Población: 401,343 (July 2000 est.)

Estructura de Edades:
0-14 years: 44% (male 88,202; female 86,630)
15-64 years: 50% (male 95,079; female 105,928)
65 years and over: 6% (male 10,043; female 15,461) (2000 est.)

Indice de Crecimiento en la población: 0.98% (2000 est.)

Indice de Nacimiento: 29.67 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de Muerte: 7.38 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice Neto de Migración: -12.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de sexo:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Indice de mortalidad Infantil: 54.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Esperanza de vida al nacer:
total population: 68.91 years
male: 65.63 years
female: 72.29 years (2000 est.)

Indice Total de Fertilidad: 4.19 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nacionalidad:
noun: Cape Verdean(s)
adjective: Cape Verdean

Grupos Etnicos: Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%

Religiones: Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs); Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)

Idiomas: Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)

Literatos:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.6%
male: 81.4%
female: 63.8% (1995 est.)