Cape Verde
Urban population in Cape Verde
Urban population in Cape Verde: 6.8% in 1950 and 77.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 77.6%
- Since 1950
- +70.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 73 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 94.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 94.1% in 2050.
- The highest was 77.6% in 2025, the lowest 6.5% in 1960.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Cape Verde |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.6 |
| 2024 | 76.8 |
| 2023 | 75.9 |
| 2022 | 75 |
| 2021 | 74.2 |
| 2020 | 72.9 |
| 2019 | 71.6 |
| 2018 | 70.4 |
| 2017 | 69.2 |
| 2016 | 68 |
| 2015 | 66.9 |
| 2014 | 65.8 |
| 2013 | 64.8 |
| 2012 | 63.7 |
| 2011 | 62.7 |
| 2010 | 61.8 |
| 2009 | 60.9 |
| 2008 | 60.1 |
| 2007 | 59.3 |
| 2006 | 58.5 |
| 2005 | 57.8 |
| 2004 | 57.1 |
| 2003 | 56.3 |
| 2002 | 55.6 |
| 2001 | 54.8 |
| 2000 | 53.9 |
| 1999 | 53.1 |
| 1998 | 52.2 |
| 1997 | 51.4 |
| 1996 | 50.5 |
| 1995 | 49.6 |
| 1994 | 48.7 |
| 1993 | 47.6 |
| 1992 | 46.6 |
| 1991 | 45.4 |
| 1990 | 44.1 |
| 1989 | 42.5 |
| 1988 | 40.5 |
| 1987 | 38.2 |
| 1986 | 35.6 |
| 1985 | 33 |
| 1984 | 30.5 |
| 1983 | 28.1 |
| 1982 | 26.1 |
| 1981 | 24.5 |
| 1980 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 22.9 |
| 1978 | 22.4 |
| 1977 | 22 |
| 1976 | 21.7 |
| 1975 | 21.4 |
| 1974 | 21.2 |
| 1973 | 20.9 |
| 1972 | 20.5 |
| 1971 | 20 |
| 1970 | 19.3 |
| 1969 | 18.3 |
| 1968 | 16.9 |
| 1967 | 15.2 |
| 1966 | 13.3 |
| 1965 | 11.5 |
| 1964 | 9.8 |
| 1963 | 8.3 |
| 1962 | 7.2 |
| 1961 | 6.6 |
| 1960 | 6.5 |
| 1959 | 6.5 |
| 1958 | 6.5 |
| 1957 | 6.5 |
| 1956 | 6.5 |
| 1955 | 6.5 |
| 1954 | 6.6 |
| 1953 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 6.7 |
| 1950 | 6.8 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Cape Verde |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 78.5 |
| 2027 | 79.3 |
| 2028 | 80.2 |
| 2029 | 81 |
| 2030 | 81.8 |
| 2031 | 82.6 |
| 2032 | 83.4 |
| 2033 | 84.1 |
| 2034 | 84.9 |
| 2035 | 85.6 |
| 2036 | 86.3 |
| 2037 | 87 |
| 2038 | 87.7 |
| 2039 | 88.4 |
| 2040 | 89 |
| 2041 | 89.6 |
| 2042 | 90.2 |
| 2043 | 90.8 |
| 2044 | 91.3 |
| 2045 | 91.9 |
| 2046 | 92.4 |
| 2047 | 92.8 |
| 2048 | 93.3 |
| 2049 | 93.7 |
| 2050 | 94.1 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.66% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$19M in 2025
- Military spending per person$38 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1,000 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2019