Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Cape Verde

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Cape Verde chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.52 in Cape Verde in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Cape Verde population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Cape Verde
1960	7.5	6.89
1961	7.56	6.92
1962	7.61	6.95
1963	7.65	6.98
1964	7.67	6.99
1965	7.71	6.99
1966	7.71	6.99
1967	7.71	6.98
1968	7.71	6.97
1969	7.71	6.95
1970	7.7	6.94
1971	7.67	6.91
1972	7.63	6.89
1973	7.59	6.86
1974	7.55	6.82
1975	7.49	6.77
1976	7.41	6.71
1977	7.31	6.65
1978	7.21	6.56
1979	7.12	6.47
1980	6.99	6.38
1981	6.85	6.27
1982	6.68	6.17
1983	6.5	6.07
1984	6.28	5.97
1985	6.04	5.92
1986	5.65	5.81
1987	5.3	5.68
1988	5.02	5.55
1989	4.76	5.45
1990	4.51	5.36
1991	4.37	5.26
1992	4.27	5.12
1993	4.08	4.95
1994	3.91	4.72
1995	3.49	4.49
1996	3.14	4.26
1997	2.89	4.05
1998	2.69	3.9
1999	2.62	3.73
2000	2.59	3.55
2001	2.52	3.37
2002	2.43	3.19
2003	2.45	3.03
2004	2.5	2.9
2005	2.56	2.73
2006	2.63	2.56
2007	2.7	2.41
2008	2.79	2.3
2009	2.83	2.25
2010	2.88	2.33
2011	2.9	2.33
2012	3	2.15
2013	3	2.07
2014	3.08	2.03
2015	3.09	1.97
2016	3.09	1.97
2017	3.09	1.93
2018	3.02	1.8
2019	3	1.7
2020	2.94	1.59
2021	2.87	1.55
2022	2.82	1.53
2023	2.77	1.52
2024	2.72	1.51
2025	2.67	1.5
2026	2.62	1.49
2027	2.58	1.48
2028	2.53	1.47
2029	2.49	1.47
2030	2.45	1.47
2031	2.41	1.47
2032	2.38	1.47
2033	2.34	1.47
2034	2.32	1.47
2035	2.29	1.47
2036	2.26	1.47
2037	2.23	1.47
2038	2.21	1.47
2039	2.18	1.48
2040	2.16	1.48
2041	2.14	1.48
2042	2.12	1.48
2043	2.1	1.49
2044	2.08	1.49
2045	2.07	1.49
2046	2.05	1.49
2047	2.04	1.49
2048	2.03	1.5
2049	2.01	1.5
2050	2	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Cape Verde
1960	45.5%	43.6%
1961	45.9%	44.3%
1962	46.2%	45.1%
1963	46.6%	45.6%
1964	46.9%	46%
1965	47%	46.2%
1966	47.1%	46.2%
1967	47.2%	46.1%
1968	47.1%	45.9%
1969	47%	45.5%
1970	47%	45.2%
1971	46.9%	45%
1972	46.8%	45%
1973	46.7%	45%
1974	46.6%	44.9%
1975	46.7%	45.3%
1976	47.2%	45.9%
1977	47.3%	46.5%
1978	47%	46.9%
1979	46.8%	47.3%
1980	46.5%	47.4%
1981	46.1%	47.3%
1982	45.8%	47%
1983	45.4%	46.8%
1984	45%	46.6%
1985	44.6%	46.4%
1986	44.2%	46.2%
1987	43.7%	46.1%
1988	43.1%	45.9%
1989	42.6%	45.8%
1990	42%	45.7%
1991	41.4%	45.6%
1992	41%	45.5%
1993	40.5%	45.2%
1994	39.9%	44.9%
1995	39.1%	44.6%
1996	38.2%	44.2%
1997	37.2%	43.7%
1998	36.1%	43.2%
1999	34.9%	42.5%
2000	33.7%	41.8%
2001	32.6%	40.9%
2002	31.5%	39.9%
2003	30.6%	38.9%
2004	29.7%	37.9%
2005	29%	36.9%
2006	28.4%	36%
2007	28%	35%
2008	27.7%	34.1%
2009	27.5%	33.1%
2010	27.5%	32.2%
2011	27.5%	31.3%
2012	27.7%	30.4%
2013	28.1%	29.8%
2014	28.6%	29.2%
2015	29%	28.8%
2016	29.5%	28.5%
2017	29.9%	28.4%
2018	30.3%	28.4%
2019	30.6%	28.4%
2020	30.8%	28.4%
2021	30.9%	28%
2022	30.8%	27.2%
2023	30.6%	26.4%
2024	30.3%	25.5%
2025	29.9%	24.7%
2026	29.4%	23.8%
2027	28.9%	23%
2028	28.2%	22.2%
2029	27.5%	21.4%
2030	26.8%	20.6%
2031	26%	19.8%
2032	25.2%	19%
2033	24.5%	18.2%
2034	23.8%	17.5%
2035	23.2%	16.9%
2036	22.6%	16.6%
2037	22.2%	16.5%
2038	21.8%	16.4%
2039	21.5%	16.4%
2040	21.2%	16.3%
2041	21%	16.2%
2042	20.9%	16.2%
2043	20.8%	16.1%
2044	20.8%	16.1%
2045	20.8%	16%
2046	20.9%	16%
2047	20.9%	15.9%
2048	20.9%	15.8%
2049	21%	15.7%
2050	21%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 25.5% in Cape Verde in 2024, compared to 42% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Cape Verde compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Cape Verde by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +0.98% in Cape Verde. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Cape Verde
1960	290,582	6,098
1961	296,467	6,247
1962	283,903	6,468
1963	315,645	6,589
1964	312,729	6,725
1965	311,190	6,877
1966	309,628	7,039
1967	316,289	7,214
1968	324,560	7,408
1969	334,541	7,625
1970	346,564	7,878
1971	356,069	8,359
1972	368,179	8,716
1973	382,736	9,003
1974	399,509	9,295
1975	417,803	9,601
1976	440,192	9,833
1977	465,405	10,036
1978	491,876	10,152
1979	523,875	10,223
1980	559,983	10,276
1981	595,150	10,470
1982	620,415	10,597
1983	641,167	10,736
1984	656,475	10,835
1985	672,185	11,105
1986	661,644	11,295
1987	645,309	11,426
1988	637,215	11,523
1989	628,542	11,608
1990	612,369	11,738
1991	616,850	11,899
1992	627,289	11,915
1993	611,306	11,805
1994	594,445	11,410
1995	533,104	10,764
1996	483,632	10,613
1997	450,138	10,323
1998	425,928	10,187
1999	434,198	9,989
2000	447,025	9,752
2001	450,637	9,510
2002	451,369	9,278
2003	474,272	9,037
2004	508,773	8,825
2005	543,158	8,428
2006	580,812	7,980
2007	620,196	7,559
2008	662,044	7,313
2009	691,496	7,216
2010	719,350	7,746
2011	741,832	7,874
2012	790,645	7,157
2013	802,203	6,780
2014	839,654	6,622
2015	847,054	6,314
2016	849,368	6,238
2017	848,585	5,993
2018	824,428	5,282
2019	809,522	4,773
2020	724,140	3,734
2021	735,514	3,575
2022	722,591	3,864
2023	691,724	3,798

