Cape Verde vs Montenegro
Montenegro has 1.2× the population of Cape Verde: 623,129 vs 527,326, a gap of 95,803. Cape Verde is growing faster (+0.47% vs −0.06% a year), adding about 2,455 people a year against −396. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Cape Verde would overtake Montenegro in about 32 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2057) — a projection, not a forecast. Montenegro is the older society: 18.3% aged 65+ against 7.2% in Cape Verde, while Cape Verde has more children (24.7% under 15 vs 17.9%). Cape Verde is 2.8× as densely populated (129.6 vs 46.4 people per km²). People in Montenegro live 1.7 years longer on average (77.9 vs 76.2). GDP per capita is 2.6× higher in Montenegro ($14,817 vs $5,796).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cape Verde) and 2025 (Montenegro); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Cape Verde vs Montenegro — side by side
 Cape Verde |  Montenegro | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 527,3262025 | 623,1292025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.47%2025 | −0.06%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.22024 | 11.22024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.12024 | 10.22024 |
| Children per woman | 1.512024 | 1.802024 |
| Life expectancy | 76.2 yrs2024 | 77.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 24.7%2025 | 17.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 7.2%2025 | 18.3%2025 |
| Density | 129.6 /km²2023 | 46.4 /km²2023 |
| Area | 4,030 km²2023 | 13,888 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 77.6%2025 | 65.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -1,2842025 | -9,2792025 |
| GDP per capita | $5,7962025 | $14,8172025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #172 | #169 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cape Verde: 2.5× from 1960 to 2025; Montenegro: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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