Cape Verde - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Cape Verde was 496,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 496,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 210,933 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 210,933
1961 215,792
1962 221,343
1963 227,430
1964 233,809
1965 240,301
1966 246,724
1967 253,087
1968 259,610
1969 266,624
1970 274,282
1971 282,888
1972 292,150
1973 300,922
1974 307,657
1975 311,349
1976 311,403
1977 308,423
1978 304,077
1979 300,726
1980 300,047
1981 302,737
1982 308,230
1983 315,410
1984 322,560
1985 328,481
1986 332,775
1987 335,966
1988 338,857
1989 342,646
1990 348,165
1991 355,655
1992 364,727
1993 374,820
1994 385,101
1995 394,946
1996 404,166
1997 412,893
1998 421,203
1999 429,278
2000 437,238
2001 445,096
2002 452,740
2003 460,031
2004 466,784
2005 472,883
2006 478,267
2007 483,023
2008 487,371
2009 491,621
2010 496,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Cape Verde was 50.51 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 53.26 in 1981, while its lowest value was 50.51 in 2010.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 52.24
1961 52.17
1962 52.09
1963 52.00
1964 51.91
1965 51.84
1966 51.80
1967 51.77
1968 51.74
1969 51.70
1970 51.63
1971 51.53
1972 51.39
1973 51.29
1974 51.27
1975 51.39
1976 51.65
1977 52.05
1978 52.51
1979 52.91
1980 53.18
1981 53.26
1982 53.18
1983 53.01
1984 52.82
1985 52.67
1986 52.55
1987 52.47
1988 52.40
1989 52.33
1990 52.26
1991 52.17
1992 52.09
1993 52.01
1994 51.94
1995 51.89
1996 51.85
1997 51.82
1998 51.80
1999 51.75
2000 51.68
2001 51.58
2002 51.45
2003 51.31
2004 51.18
2005 51.04
2006 50.92
2007 50.81
2008 50.71
2009 50.61
2010 50.51

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population