Country Resource - Cabo Verde
- Population..........................................................................611,014 (2024 est.)
- Population growth rate ............................................................1.16% (2024 est.)
- Birth rate.....................................................17.9 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)
- Death rate...................................................5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)
- Net migration rate...........................-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)
- Ethnic groups.............................Creole (Mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
CIA World Factbook
Very few countries have experienced emigration on a scale approaching that of Cape Verde. Jorgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) examines migration's effects on the country's past and present, as well as its implications for the future.
Recent Activity
Approximately 2.5 million sub-Saharan African immigrants lived in the United States in 2024—more than triple the number in 2000—with most coming from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, or South Africa. This article offers a range of information about this diverse group, which has higher educational attainment and English proficiency than the overall immigrant population, and tends to have higher income.
Along with increased trade and Chinese investment in Africa has come new migration between the two regions. Malia Politzer places this movement in context and looks at the types of Chinese migrants going to Africa and the Africans going to China.
Very few countries have experienced emigration on a scale approaching that of Cape Verde. Jorgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) examines migration's effects on the country's past and present, as well as its implications for the future.
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged public health and migration management infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa, as never before. It revealed important lessons about how countries in the region can adapt mobility systems in ways that protect public health while also allowing people to safely access work, humanitarian protection, and their communities.
