Cape Verde vs Western Sahara: Population

Cape Verde

522,335 people

in 2023

Western Sahara

579,734 people

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

174th

Western Sahara rank

171st

Population over time

Western Sahara currently reports 579,734 people against 522,335 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 57,399 people.

That makes Western Sahara's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 100 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 174th and Western Sahara ranks 171st 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.