Which has higher population by age group, Barbados or Cape Verde?

Barbados, at 45,437 people against 34,367 people in Cape Verde as of 2023.

What is the difference in population by age group between Barbados and Cape Verde?

11,070 people, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cape Verde?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Cape Verde: Population by age group

Barbados

45,437 people

in 2023

Cape Verde

34,367 people

in 2023

Barbados rank

174th

Cape Verde rank

177th

Population by age group over time

Barbados
Cape Verde

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 45,437 people against 34,367 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 11,070 people.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.3 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 174th and Cape Verde ranks 177th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 7 and Cape Verde in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Cape Verde	Difference	Ahead
1950s	10,909 people	7,554 people	3,355 people	Barbados
1960s	11,730 people	11,386 people	343.8 people	Barbados
1970s	15,345 people	17,142 people	1,797 people	Cape Verde
1980s	22,858 people	17,265 people	5,594 people	Barbados
1990s	28,631 people	19,440 people	9,191 people	Barbados
2000s	30,431 people	24,086 people	6,345 people	Barbados
2010s	35,861 people	26,682 people	9,179 people	Barbados
2020s	43,605 people	32,440 people	11,165 people	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by age group, Barbados or Cape Verde?: Barbados, at 45,437 people against 34,367 people in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in population by age group between Barbados and Cape Verde?: 11,070 people, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cape Verde?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Cape Verde rank globally for population by age group?: Barbados ranks 174th and Cape Verde ranks 177th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barbados vs Cape Verde: Population by age group. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-by-age-group/barbados/cabo-verde/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-by-age-group/barbados/cabo-verde/">Barbados vs Cape Verde: Population by age group</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population by age group
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.