Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Cabo Verde

Net migration in Cabo Verde in 2025 — -1,284 people. Ranked 114 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 43.4%.

2025 -1,284 people −6.2% vs 2024
World rank 114of 217
Period maximum 1,608 people1969
Period minimum -7,226 people2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Cabo Verde, 1960–2025-7,500-5,000-2,50002,50019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -2,267 people1962: 904 people1964: 1,006 people1966: 1,230 people1968: 1,521 people1970: 172 people1972: -6,316 people1974: -6,512 people1976: -6,389 people1978: -6,833 people1980: -5,980 people1982: -5,629 people1984: -6,035 people1986: -6,314 people1988: -6,474 people1990: -2,398 people1992: -3,231 people1994: -3,299 people1996: -3,297 people1998: -3,332 people2000: -2,772 people2002: -2,751 people2004: -2,993 people2006: -2,408 people2008: -2,340 people2010: -5,069 people2012: -6,779 people2014: -6,578 people2016: -6,004 people2018: -4,679 people2020: -3,362 people2022: -1,253 people2024: -1,209 people2025: -1,284 people
Change over the period: +983 (+43.36%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde -1,284 people
World 0 people
Sub-Saharan Africa -223,909 people
Western Africa computed -187,524 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed -1.71M people
Net migration — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -1,284 −75 −6.2%
2024 -1,209 +17 +1.39%
2023 -1,226 +27 +2.15%
2022 -1,253 −1,253
2021 0 +3,362 +100%
2020 -3,362 +639 +15.97%
2019 -4,001 +678 +14.49%
2018 -4,679 +871 +15.69%
2017 -5,550 +454 +7.56%
2016 -6,004 +222 +3.57%
2015 -6,226 +352 +5.35%
2014 -6,578 +44 +0.66%
2013 -6,622 +157 +2.32%
2012 -6,779 +447 +6.19%
2011 -7,226 −2,157 −42.55%
2010 -5,069 −2,451 −93.62%
2009 -2,618 −278 −11.88%
2008 -2,340 −140 −6.36%
2007 -2,200 +208 +8.64%
2006 -2,408 +360 +13.01%
2005 -2,768 +225 +7.52%
2004 -2,993 −95 −3.28%
2003 -2,898 −147 −5.34%
2002 -2,751 −223 −8.82%
2001 -2,528 +244 +8.8%
2000 -2,772 +599 +17.77%
1999 -3,371 −39 −1.17%
1998 -3,332 −121 −3.77%
1997 -3,211 +86 +2.61%
1996 -3,297 −172 −5.5%
1995 -3,125 +174 +5.27%
1994 -3,299 +94 +2.77%
1993 -3,393 −162 −5.01%
1992 -3,231 −307 −10.5%
1991 -2,924 −526 −21.93%
1990 -2,398 +3,306 +57.96%
1989 -5,704 +770 +11.89%
1988 -6,474 −56 −0.87%
1987 -6,418 −104 −1.65%
1986 -6,314 −122 −1.97%
1985 -6,192 −157 −2.6%
1984 -6,035 −201 −3.45%
1983 -5,834 −205 −3.64%
1982 -5,629 +55 +0.97%
1981 -5,684 +296 +4.95%
1980 -5,980 +895 +13.02%
1979 -6,875 −42 −0.61%
1978 -6,833 −103 −1.53%
1977 -6,730 −341 −5.34%
1976 -6,389 −560 −9.61%
1975 -5,829 +683 +10.49%
1974 -6,512 −102 −1.59%
1973 -6,410 −94 −1.49%
1972 -6,316 −2,231 −54.61%
1971 -4,085 −4,257 −2,475%
1970 172 −1,436 −89.3%
1969 1,608 +87 +5.72%
1968 1,521 +145 +10.54%
1967 1,376 +146 +11.87%
1966 1,230 +137 +12.53%
1965 1,093 +87 +8.65%
1964 1,006 +61 +6.46%
1963 945 +41 +4.54%
1962 904 +855 +1,744.9%
1961 49 +2,316 +102.16%
1960 -2,267

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.