Cabo Verde
Rural population
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Cabo Verde records 117,962 for Rural population in 2025, ranking #168 globally out of 217 countries.
- Rural population declined from 196,372 in 1960 to 117,962 in 2025, a decrease of 78,410.
- The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.
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