Cape Verde vs Guinea: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Cape Verde
1.1%
in 2025
Guinea
1.2%
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
36th
Guinea rank
33rd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Cape Verde
- Guinea
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 1.2% against 1.1% in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guinea ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 36th and Guinea ranks 33rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 6 and Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -0.5% | 1.7% | 2.2% | Guinea |
| 1960s | 10.6% | 5.6% | 5.0% | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 2.0% | 3.9% | 1.8% | Guinea |
| 1980s | 6.3% | 1.4% | 4.9% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Cape Verde or Guinea?
- Guinea, at 1.2% against 1.1% in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Cape Verde and Guinea?
- 0.1%, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Guinea?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Guinea rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Cape Verde ranks 36th and Guinea ranks 33rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.