Urban population share in Cabo Verde

77.6% of people in Cabo Verde lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cabo Verde, 2025 77.6% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.9percentage points 2024: 76.8%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 67th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Cabo Verde over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Cabo VerdeWorld
2025 77.6% 57.8%
2024 76.8% 57.6%
2023 75.9% 57.3%
2022 75.0% 57.1%
2021 74.2% 56.8%
2020 72.9% 56.4%
2019 71.6% 56.1%
2018 70.4% 55.8%
2017 69.2% 55.3%
2016 68.0% 54.9%
2015 66.9% 54.4%
2014 65.8% 53.9%
2013 64.7% 53.4%
2012 63.7% 52.9%
2011 62.7% 52.5%
2010 61.8% 51.8%
2009 60.9% 51.4%
2008 60.1% 50.9%
2007 59.3% 50.4%
2006 58.5% 49.9%
2005 57.8% 49.4%
2004 57.1% 48.9%
2003 56.3% 48.4%
2002 55.6% 47.8%
2001 54.8% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 76.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 66.9%, the figure has changed by +10.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Cabo Verde has the 67th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Cabo Verde
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects