Editing Demographics of Cape Verde

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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Cape Verde]]|image=File:Cape Verde single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Cape Verde in 2020|size_of_population=596,707 (2022 est.)|nation=Cabo Verdean or Cape Verdean|major_ethnic=|age_0–14_years=27.95%|age_65_years=5.48%|growth=1.21% (2022 est.)|birth=18.49 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_under_15=1.01 male(s)/female|sr_at_birth=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.52 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.95 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=23.53 deaths/1,000 live births|life=73.75 years|life_male=71.41 years|life_female=76.15 years|fertility=2.13 children born/woman (2022 est.)|official=Portuguese|spoken=Cape Verde Creole}}

[[Demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Cape Verde]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Cape Verde has about 540,000 inhabitants. A large proportion (236,000) of [[Cape Verdeans]] live on the main island, Santiago.<ref name=cvp>{{cite web |title=Cape Verde: Population |url=http://www.capeverde.com/population.html |website=Caperverde.com|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref> Many more live abroad in the [[Cape Verdean diaspora]] in mainland Africa, Europe, U.S., Brazil, et cetera.

The archipelago of Cape Verde was first discovered and claimed by Portuguese sailors working for the Portuguese Crown in 1456. Cape Verdeans are West African. Many foreigners from other parts of the world settled in Cape Verde as their permanent country. [[File:IMG0053a.jpg|thumb|right|Two Cape Verdean children playing]]

The difficulty of survival in a country with few natural resources has historically induced Cape Verdeans to emigrate. In fact, of the more than 1 million people of Cape Verdean ancestry in the world, only a little more than one-third actually live on the islands. Some 500,000 people of Cape Verdean ancestry live in the [[United States]], mainly in [[New England]]. Many people of Cape Verdean ancestry also live in [[Portugal]], [[Netherlands]], [[France]], [[Italy]] and [[Senegal]]. Cape Verdean populations also settled [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[Canada]], and other [[Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries|CPLP countries]] ([[Angola]], [[Brazil]] and [[Guinea-Bissau]]). Since independence from Portugal in 1975, a number of Cape Verdean students have continued to be admitted every year to Portuguese high schools, polytechnical institutes and universities, through bilateral agreements between the Portuguese and Cape Verdean governments.

Portuguese functions as a state language. Virtually all formal documents and official declarations are in Portuguese. But it is not the first language. Cape Verdean, commonly called Kriolu, is spoken as a mother tongue by virtually all Cape Verdeans, irrespective of social status or religious affiliation. Moreover, historical linguists often attribute Cape Verdean Creole as the oldest "New World" contact language. It is a "contact" language in the sense that it was born and evolved between linguistically different groups who, by necessity, had to create a common language to communicate with each other. There is a rich repertoire of literature and songs in Cape Verdean Creole. In religion, the majority of Cape Verdeans follow [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Christianity]]. There are some [[Protestants]], [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]] and [[Islam|Muslims]].

==Population==
[[File:Cape-Verde-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Cape Verde, Data of [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]
{{Historical populations
|title=Census population
|percentages=pagr
|1940|181,740
|1950|149,984
|1960|199,902
|1970|270,999
|1980|295,703
|1990|341,491
|2000|431,989
|2010|491,875
|2021|491,233
|source = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/evolucao-da-populacao-residente-em-cabo-verde-1900-2010.pdf|title=Evolução da população residente em Cabo Verde por Ilha Concelho|website=ine.cv}}</ref>
}}
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Cabo Verde}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 178,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 31.8%, 62.3% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.9% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2010">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision|website=Esa.un.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Progression of the population
!Year
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|Ages 0–14 (%)
! width="80pt"|Ages 15–64 (%)
! width="80pt"|Ages 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
| 178,000||32.6||59.8||7.6
|-
| 1955
| 195,000||35.8||57.9||6.2
|-
| 1960
| 211,000||42.1||53.2||4.8
|-
| 1965
| 240,000||48.5||47.3||4.2
|-
| 1970
| 274,000||48.2||47.8||4
|-
| 1975
| 311,000||45.8||49.6||4.6
|-
| 1980
| 300,000||46.0||48.7||5.3
|-
| 1985
| 328,000||44.5||50.5||5
|-
| 1990
| 348,000||45.4||49.8||4.8
|-
| 1995
| 395,000||44.5||50.5||5
|-
| 2000
| 437,000||41.7||52.9||5.3
|-
| 2005
| 473,000||37.0||57.2||5.8
|-
| 2010
| 496,000||31.8||62.3||5.9
|}

