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Share of population under 15 — all countries

Share of population under 15 — Cabo Verde

Share of population under 15 in Cabo Verde in 2025 — 24.7%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 18.9 pp.

2025 24.7% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 217
Period maximum 47.4%1980
Period minimum 24.7%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population under 15 — Cabo Verde, 1960–20252030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.6%1962: 45.1%1964: 46%1966: 46.2%1968: 45.9%1970: 45.2%1972: 45%1974: 44.9%1976: 45.9%1978: 46.9%1980: 47.4%1982: 47%1984: 46.6%1986: 46.2%1988: 45.9%1990: 45.7%1992: 45.5%1994: 44.9%1996: 44.2%1998: 43.2%2000: 41.8%2002: 39.9%2004: 37.9%2006: 36%2008: 34.1%2010: 32.2%2012: 30.4%2014: 29.2%2016: 28.5%2018: 28.4%2020: 28.4%2022: 27.2%2024: 25.5%2025: 24.7%
Change over the period: −18.9 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cabo Verde 24.7%
World 24.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 40.4%
Western Africa computed 40.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.8%
Share of population under 15 — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.7 −0.9 pp
2024 25.5 −0.8 pp
2023 26.4 −0.8 pp
2022 27.2 −0.8 pp
2021 28 −0.4 pp
2020 28.4 +0 pp
2019 28.4 +0 pp
2018 28.4 −0 pp
2017 28.4 −0.1 pp
2016 28.5 −0.3 pp
2015 28.8 −0.4 pp
2014 29.2 −0.6 pp
2013 29.8 −0.7 pp
2012 30.4 −0.8 pp
2011 31.3 −0.9 pp
2010 32.2 −0.9 pp
2009 33.1 −0.9 pp
2008 34.1 −0.9 pp
2007 35 −0.9 pp
2006 36 −1 pp
2005 36.9 −1 pp
2004 37.9 −1 pp
2003 38.9 −1 pp
2002 39.9 −1 pp
2001 40.9 −0.9 pp
2000 41.8 −0.8 pp
1999 42.5 −0.6 pp
1998 43.2 −0.5 pp
1997 43.7 −0.5 pp
1996 44.2 −0.4 pp
1995 44.6 −0.3 pp
1994 44.9 −0.3 pp
1993 45.2 −0.2 pp
1992 45.5 −0.2 pp
1991 45.6 −0.1 pp
1990 45.7 −0.1 pp
1989 45.8 −0.1 pp
1988 45.9 −0.1 pp
1987 46.1 −0.1 pp
1986 46.2 −0.2 pp
1985 46.4 −0.2 pp
1984 46.6 −0.2 pp
1983 46.8 −0.2 pp
1982 47 −0.3 pp
1981 47.3 −0.1 pp
1980 47.4 +0.1 pp
1979 47.3 +0.4 pp
1978 46.9 +0.5 pp
1977 46.5 +0.6 pp
1976 45.9 +0.6 pp
1975 45.3 +0.3 pp
1974 44.9 −0 pp
1973 45 −0 pp
1972 45 −0 pp
1971 45 −0.2 pp
1970 45.2 −0.3 pp
1969 45.5 −0.3 pp
1968 45.9 −0.2 pp
1967 46.1 −0.1 pp
1966 46.2 +0 pp
1965 46.2 +0.2 pp
1964 46 +0.4 pp
1963 45.6 +0.5 pp
1962 45.1 +0.7 pp
1961 44.3 +0.7 pp
1960 43.6 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 46.2 ML Mali 45.8 MR Mauritania 42.4 BJ Benin 41.3 BF Burkina Faso 41.2 GN Guinea 40.5 NG Nigeria 40.5 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.5 TG Togo 40.4 GM Gambia 39.7 LR Liberia 39.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 38.3 SN Senegal 37.7 SL Sierra Leone 37.7 GH Ghana 35.4 CV Cabo Verde 24.7
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population aged 0 to 14. In sub-Saharan Africa this share exceeds 40%, while in East Asia and Europe it drops below 15%. A high share of children means fast growth of the labor force in the future, but also a heavy current load on the education system.

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

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