Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Cape Verde

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Cape Verde chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Cape Verde
1960	7.26	6.89
1961	7.23	6.92
1962	7.19	6.95
1963	7.14	6.98
1964	7.09	6.99
1965	7.03	6.99
1966	6.94	6.99
1967	6.84	6.98
1968	6.71	6.97
1969	6.57	6.95
1970	6.43	6.94
1971	6.28	6.91
1972	6.14	6.89
1973	5.97	6.86
1974	5.79	6.82
1975	5.62	6.77
1976	5.45	6.71
1977	5.29	6.65
1978	5.12	6.56
1979	4.94	6.47
1980	4.76	6.38
1981	4.6	6.27
1982	4.51	6.17
1983	4.41	6.07
1984	4.3	5.97
1985	4.28	5.92
1986	4.25	5.81
1987	4.13	5.68
1988	4.04	5.55
1989	3.96	5.45
1990	3.82	5.36
1991	3.63	5.26
1992	3.55	5.12
1993	3.46	4.95
1994	3.29	4.72
1995	3.13	4.49
1996	2.99	4.26
1997	2.92	4.05
1998	2.89	3.9
1999	2.9	3.73
2000	2.8	3.55
2001	2.65	3.37
2002	2.7	3.19
2003	2.78	3.03
2004	2.77	2.9
2005	2.67	2.73
2006	2.46	2.56
2007	2.28	2.41
2008	2.15	2.3
2009	2.05	2.25
2010	1.99	2.33
2011	2.03	2.33
2012	2.11	2.15
2013	2.17	2.07
2014	2.15	2.03
2015	2.11	1.97
2016	2.04	1.97
2017	1.98	1.93
2018	1.91	1.8
2019	1.84	1.7
2020	1.86	1.59
2021	1.85	1.55
2022	1.84	1.53
2023	1.82	1.52
2024	1.8	1.51
2025	1.78	1.5
2026	1.77	1.49
2027	1.75	1.48
2028	1.74	1.47
2029	1.74	1.47
2030	1.73	1.47
2031	1.72	1.47
2032	1.72	1.47
2033	1.71	1.47
2034	1.71	1.47
2035	1.7	1.47
2036	1.7	1.47
2037	1.69	1.47
2038	1.69	1.47
2039	1.69	1.48
2040	1.68	1.48
2041	1.68	1.48
2042	1.68	1.48
2043	1.68	1.49
2044	1.68	1.49
2045	1.67	1.49
2046	1.67	1.49
2047	1.67	1.49
2048	1.67	1.5
2049	1.66	1.5
2050	1.66	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Cape Verde
1960	42.7%	43.6%
1961	42.9%	44.3%
1962	43.2%	45.1%
1963	43.6%	45.6%
1964	44.1%	46%
1965	44.7%	46.2%
1966	45.3%	46.2%
1967	45.9%	46.1%
1968	46.1%	45.9%
1969	45.8%	45.5%
1970	45.3%	45.2%
1971	44.4%	45%
1972	43.4%	45%
1973	42.2%	45%
1974	41%	44.9%
1975	39.8%	45.3%
1976	38.7%	45.9%
1977	37.7%	46.5%
1978	36.8%	46.9%
1979	36%	47.3%
1980	35.3%	47.4%
1981	34.8%	47.3%
1982	34.4%	47%
1983	34%	46.8%
1984	33.7%	46.6%
1985	33.4%	46.4%
1986	33.3%	46.2%
1987	33.3%	46.1%
1988	33.3%	45.9%
1989	33.4%	45.8%
1990	33.6%	45.7%
1991	33.6%	45.6%
1992	33.5%	45.5%
1993	33.1%	45.2%
1994	32.6%	44.9%
1995	32.2%	44.6%
1996	31.7%	44.2%
1997	31.2%	43.7%
1998	30.7%	43.2%
1999	30.2%	42.5%
2000	29.8%	41.8%
2001	28.9%	40.9%
2002	27.6%	39.9%
2003	26.2%	38.9%
2004	24.9%	37.9%
2005	23.7%	36.9%
2006	22.8%	36%
2007	22%	35%
2008	21.3%	34.1%
2009	20.6%	33.1%
2010	20.4%	32.2%
2011	20.4%	31.3%
2012	19.9%	30.4%
2013	19.8%	29.8%
2014	20.3%	29.2%
2015	20.5%	28.8%
2016	20.1%	28.5%
2017	19.8%	28.4%
2018	19.8%	28.4%
2019	20.1%	28.4%
2020	19.9%	28.4%
2021	19.3%	28%
2022	19.1%	27.2%
2023	19%	26.4%
2024	18.7%	25.5%
2025	18.4%	24.7%
2026	18.2%	23.8%
2027	17.9%	23%
2028	17.7%	22.2%
2029	17.6%	21.4%
2030	17.4%	20.6%
2031	17.3%	19.8%
2032	17.2%	19%
2033	17.1%	18.2%
2034	17.1%	17.5%
2035	17.1%	16.9%
2036	17.2%	16.6%
2037	17.3%	16.5%
2038	17.3%	16.4%
2039	17.3%	16.4%
2040	17.3%	16.3%
2041	17.3%	16.2%
2042	17.3%	16.2%
2043	17.3%	16.1%
2044	17.3%	16.1%
2045	17.3%	16%
2046	17.3%	16%
2047	17.3%	15.9%
2048	17.2%	15.8%
2049	17.2%	15.7%
2050	17.1%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 25.5% in Cape Verde in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Cape Verde compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Cape Verde by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Cape Verde
1960	5,513	6,098
1961	5,882	6,247
1962	6,232	6,468
1963	6,557	6,589
1964	6,873	6,725
1965	7,148	6,877
1966	7,342	7,039
1967	7,492	7,214
1968	7,584	7,408
1969	7,277	7,625
1970	6,973	7,878
1971	6,650	8,359
1972	6,763	8,716
1973	7,012	9,003
1974	7,265	9,295
1975	7,535	9,601
1976	7,818	9,833
1977	8,093	10,036
1978	8,358	10,152
1979	8,587	10,223
1980	8,802	10,276
1981	9,020	10,470
1982	9,396	10,597
1983	9,821	10,736
1984	10,269	10,835
1985	10,924	11,105
1986	11,455	11,295
1987	11,709	11,426
1988	11,995	11,523
1989	12,293	11,608
1990	12,337	11,738
1991	11,491	11,899
1992	11,577	11,915
1993	11,521	11,805
1994	11,133	11,410
1995	10,824	10,764
1996	10,607	10,613
1997	10,739	10,323
1998	10,970	10,187
1999	11,397	9,989
2000	11,339	9,752
2001	10,948	9,510
2002	11,875	9,278
2003	13,243	9,037
2004	14,454	8,825
2005	15,196	8,428
2006	15,248	7,980
2007	15,393	7,559
2008	15,541	7,313
2009	15,795	7,216
2010	16,474	7,746
2011	15,990	7,874
2012	16,219	7,157
2013	17,044	6,780
2014	17,826	6,622
2015	18,193	6,314
2016	17,996	6,238
2017	18,140	5,993
2018	17,445	5,282
2019	16,639	4,773
2020	15,056	3,734
2021	15,401	3,575
2022	17,058	3,864
2023	16,356	3,798