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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 243 403
| align="right" | 248 280
| align="right" | 491 683
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 25 131
| align="right" | 25 069
| align="right" | 50 200
| align="right" | 10.21
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 25 168
| align="right" | 25 040
| align="right" | 50 208
| align="right" | 10.21
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 27 864
| align="right" | 27 361
| align="right" | 55 225
| align="right" | 11.23
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 29 655
| align="right" | 29 405
| align="right" | 59 060
| align="right" | 12.01
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 27 327
| align="right" | 25 578
| align="right" | 52 905
| align="right" | 10.76
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 23 336
| align="right" | 21 005
| align="right" | 44 341
| align="right" | 9.02
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 18 165
| align="right" | 16 339
| align="right" | 34 504
| align="right" | 7.02
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 14 106
| align="right" | 13 130
| align="right" | 27 236
| align="right" | 5.54
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 12 988
| align="right" | 13 303
| align="right" | 26 291
| align="right" | 5.35
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 11 347
| align="right" | 12 165
| align="right" | 23 512
| align="right" | 4.78
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 8 162
| align="right" | 9 999
| align="right" | 18 161
| align="right" | 3.69
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 4 947
| align="right" | 7 196
| align="right" | 12 143
| align="right" | 2.47
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 2 613
| align="right" | 3 580
| align="right" | 6 193
| align="right" | 1.26
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 2 499
| align="right" | 3 716
| align="right" | 6 215
| align="right" | 1.26
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 3 437
| align="right" | 5 229
| align="right" | 8 666
| align="right" | 1.76
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 2 980
| align="right" | 4 453
| align="right" | 7 433
| align="right" | 1.51
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 2 092
| align="right" | 3 185
| align="right" | 5 277
| align="right" | 1.07
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 827
| align="right" | 1 358
| align="right" | 2 185
| align="right" | 0.44
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 377
| align="right" | 696
| align="right" | 1 073
| align="right" | 0.22
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 172
| align="right" | 325 
| align="right" | 497
| align="right" | 0.10
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 78 163
| align="right" | 77 470
| align="right" | 155 633
| align="right" | 31.65
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 152 646
| align="right" | 151 700
| align="right" | 304 346
| align="right" | 61.90
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 12 384
| align="right" | 18 962
| align="right" | 31 346
| align="right" | 6.38
|-
| align="right" | Unknown
| align="right" | 210
| align="right" | 148
| align="right" | 358
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 281 533
| align="right" | 275 324
| align="right" | 556 857
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 26 739
| align="right" | 25 524
| align="right" | 52 264
| align="right" | 9.39
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 26 162
| align="right" | 24 973
| align="right" | 51 135
| align="right" | 9.18
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 25 262
| align="right" | 25 389
| align="right" | 50 651
| align="right" | 9.10
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 23 734
| align="right" | 23 483
| align="right" | 47 218
| align="right" | 8.48
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 23 955
| align="right" | 22 461
| align="right" | 46 416
| align="right" | 8.34
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 28 159
| align="right" | 26 015
| align="right" | 54 173
| align="right" | 9.73
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 28 603
| align="right" | 24 995
| align="right" | 53 597
| align="right" | 9.62
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 24 111
| align="right" | 20 484
| align="right" | 44 595
| align="right" | 8.01
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 18 738 
| align="right" | 15 923
| align="right" | 34 660
| align="right" | 6.22
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 14 043
| align="right" | 12 780
| align="right" | 26 822
| align="right" | 4.82
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 12 282
| align="right" | 12 693
| align="right" | 24 974
| align="right" | 4.48
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 10 437
| align="right" | 11 557
| align="right" | 21 994
| align="right" | 3.95
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 7 125
| align="right" | 9 226
| align="right" | 16 351
| align="right" | 2.94
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 4 080
| align="right" | 6 402
| align="right" | 10 482
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 2 050
| align="right" | 2 955
| align="right" | 5 006
| align="right" | 0.90
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 1 722
| align="right" | 2 772
| align="right" | 4 494
