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Cape Verde

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 Location: Archipelago between the north and the south Atlantic Ocean, 500 km from west coast of Africa.
Area: 4,033 sq. km
Population statistics (based on United Nations sources):
  • Total: 418,000 (1999)
  • Growth rate: 2.69
  • Ratio of males per 100 females: 88.1
  • Age structure (1995 figures)
    • Percentage aged 0-4 : 14.9
    • Percentage aged 5-14 : 26.4
    • Percentage aged 15-24 : 20.9
    • Percentage aged 25-60 : 26.6
    • Percentage aged 60-over : 11.2
  • Population density: 96 per sq. km

Literacy rate: 72.9% (1998)
GNP in US$ billions: 0.5 (1998)
GNP per capita in US$: 1,200 (1997)
Human Development Index value: 0.688 (1998)
Human Development Index rank: 105 of 174 countries
Gender-related Development Index value: 0.675 (1998)
Gender-related Development Index rank: 88

 

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Cape Verde is an archipelago located between the North and South Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km west of Dakar in Senegal.  The country is composed of nine main islands and half of the total population lives in Sao Tiago which is the largest island and where the capital , Praia, is situated. A former Portuguese colony, Cape Verde won its independence in 1975. The shortage of land and the recurrent droughts have forced many Cape Verdeans to emigrate to the USA, Europe and Guinea-Bissau, and today, there are more Cape Verdeans living abroad than on the islands.

Cape Verde's economy is based on subsistence farming and fishing, and the largest contributor to the GDP is the service sector, with commerce, transport, and public services accounting for almost 75% of GDP. Above all, remittances from Cape Verdeans account alone for more than 10% of GDP and help to reduce trade deficits. The newly elected democratic government in 1991 launched an economic reform aiming to develop the private sector and attract foreign investment to diversify the economy.

Cape Verde has a telephone network of 52,900 connected lines resulting in a telephone density of  12.16 per hundred people.

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