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title: "Cape Verde — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Cape Verde: capital Praia, area 4,033 km², population 527,326 (2025), currency Cape Verdean escudo. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/cape-verde/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Cape Verde

**Cape Verde: Capital Praia**

4,033 km² · 527,326 people (2025) · Cape Verdean escudo

Ten volcanic islands about 570 km off the West African coast, of which nine are inhabited. Pico do Fogo reaches 2,829 m and is still active — it last erupted in 2014, burying two villages inside its caldera.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Praia
- **Area:** 4,033 km² — 1,557 sq mi
- **Population:** 527,326 (2025)
- **Density:** 130.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Cape Verdean escudo (CVE, Esc)
- **Official language:** Portuguese
- **Time zone:** UTC-01:00
- **Calling code:** +238
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** CV · CPV
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 170 of 200
- **By population:** 172 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brunei | 5,765 | 466,330 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5,128 | 1,367,764 |
| Cape Verde ← | 4,033 | 527,326 |
| Samoa | 2,831 | 219,306 |
| Luxembourg | 2,586 | 686,970 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Cape Verde?

Praia

### What currency does Cape Verde use?

The Cape Verdean escudo (CVE).

### How big is Cape Verde?

4,033 km², or 1,557 square miles — 170 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Cape Verde drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Brunei](https://atoneplace.net/country/brunei/)
- [Trinidad and Tobago](https://atoneplace.net/country/trinidad-and-tobago/)
- [Samoa](https://atoneplace.net/country/samoa/)
- [Luxembourg](https://atoneplace.net/country/luxembourg/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]