| align="right" | 0.81
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 2 037
| align="right" | 3 496
| align="right" | 5 533
| align="right" | 0.99
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 1 443
| align="right" | 2 389
| align="right" | 3 833
| align="right" | 0.69
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 682
| align="right" | 1 249
| align="right" | 1 931
| align="right" | 0.35
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 170
| align="right" | 560
| align="right" | 730
| align="right" | 0.13
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 78 163
| align="right" | 75 886
| align="right" | 154 049
| align="right" | 27.66
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 191 186
| align="right" | 179 615
| align="right" | 370 801
| align="right" | 66.59
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 12 184
| align="right" | 19 823
| align="right" | 32 007
| align="right" | 5.75
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 246 363
| align="right" | 244 870
| align="right" | 491 233
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 23 111
| align="right" | 22 429
| align="right" | 45 540
| align="right" | 9.27
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 23 533 
| align="right" | 23 086
| align="right" | 46 619
| align="right" | 9.49
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 23 809
| align="right" | 22 771
| align="right" | 46 580
| align="right" | 9.48
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 21 903
| align="right" | 20 401 
| align="right" | 42 304
| align="right" | 8.61
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 20 391
| align="right" | 18 159
| align="right" | 38 550
| align="right" | 7.85
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 22 481
| align="right" | 21 665
| align="right" | 44 146
| align="right" | 8.99
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 22 552
| align="right" | 21 681
| align="right" | 44 233
| align="right" | 9.00
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 19 217
| align="right" | 18 105
| align="right" | 37 322
| align="right" | 7.60
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 15 820
| align="right" | 14 259
| align="right" | 30 079
| align="right" | 6.12
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 12 269
| align="right" | 11 347
| align="right" | 23 616
| align="right" | 4.81
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 11 257
| align="right" | 11 224
| align="right" | 22 481
| align="right" | 4.58
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 10 001
| align="right" | 10 682
| align="right" | 20 683
| align="right" | 4.21
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 7 536
| align="right" | 8 765
| align="right" | 16 301
| align="right" | 3.32
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 4 496
| align="right" | 6 510
| align="right" | 11 006
| align="right" | 2.24
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 2 347
| align="right" | 3 279
| align="right" | 5 626
| align="right" | 1.15
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 1 685
| align="right" | 2 842
| align="right" | 4 527
| align="right" | 0.92
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 1 839
| align="right" | 3 404
| align="right" | 5 243
| align="right" | 1.07
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 1 257
| align="right" | 2 473
| align="right" | 3 730
| align="right" | 0.76
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 648
| align="right" | 1 316
| align="right" | 1 964
| align="right" | 0.40
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 211
| align="right" | 472
| align="right" | 683
| align="right" | 1.39
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 70 453
| align="right" | 68 286
| align="right" | 138 739
| align="right" | 28.24
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 163 427
| align="right" | 156 288
| align="right" | 319 715
| align="right" | 65.08
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 12 483
| align="right" | 20 296
| align="right" | 32 779
| align="right" | 6.67
|-
|}
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==Vital statistics==
Vital events of Cape Verde are not (yet) available for recent years. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.<ref name="WPP 2010"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70pt"|Period
! width="70pt"|Live births per year
! width="70pt"|Deaths per year
! width="70pt"|Natural change per year
! width="70pt"|CBR*
! width="70pt"|CDR*
! width="70pt"|NC*
! width="70pt"|TFR*
! width="70pt"|IMR*
|-
| 1950–1955 || 9 000|| 4 000|| 5 000||49.0||22.6||26.3||6.57||139
|-
| 1955–1960 || 10 000|| 4 000|| 5 000||48.0||21.1||26.9||6.76||132
|-
| 1960–1965 || 10 000|| 4 000|| 6 000||45.0||18.7||26.3||6.97||125
|-
| 1965–1970 || 11 000|| 4 000|| 6 000||41.4||16.4||25.0||6.97||117
|-
| 1970–1975 || 12 000|| 4 000|| 8 000||41.1||13.4||27.7||6.86||96
|-
| 1975–1980 || 13 000|| 4 000|| 9 000||41.6||11.6||30.0||6.62||78
|-
| 1980–1985 || 13 000|| 3 000|| 10 000||41.3||10.3||31.0||6.10||65
|-
| 1985–1990 || 14 000|| 3 000|| 11 000||40.9||9.2||31.7||5.63||54
|-
| 1990–1995 || 14 000|| 3 000|| 11 000||36.5||7.9||28.6||4.93||44
|-
| 1995–2000 || 13 000|| 3 000|| 10 000||31.6||6.7||24.9||4.15||37
|-
| 2000–2005 || 12 000|| 3 000|| 9 000||26.2||5.8||20.5||3.28||28
|-
| 2005–2010 || 11 000|| 3 000|| 8 000||21.9||5.2||16.7||2.60||21
|-
|align="left" colspan="9" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}

