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Cabo Verde: map and facts

Cabo Verde is in Western Africa. It has 527,326 people (2025), the 167th largest population. It covers 4,030 km², the 165th largest by area. That is about 131 people per km². Its highest point is Pico do Fogo, at 2,829 m.

Cabo Verde and the sea around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Pico do Fogo; the circle marks its capital, Praia. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 527,326 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 4,030 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 3,940 km².
Capital: Praia
Highest point: Pico do Fogo, 2,829 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 12.5% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Pico do Fogo: 2,829 m (its highest point)

Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Cape Verde Islands.

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 64.3%, bare ground 15%, open shrubland 7.7%, farmland 6.2%, water 6.1%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 60%, hills 30%, plains 10%.

Forests covered 12.5% of its land in 2024, up from 8.3% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

Cabo Verde has no land borders on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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