Cape Verde vs Uruguay: Rural population

Cape Verde
117,962
in 2025
Uruguay
147,108
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
167th
Uruguay rank
165th

Rural population over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Uruguay
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k196019922025

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 147,108 against 117,962 in Cape Verde, a difference of 29,146.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 167th and Uruguay ranks 165th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.