===Registered births and deaths===
<ref name="unstats.un.org">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.minsaude.gov.cv/index.php/documentosite/-1| title = Relatório Estatístico| date = 31 May 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 1948
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,756
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1949
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,904
| align="right" | 3,641
| align="right" | 263
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1950
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 5,322
| align="right" | 2,562
| align="right" | 2,760
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1951
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,367
| align="right" | 2,377
| align="right" | 4,990
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1952
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,647
| align="right" | 2,455
| align="right" | 5,192
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1953
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,597
| align="right" | 2,866
| align="right" | 4,731
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1954
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,697
| align="right" | 3,305
| align="right" | 5,392
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1955
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,547
| align="right" | 2,220
| align="right" | 6,327
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1956
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,377
| align="right" | 2,200
| align="right" | 6,177
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1957
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,237
| align="right" | 2,790
| align="right" | 5,447
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1958
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,026
| align="right" | 2,552
| align="right" | 6,474
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1959
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,609
| align="right" | 2,382
| align="right" | 7,227
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1960
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,954
| align="right" | 3,127
| align="right" | 5,827
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1961
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,319
| align="right" | 2,543
| align="right" | 5,776
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1962
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,952
| align="right" | 2,452
| align="right" | 6,500
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1963
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,671
| align="right" | 2,996
| align="right" | 6,675
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1964
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,783
| align="right" | 2,315
| align="right" | 7,468
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1965
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,638
| align="right" | 2,377
| align="right" | 7,261
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1966
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,621
| align="right" | 2,167
| align="right" | 7,454
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1967
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,190
| align="right" | 2,593
| align="right" | 7,597
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1968
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,131
| align="right" | 2,397
| align="right" | 7,734
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1969
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,671
| align="right" | 3,452
| align="right" | 6,219
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1970
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,379
| align="right" | 2,883
| align="right" | 6,496
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1971
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,493
| align="right" | 4,147
| align="right" | 5,346
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1972
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,966
| align="right" | 2,779
| align="right" | 6,187
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1973
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,418
| align="right" | 3,513
| align="right" | 4,905
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1974
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,492
| align="right" | 2,576
| align="right" | 5,916
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1975
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,210
| align="right" | 2,796
| align="right" | 5,414
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1976
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,863
| align="right" | 2,869
| align="right" | 6,994
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1977
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,965
| align="right" | 2,564
| align="right" | 7,401
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1978
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,060
| align="right" | 3,207
| align="right" | 6,853
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1979
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,289
| align="right" | 2,469
| align="right" | 5,820
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1980
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,650
| align="right" | 2,080
| align="right" | 7,570
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1981
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,580
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1982
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,066
| align="right" | 2,169
| align="right" | 8,897
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1983
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,438
| align="right" | 2,649
| align="right" | 8,789
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1984
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,696
| align="right" | 2,863
| align="right" | 8,833
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1985
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,282
| align="right" | 2,735
| align="right" | 8,547
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1986
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,636
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1987
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,771
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1988
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,443
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1989
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1990
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,669
| align="right" | 2,505
| align="right" | 7,164
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1991
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,289
| align="right" | 2,616
| align="right" | 9,673
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1992
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,671
| align="right" | 2,843
| align="right" | 6,828
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1993
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,821
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1994
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1995
| align="right" | 386,813
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,520
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1996
| align="right" | 393,478
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,715
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1997
| align="right" | 406,267
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,047
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7.5
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1998
| align="right" | 413,382
| align="right" | 15,460
| align="right" | 2,811
| align="right" | 12,649
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1999
| align="right" | 426,061
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,812
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2000
| align="right" | 436,821
| align="right" | 12,746
| align="right" | 2,433
| align="right" | 10,313
| align="right" | 29.2
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 23.6
| align="right" | 4.00
|-
| align="right" | 2001
| align="right" | 445,035
| align="right" | 12,550
| align="right" | 2,396
| align="right" | 10,154
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 22.8
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2002
| align="right" | 452,198
| align="right" | 12,345
| align="right" | 2,395
| align="right" | 9,950
| align="right" | 27.3
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 22.0
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2003
| align="right" | 460,837
| align="right" | 12,120
| align="right" | 2,600
| align="right" | 9,520
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 20.7
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2004
| align="right" | 468,854
| align="right" | 11,862
| align="right" | 2,522
| align="right" | 9,340
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 19.9
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2005
| align="right" | 478,163
| align="right" | 11,554
| align="right" | 2,423
| align="right" | 9,131
| align="right" | 24.3
| align="right" | 5.1
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2006
| align="right" | 487,121
| align="right" | 9,765
| align="right" | 2,612
| align="right" | 7,153
| align="right" | 20.7
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 15.3
| align="right" | 2.443
|-
| align="right" | 2007
| align="right" | 491,419
| align="right" | 10,421
| align="right" | 2,484
| align="right" | 7,937
| align="right" | 21.8
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 2.575
|-
| align="right" | 2008
| align="right" | 499,796
| align="right" | 10,165
| align="right" | 2,683
| align="right" | 7,482
| align="right" | 21.0
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 15.5
| align="right" | 2.429
|-
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" | 485,677
| align="right" | 9,962
| align="right" | 2,583
| align="right" | 7,379
| align="right" | 20.4
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 2.334
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 477,859
| align="right" | 10,568
| align="right" | 2,352
| align="right" | 8,216
| align="right" | 22.1
| align="right" | 4.9
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 2.535
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 480,577
| align="right" | 10,777
| align="right" | 2,488
| align="right" | 8,289
| align="right" | 22.4
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 2.589
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 483,285
| align="right" | 10,050
| align="right" | 2,610
| align="right" | 7,440
| align="right" | 20.8
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 15.4
| align="right" | 2.419
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 485,996
| align="right" | 9,845
| align="right" | 2,518
| align="right" | 7,327
| align="right" | 20.3
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 2.358
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 488,719
| align="right" | 9,868
| align="right" | 2,528
| align="right" | 7,340
| align="right" | 20.2
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 15.0
| align="right" | 2.356
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 491,436
| align="right" | 9,794
| align="right" | 2,761
| align="right" | 7,033
| align="right" | 19.9
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 2.330
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 493,465
| align="right" | 9,980
| align="right" | 2,591
| align="right" | 7,389
| align="right" | 20.2
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 14.9
| align="right" | 2.389
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 495,522
| align="right" | 9,943
| align="right" | 2,497
| align="right" | 7,446
| align="right" | 20.1
| align="right" | 5.0
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 2.401
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 497,558
| align="right" | 9,551
| align="right" | 2,836
| align="right" | 6,715
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 5.7
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | 2.327
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 499,609
| align="right" | 9,284
| align="right" | 2,771
| align="right" | 6,513
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 13.1
| align="right" | 2.286
|-
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 501,657
| align="right" | 9,211
| align="right" | 2,959
| align="right" | 6,252
| align="right" | 18.4
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 2.280
|-
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" | 504,125
| align="right" | 8,607
| align="right" | 3,178
| align="right" | 5,429
| align="right" | 17.1
| align="right" | 6.3
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 2.147
|-
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" | 506,595
| align="right" | 7,981
| align="right" | 3,032
| align="right" | 4,949
| align="right" | 15.8
| align="right" | 6.0
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 2.008
|-
| align="right" | 2023
| align="right" | 509,078
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2024
| align="right" | 511,534
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total fertility rate (TFR) (wanted fertility rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1363|title=Server Error|website=microdata.worldbank.org|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215720/http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1363|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Rural)
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;"| 22
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,9 (2,8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 23
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,7 (2,7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 22
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,1 (3,0)
|-
|}

