Mindelo — UN urban centre
Mindelo: 73,431 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,479 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 32; territory: Cape Verde (CPV). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 16.8847, -24.9826. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56,167 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 63,135 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 67,215 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 70,740 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 72,170 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 73,431 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 74,503 | Projection |
| 2035 | 75,484 | Projection |
| 2040 | 76,301 | Projection |
| 2045 | 76,949 | Projection |
| 2050 | 77,126 | Projection |
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