REST Countries

Africa · Western Africa

Cabo Verde

Everything you need to work with Cabo Verde country data: capital, population, currencies, languages, and codes, sourced from the REST Countries API and ready to drop into your own project.

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Country facts

Capital Praia
Population 491,233
Region Africa · Western Africa
Codes CV · CPV
Currencies Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Languages Portuguese
More data These are just the highlights. The REST Countries API returns 85+ more fields for Cabo Verde, including borders, timezones, calling codes, native and translated names, and coordinates. See every field.

Call the Cabo Verde country API

Request the full Cabo Verde record from the REST Countries API. Copy the snippet for your language and drop in your own API key.

curl "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV?pretty=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {{your_api_key}}"
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}' } }
);
const data = await response.json();
fetch(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}' } }
)
  .then(function (response) { return response.json(); })
  .then(function (data) { console.log(data); });
import requests
response = requests.get(
  'https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV',
  headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}'}
)
data = response.json()
$ch = curl_init('https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Authorization: Bearer {{your_api_key}}']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {{your_api_key}}'
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end
data = JSON.parse(response.body)
package main
import (
  "encoding/json"
  "io"
  "net/http"
)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var data map[string]interface{}
json.Unmarshal(body, &data)
use reqwest::blocking::Client;
use serde_json::Value;
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
  .get("https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
  .send()?;
let data: Value = response.json()?;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
  .uri(URI.create("https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV"))
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}")
  .GET()
  .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
String body = response.body();
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{your_api_key}}");
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>(
  "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV");
import Foundation
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.restcountries.com/countries/v5/codes.alpha_2/CV")!)
request.addValue("Bearer {{your_api_key}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data)

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Integrate Cabo Verde data into your app

The REST Countries API returns Cabo Verde as structured JSON over HTTPS, ready to pull straight into web, mobile, and backend projects with no scraping and no manual data entry. Request only the fields you need and cache the response.

  • Populate country dropdowns, address forms, and checkout or shipping flows.
  • Localize your app with native names, languages, and currency details.
  • Enrich dashboards, CRMs, and analytics with region, population, and ISO codes.
  • Look up Cabo Verde by alpha-2 code, alpha-3 code, or country name.

Read the API docs