Cape Verde

Facts

Population:  405,163 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  42.79% (male 87,458; female 85,895) 15-64 years:  50.76% (male 97,812; female 107,834) 65 years and over:  6.45% (male 10,204; female 15,960) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.92% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  28.71 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.19 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -12.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.64 male(s)/female total population:  0.93 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  53.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  69.21 years male:  65.93 years female:  72.6 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
Nationality:  noun:  Cape Verdean(s) adjective:  Cape Verdean
Ethnic groups:  Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
Religions:  Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Languages:  Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  71.6% male:  81.4% female:  63.8% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $670 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $1,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  13% industry:  19% services:  68% (1998)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  4% (2000)
Labor force:  NA
Unemployment rate:  24% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $188 million expenditures:  $228 million, including capital expenditures of $116 million (1996)
Industries:  food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  40 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  37.2 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  bananas, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, coffee, peanuts; fish
Exports:  $40 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  fuel, shoes, garments, fish, bananas, hides
Exports - partners:  Portugal, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Malaysia
Imports:  $250 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
Imports - partners:  Portugal, Netherlands, France, UK, Spain, US
Debt - external:  $260 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $111.3 million (1995)
Currency:  Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Currency code:  CVE
Exchange rates:  Cape Verdean escudos per US dollar - 123.080 (December 2000), 115.877 (2000), 102.700 (1999), 98.158 (1998), 93.177 (1997), 82.591 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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