Fertility data from 2005 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR203/FR203.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR203/FR203.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva (IDSR-II)|website=Dhsprogram.com|date=2005|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
|-
| Santo Antão || 2.9 || 3.8 || 6.0
|-
| São Vicente || 2.0 || 3.4 || 4.0
|-
| São Nicolau || 3.3 || 4.4 || 4.2
|-
| Sal || 3.2 || 7.0 || 3.9
|-
| Boa Vista || 2.4 || 10.0 || 4.4
|-
| Maio || 2.6 || 1.7 || 4.3
|-
| Santiago || 3.1 || 5.4 || 4.5
|-
| Praia Urbano || 3.2 || 5.1 || 4.5
|-
| Santiago Norte || 2.7 || 6.2 || 4.3
|-
| Resto Santiago || 3.3 || 4.6 || 4.8
|-
| Fogo || 3.1 || 6.3 || 5.6
|-
| Brava || 2.8 || 7.0 || 5.0
|}

=== Life expectancy ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|48.08
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 48.77  
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 49.45  
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 52.43  
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 55.25 
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 60.52  
|-
|1980–1985
|{{increase}} 62.37 
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 64.10 
|-
|1990–1995
|{{increase}} 65.73   
|-
|1995–2000
|{{increase}} 67.94  
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 71.27   
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 71.77 
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 72.14  
|}

