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Last update: 2025-08-12
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$516,32 (2019)
Inflation rate
3.72% (2023)
Unemployment rate
11.99% (2023)
Below the poverty line
35.2% (2015)
Gini coefficient
42.4 (2015)
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
4.7
Beer
2.28
Wine
1.82
Spirits
0.6
Other alcohol
0
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
611014
Male population
297106
Female population
313908
Population growth rate
1.16% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
17.9 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
5.7 (2024)
Urbanization
68% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
B- (2020)
Standard & Poors
B (2013)
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
75.44%
iOS
24.35%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+238
Internet domain
.cv
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
99 (2022)
Internet user penetration
72% (2022)
Fixed internet penetration
7% (2023)
General information
Сontinent
Africa
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
CV
Capital
Praia
Official language
Portuguese
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
11.4%
Smoking men
17.3%
Smoking women
5.4%
Current as of
2020
Area (sq. km)
Total area
4033
Land area
4033
Popular payment systems
- Mastercard
- PayPal
- Visa
Popular social networks and messengers
- Threads
- Instagram
- TikTok
- Facebook
Age structure
0-14 years
26.4%
15-64 years
67.2%
65+ years
6.4%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Catholicism
Non-religious
15.6%
Not specified
0.4%
Current as of
2021
Last update: 2025-08-12