Cabo Verde: flag, capital & map
Get to know Cabo Verde, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Praia
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 527,326
- Area
- 4,033 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Portuguese
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Cabo Verde is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Praia.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Cabo Verde
The flag of Cape Verde is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue in the ratio of 6:1:1:1:3. A ring of ten five-pointed yellow stars is centered at three-eighth of the height from the bottom edge and three-eighth of the width from the hoist end of the field.
Where it is
Cabo Verde is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Cabo Verde has a recorded area of 4,033 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 16 by area, from largest to smallest. Gambia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 10,689 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 527,326 people for Cabo Verde in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 131 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Portuguese. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Cabo Verde?
Reveal answer
Praia. Cabo Verde is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Praia.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Cabo Verde?
Reveal answer
The flag of Cape Verde is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue in the ratio of 6:1:1:1:3. A ring of ten five-pointed yellow stars is centered at three-eighth of the height from the bottom edge and three-eighth of the width from the hoist end of the field.
Which land neighbours of Cabo Verde are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Cabo Verde. It is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region.
Which languages does the source list for Cabo Verde?
Reveal answer
Portuguese. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Cabo Verde.
Which currency codes are listed for Cabo Verde?
Reveal answer
Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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