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Cape Verdeans
Citizens of the nation of Cape Verde / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cape Verdeans, also called Cabo Verdeans (Portuguese: cabo-verdiano), are a people native to Cape Verde, an island nation in West Africa consisting of an archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean. Cape Verde is a multi-ethnic society, which means that it is home to people of many different ethnic backgrounds. Cabo Verdeans do not consider their nationality as an ethnicity but as a citizenship with various ethnicities.
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
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Total population | |
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c. 500,000–850,000 Cape Verdean ancestry and citizenship worldwide | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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![]() | 68,145–200,000[2] [3] |
![]() | 33,119[4]–102,853[5] |
![]() | 25,000 (1995) |
![]() | 21,218 (2011)[6] |
![]() | 21,000[7] |
![]() | 15.000 (1995)[8] |
![]() | 10,000 |
![]() | 10.000 (1999)[9] |
![]() | 9,400[10] |
![]() | 6,843[10] |
![]() | 6,000 |
![]() | 5,000 |
![]() | 4,500 |
![]() | 4,000 (1999)[11] |
![]() | 3,500 (1995)[12] |
![]() | 2,562 (2021)[13] |
![]() | 1,237[10] |
![]() | 1,000 |
![]() | 1,000 |
Languages | |
Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholicism Protestantism, Irreligion |
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