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Cabo Verde: area, population and density
Cabo Verde has 4,030 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 527,326; calculated population density is 131 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Cabo Verde ranks 167th of 196 by land area, 169th by population and 72nd by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 4,030 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 527,326World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 131 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Cabo Verde in the country comparison set
Cabo Verde has 4,030 sq km of land area and a population value of 527,326 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 167th by land area, 169th by population, and 72nd by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Cabo Verde first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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