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Cape Verde

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 40 deaths in Cape Verde.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Cape Verde
1985	292	420
1986	265	394
1987	243	366
1988	227	346
1989	215	322
1990	202	298
1991	198	277
1992	193	255
1993	195	233
1994	196	214
1995	187	196
1996	173	167
1997	155	147
1998	143	134
1999	132	122
2000	123	110
2001	113	101
2002	102	92
2003	101	86
2004	91	80
2005	87	75
2006	84	76
2007	83	73
2008	83	68
2009	83	62
2010	82	61
2011	81	55
2012	81	51
2013	81	50
2014	80	48
2015	79	46
2016	79	44
2017	77	43
2018	75	43
2019	73	41
2020	97	56
2021	79	56
2022	64	42
2023	62	40

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 1.16% in Cape Verde. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Cape Verde
1960	24%	17.2%
1961	24%	16.9%
1962	24.1%	16.6%
1963	24.2%	16.2%
1964	24.3%	15.9%
1965	24.5%	15.4%
1966	24.6%	15%
1967	24.6%	14.5%
1968	24.6%	14%
1969	24.4%	13.4%
1970	24.1%	12.8%
1971	23.7%	12.1%
1972	23.1%	11.5%
1973	22.4%	10.8%
1974	21.7%	10.2%
1975	20.9%	9.6%
1976	20%	9.09%
1977	19%	8.65%
1978	18%	8.27%
1979	16.9%	8%
1980	15.6%	7.82%
1981	14%	7.72%
1982	12.3%	7.65%
1983	10.5%	7.59%
1984	8.91%	7.46%
1985	7.61%	7.25%
1986	6.63%	6.95%
1987	5.96%	6.59%
1988	5.55%	6.21%
1989	5.3%	5.88%
1990	5.17%	5.64%
1991	5.09%	5.5%
1992	5.04%	5.46%
1993	4.98%	5.46%
1994	4.9%	5.45%
1995	4.81%	5.37%
1996	4.7%	5.17%
1997	4.58%	4.84%
1998	4.45%	4.44%
1999	4.31%	4%
2000	4.16%	3.6%
2001	4.01%	3.28%
2002	3.85%	3.05%
2003	3.7%	2.9%
2004	3.54%	2.82%
2005	3.4%	2.8%
2006	3.26%	2.8%
2007	3.13%	2.8%
2008	3.01%	2.79%
2009	2.9%	2.75%
2010	2.81%	2.67%
2011	2.73%	2.56%
2012	2.66%	2.42%
2013	2.6%	2.26%
2014	2.54%	2.09%
2015	2.49%	1.91%
2016	2.45%	1.76%
2017	2.4%	1.62%
2018	2.37%	1.51%
2019	2.33%	1.41%
2020	2.29%	1.33%
2021	2.26%	1.27%
2022	2.23%	1.21%
2023	2.2%	1.16%