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  • Population..........................................................................423,613 (July 2007 est.)
  • Population growth rate ............................................................0.606% (2007 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................24.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Death rate...................................................6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Net migration rate...........................-11.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Ethnic groups............................. Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%

Cape Verde: Towards the End of Emigration?
Very few countries have experienced emigration on a scale approaching that of Cape Verde. Jorgen Carling of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) examines migration's effects on the country's past and present, as well as its implications for the future.
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