==Ethnic groups==
===Genetics===
[[E1b1a]], [[R1b]]

:The predominance of West African mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in their maternal gene pool, the major West African Y-chromosome lineage E3a was observed only at a frequency of 15.9%. Overall, these results indicate that gene flow from multiple sources and sex-specific patterns have been important in the formation of the genomic diversity in the Cabo Verde islands.<ref name="Gonçalves2003">{{cite journal|title=Y-chromosome lineages in Cabo Verde Islands witness the diverse geographic origin of its first male settlers|journal=Human Genetics|date= 26 August 2003|first=Rita|last=Gonçalves|author2=Alexandra Rosa |author3=Ana Freitas |author4=Ana Fernandes |author5=Toomas Kivisild |author6=Richard Villems |author7=António Brehm |volume=113|issue=6|pages=467–472|doi=10.1007/s00439-003-1007-4|pmid=12942365|s2cid=63381583|hdl=10400.13/3047|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

==Languages==
:[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (official), [[Cape Verdean Creole|Kriolu]]<ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cabo-verde/|title=Africa :: CAPE VERDE|date=14 April 2022|publisher=CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
According to results from 2016, 72.8% of the population aged 12 or above could speak a language besides Kriolu, and the vast majority of them spoke [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], the official language of the country and the language from [[Portuguese Cape Verde|colonial time]]. Ability to speak non-Kriolu languages also varied greatly by age, with younger generations being substantially more likely to speak a non-creole language.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/apresentacao_cdl_imc.pdf |title=Seminário sobre as Estatísticas da Cultura, Desporto e Lazer |trans-title=Seminar about Culture, Sport and Leisure Statistics |date=2016 |publisher=[[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Cape Verde)|Instituto Nacional de Estatística]] |language=Portuguese |access-date=2025-04-07}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Percentage of population aged 12 or above by ability to speak various languages
!
!Any non-creole languages
![[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
![[English language|English]]
![[French language|French]]
![[Spanish language|Spanish]]
![[Italian language|Italian]]
|-
|'''Total 12+'''
|'''72.8'''
|'''72.2'''
|'''16.5'''
|'''13.5'''
|'''3.0'''
|'''0.9'''
|-
|12-14
|84.8
|84.7
|8.5
|7.0
|0.0
|0.1
|-
|15-24
|88.6
|88.1
|25.0
|19.5
|1.2
|0.3
|-
|25-44
|79.8
|78.8
|20.5
|15.8
|4.3
|1.6
|-
|45-64
|54.6
|54.4
|7.2
|7.8
|4.6
|0.6
|-
|65 +
|26.4
|26.3
|2.6
|4.5
|1.8
|1.1
|}

==Religion==
{{main|Religion in Cape Verde}}
:[[Catholic Church|Catholic]] 77.3%, [[Protestant]] 3.7% (includes [[Church of the Nazarene]] 1.7%, [[Adventism|Adventist]] 1.5%, [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God|Universal Kingdom of God]] 0.4%, and [[God and Love]] 0.1%), other [[Christianity|Christian]] 4.3% (includes [[Theistic rationalism|Christian Rationalism]] 1.9%, [[Jehovah's Witness]] 1%, [[Assembly of God]] 0.9%, and [[New Apostolic]] 0.5%), [[Islam]] 1.8%, Other 1.3%, None 10.8%, Unspecified 0.7% (2010 estimate) <ref name="CIATONGA"/>

==See also==
{{see also|List of Cape Verdeans|Cape Verdean American|Cape Verdeans in the Netherlands}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{CIA World Factbook|year=2008}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Demographics of Cape Verde}}
* [http://www.ine.cv/ National Institute of Statistics]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516013042/http://www.prb.org/Datafinder/Geography/Summary.aspx?region=19&region_type=2 Demographic Highlights] — Statistics from the Population Reference Bureau

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