How much coast is there?

Cape Verde’s coastline is 3 times as long as Guinea’s.

Cape Verde: 965 km (2026 edition) · Guinea: 320 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Cape Verde’s highest peak towers 1,077 m above Guinea’s.

Cape Verde: 2,829 m (2026 edition) · Guinea: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Guinea has 29 times as many people as Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 527,326 (2025) · Guinea: 15.1 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Cape Verde is 2.1 times as densely populated as Guinea.

Cape Verde: 131 per km² (2025) · Guinea: 61 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Cape Verde is 9.9 years older than in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 27.9 years (2023) · Guinea: 18 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Guinea have 2.6 more children on average than in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 1.51 children per woman (2024) · Guinea: 4.13 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

7.2% of people in Cape Verde are 65 or older, versus 3.5% in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 7.2% (2025) · Guinea: 3.5% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Cape Verde: no data · Guinea: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Cape Verde and Guinea are practically level.

Cape Verde: 1 (2026) · Guinea: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Guinea’s economy is 9.3 times the size of Cape Verde’s.

Cape Verde: $3.06 billion (2025) · Guinea: $28.3 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Cape Verde produces 2.5 times as much per person as Guinea.

Cape Verde: Int$12,165 (2025) · Guinea: Int$4,935 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Cape Verde than in Guinea (Gini 12.8 points higher).

Cape Verde: 42.4 (2015) · Guinea: 29.6 (2018)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Cape Verde, versus 5.2% in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 11.9% (2025) · Guinea: 5.2% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Guinea spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Cape Verde 0.6%.

Cape Verde: 0.6% (2024) · Guinea: 2.1% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Cape Verde’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Guinea’s.

Cape Verde: 48% (2025) · Guinea: 38% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Cape Verde spends 4.9 times as much on health per person as Guinea.

Cape Verde: $290 (2023) · Guinea: $59 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Guinea is 5.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 10.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Guinea: 59.8 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Cape Verde has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Guinea.

Cape Verde: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Guinea: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

17% of adults in Cape Verde are obese, versus 9.4% in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 16.5% (2024) · Guinea: 9.4% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Cape Verde: 10.4% (2024) · Guinea: no data

How do people rate their lives?

Cape Verde: no data · Guinea: 4.61 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Cape Verde drink 8.6 times as much alcohol as in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 4.1 litres (2023) · Guinea: 0.5 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Cape Verde has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Guinea.

Cape Verde: 43.8 kg (2023) · Guinea: 15.2 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Guinea has 154 kcal more food per person per day than Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 2,794 kcal (2023) · Guinea: 2,948 kcal (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Cape Verde went to school 3.6 years longer than in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 6.1 years (2023) · Guinea: 2.5 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Cape Verde welcomed 189 times as many tourists per resident as Guinea (2019).

Cape Verde: 1.51 (2022) · Guinea: 0.01 (2017)

How many people are online?

75% of people in Cape Verde are online, versus 33% in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 75% (2024) · Guinea: 33% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

98% of people in Cape Verde have electricity, versus 54% in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 98.4% (2024) · Guinea: 53.8% (2024)

How many live in cities?

78% of people in Cape Verde live in cities, versus 39% in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 78% (2025) · Guinea: 39% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Cape Verde has 112 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guinea 98.

Cape Verde: 112 (2024) · Guinea: 98 (2023)

How much railway is there?

Cape Verde: no data · Guinea: 1,086 km (2017)

How much do they fly?

Cape Verde: 0.14 (2023) · Guinea: no data

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 25% of Guinea, but only 12% of Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 11.6% (2023) · Guinea: 24.7% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Cape Verde emits 4.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guinea.

Cape Verde: 1.1 t (2024) · Guinea: 0.3 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

75% of Guinea’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 30.8% (2024) · Guinea: 75.2% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Guinea carries 41% more fine dust than in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 17 µg/m³ (2024) · Guinea: 23.9 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Cape Verde: 7 per 100k (2020) · Guinea: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Guinea are 2.3 times as deadly as in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 16.5 per 100k (2021) · Guinea: 37.4 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Guinea is on average 3.5 °C warmer than Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 23°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guinea: 26.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Guinea gets 10 times as much rain as Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guinea: 1,724 mm (2016–2025 avg)