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Cape Verdeans in Portugal

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Cape Verdeans in Portugal
Total population
By ancestry: 200,000[1]
By birth: 68,144[1]
Regions with significant populations
Lisbon, Algarve, Azores, Madeira, Porto
Languages
Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Portuguese

In 1995, it was estimated that there were 50,000 people of Cape Verdean descent or national origin in Portugal.[2] By 2000, this estimation rose to 83,000 people, of which 90% resided in Greater Lisbon."[3] In 2008, Portugal’s National Statistics Institute estimated that there were 68,145 Cape Verdeans who legally resided in Portugal. This made up "15.7% of all foreign nationals living legally in the country."[4]

Notable people

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