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Cape Verde

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 40 deaths in Cape Verde.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Cape Verde
1985	37	420
1986	37	394
1987	36	366
1988	36	346
1989	35	322
1990	35	298
1991	34	277
1992	34	255
1993	33	233
1994	33	214
1995	31	196
1996	30	167
1997	28	147
1998	27	134
1999	26	122
2000	25	110
2001	24	101
2002	23	92
2003	22	86
2004	21	80
2005	20	75
2006	20	76
2007	19	73
2008	19	68
2009	18	62
2010	18	61
2011	18	55
2012	17	51
2013	17	50
2014	16	48
2015	16	46
2016	17	44
2017	17	43
2018	16	43
2019	17	41
2020	7	56
2021	10	56
2022	5	42
2023	17	40

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Cape Verde
1960	19.8%	17.2%
1961	18.2%	16.9%
1962	16.6%	16.6%
1963	15.2%	16.2%
1964	13.9%	15.9%
1965	12.7%	15.4%
1966	11.5%	15%
1967	10.5%	14.5%
1968	9.5%	14%
1969	8.6%	13.4%
1970	7.79%	12.8%
1971	7.05%	12.1%
1972	6.38%	11.5%
1973	5.8%	10.8%
1974	5.29%	10.2%
1975	4.84%	9.6%
1976	4.45%	9.09%
1977	4.11%	8.65%
1978	3.81%	8.27%
1979	3.54%	8%
1980	3.3%	7.82%
1981	3.09%	7.72%
1982	2.91%	7.65%
1983	2.76%	7.59%
1984	2.63%	7.46%
1985	2.52%	7.25%
1986	2.44%	6.95%
1987	2.38%	6.59%
1988	2.34%	6.21%
1989	2.32%	5.88%
1990	2.31%	5.64%
1991	2.27%	5.5%
1992	2.21%	5.46%
1993	2.1%	5.46%
1994	1.97%	5.45%
1995	1.82%	5.37%
1996	1.66%	5.17%
1997	1.52%	4.84%
1998	1.41%	4.44%
1999	1.32%	4%
2000	1.25%	3.6%
2001	1.2%	3.28%
2002	1.16%	3.05%
2003	1.13%	2.9%
2004	1.1%	2.82%
2005	1.06%	2.8%
2006	1.03%	2.8%
2007	0.98%	2.8%
2008	0.94%	2.79%
2009	0.9%	2.75%
2010	0.86%	2.67%
2011	0.83%	2.56%
2012	0.81%	2.42%
2013	0.79%	2.26%
2014	0.78%	2.09%
2015	0.77%	1.91%
2016	0.76%	1.76%
2017	0.77%	1.62%
2018	0.77%	1.51%
2019	0.78%	1.41%
2020	0.8%	1.33%
2021	0.82%	1.27%
2022	0.84%	1.21%
2023	0.86%	1.16%