Cape Verde 
Facts
Population:
405,163 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
42.79% (male 87,458; female 85,895)
15-64 years:
50.76% (male 97,812; female 107,834)
65 years and over:
6.45% (male 10,204; female 15,960) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.92% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
28.71 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-12.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.64 male(s)/female
total population:
0.93 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
53.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.21 years
male:
65.93 years
female:
72.6 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Cape Verdean(s)
adjective:
Cape Verdean
Ethnic groups:
Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Languages:
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
71.6%
male:
81.4%
female:
63.8% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $670 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
13%
industry:
19%
services:
68% (1998)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4% (2000)
Labor force:
NA
Unemployment rate:
24% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$188 million
expenditures:
$228 million, including capital expenditures of $116 million (1996)
Industries:
food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
40 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
37.2 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish
Exports:
$40 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, bananas, hides
Exports - partners:
Portugal, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Malaysia
Imports:
$250 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
Imports - partners:
Portugal, Netherlands, France, UK, Spain, US
Debt - external:
$260 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$111.3 million (1995)
Currency:
Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Currency code:
CVE
Exchange rates:
Cape Verdean escudos per US dollar - 123.080 (December 2000), 115.877 (2000), 102.700 (1999), 98.158 (1998), 93.177 (1997), 82.591 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
Terra Nova
(Catholic-oriented monthly), San Vincente
Cape Verde in the News
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