Cape Verde

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

24,678,234 1

Urban:

56.40% 1

Rural:

43.60% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

2.9% 2

Homicides:

8.84 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3

Level of Public Corruption:

38 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

36 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

2.27 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

2.50% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

74 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

85.33% 5

Internet Users:

40% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$3,450 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

17.6% 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

7,547,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

28.87%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

73,765

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

52,261

First Communions per Year:

86,793

Confirmations per Year:

42,147

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

253,720

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

109,956

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

11,891

Church Marriages per Year:

7,268

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

6,546

Priests:

2,974

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

3,252

Catholics per Priest:

2,538

Parishes:

1,270

Mission Stations (no resident priests):

3,223

Catholic Hospitals:

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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