Cape Verde vs Maldives: Population

Cape Verde

522,335 people

in 2023

Maldives

526,009 people

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

174th

Maldives rank

173rd

Population over time

Maldives currently reports 526,009 people against 522,335 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 3,674 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 224 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 174th and Maldives ranks 173rd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.