Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde is a country in Sub-Saharan Africa with a population of approximately ~0.5 million. Its capital is Praia. This is the complete reference for identifying Cabo Verde in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Continent / region | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Capital | Praia |
| Population | ~0.5 million |
| ISO codes | CV / CPV |
| Coordinates | 14.92°, -23.51° |
| Bordering countries | None on file (island or maritime) |
How Cabo Verde appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Cabo Verde is identified through the clue sequence: sub-saharan africa first, then population range (~0.5 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Praia), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Cabo Verde is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Reading Cabo Verde in MapDash context
The Cabo Verde record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Cabo Verde sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Cabo Verde’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Cabo Verde?
The capital of Cabo Verde is Praia.
What continent is Cabo Verde in?
Cabo Verde is in Sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the population of Cabo Verde?
Cabo Verde has a population of approximately ~0.5 million.
What countries border Cabo Verde?
Cabo Verde has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.