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Cape Verde is a small archipelago of ten islands located off the coast of Senegal. Cape Verde became independent from Portugal in 1975 and has achieved a strong development performance record, with sustained gains in health, education, and economic growth.

General Information

Capital(and largest city) Praia
14°55'N, 23°31'W		 
 Official Languague Portuguese 
   2000 2005
 People
 Population, total 450.6 thousand  506.8 thousand
 Population growth (annual %) 2.3 2.3
 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 69.2 70.7
 Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 3.9 3.5
 Environment
 Surface area (sq. km) 4,030.0 4,030.0
 Forest area (sq. km) 820.0 840.0
 Agricultural land (% of land area) 17.9 ..
 Economy
 GNI, Atlas method (current US$)  574.9 million 975.9 million
 GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 1,280.0 1,930.0
 GDP (current US$) 531.4 million 983.1 million
 GDP growth (annual %) 6.6 5.8
 Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) -1.2 0.3
 Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) 12.0 ..
 Industry, value added (% of GDP) 17.9 ..
 States and market
 Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) 165.1 302.2
 Internet users (per 1,000 people) 17.8 49.3
 Roads, paved (% of total roads) 69.0 ..
 Global links
 Merchandise trade (% of GDP) 45.4 46.4
 Net barter terms of trade (2000 - 100) 33.4 million 54.4 million
 Long-term debt (DOD, current U$S) 314.6 million482.3 million
 Present value of debt (% of GNI) .. 43.4
 Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and income) 6.8 6.4

Source: World Development Indicators database, April 2007