Home phone number Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde Phone Number validator
How the phone number format works
- Format
- Cabo Verde phone number in national or international (+238) format
- Example
- +2389911234
Things to watch for
- Accepts national or international (E.164, e.g. +238...) format
- Validated with Google's libphonenumber; confirms the number is possible/valid for this country, not that it is currently assigned or reachable
^[+]?[0-9 ()\-]{6,}$A Cabo Verde phone number is 7 digits under the country code +238 — mobile numbers typically start with 9, landlines with 2. Cabo Verde is a volcanic archipelago of ten islands off the coast of West Africa, a former Portuguese colony that gained independence in 1975 alongside Guinea-Bissau, both having shared the same independence movement during the colonial period.
How this validator works
Enter the number in national form (9911234) or full international form (+2389911234); this tool checks the 7-digit length and leading-digit pattern against Cabo Verde’s real numbering plan using Google’s libphonenumber, entirely in your browser. With one of the shorter national lengths on this site, a Cabo Verdean number is easy to mistake for a shortened or truncated entry from a longer-plan country — the validator’s fixed 7-digit check catches that mismatch immediately.
What a pass doesn’t tell you
A pass confirms the digits form a real Cabo Verdean number shape — it doesn’t confirm the SIM is active or the landline connected, a separate carrier-side question this tool doesn’t try to answer.
Scope: useful for catching a missing digit or a wrong-length guess before a Cabo Verde number reaches a form — not a substitute for a real lookup service.
Content last reviewed 2026-08-09.
phone number FAQ
Is Cabo Verde the same place people used to call Cape Verde?
Yes, same country — the government requested Cabo Verde, the Portuguese name, be used in English too, and the change is now standard; the +238 numbering plan is unaffected by the naming shift either way.
Why do more Cabo Verdean phone numbers seem to belong to people living abroad?
Because more people of Cabo Verdean descent live outside the country than inside it — a large diaspora, concentrated in Portugal, the US, and France, that keeps close ties home, though the +238 country code itself only covers numbers assigned within the islands.
Does a valid check confirm a Cabo Verde number is currently active?
No. It only confirms the 7 digits match a real Cabo Verdean numbering pattern — not that the SIM is active or the landline connected, which needs a carrier-side lookup this free tool doesn't perform.