2005 and is 169th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.

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