Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Central African Republic

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Central African Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cape Verde was 1.52 children per woman in 2023, compared to 6.01 in the Central African Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs the Central African Republic population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cape Verde	CAR
1960	6.89	5.95
1961	6.92	5.96
1962	6.95	5.97
1963	6.98	5.99
1964	6.99	6.01
1965	6.99	6.03
1966	6.99	6.06
1967	6.98	6.08
1968	6.97	6.1
1969	6.95	6.06
1970	6.94	6.03
1971	6.91	5.99
1972	6.89	5.96
1973	6.86	5.93
1974	6.82	5.9
1975	6.77	5.88
1976	6.71	5.94
1977	6.65	5.99
1978	6.56	6.04
1979	6.47	6.09
1980	6.38	6.13
1981	6.27	6.17
1982	6.17	6.16
1983	6.07	6.15
1984	5.97	6.14
1985	5.92	6.12
1986	5.81	6.11
1987	5.68	6.12
1988	5.55	6.1
1989	5.45	6.07
1990	5.36	6.05
1991	5.26	6.03
1992	5.12	5.96
1993	4.95	5.93
1994	4.72	5.92
1995	4.49	5.94
1996	4.26	5.96
1997	4.05	5.92
1998	3.9	5.89
1999	3.73	5.88
2000	3.55	5.85
2001	3.37	5.81
2002	3.19	5.79
2003	3.03	5.8
2004	2.9	5.78
2005	2.73	5.81
2006	2.56	5.84
2007	2.41	5.87
2008	2.3	5.9
2009	2.25	5.94
2010	2.33	5.96
2011	2.33	6.01
2012	2.15	6.05
2013	2.07	6.08
2014	2.03	6.1
2015	1.97	6.13
2016	1.97	6.13
2017	1.93	6.13
2018	1.8	6.11
2019	1.7	6.09
2020	1.59	6.06
2021	1.55	6.05
2022	1.53	6.02
2023	1.52	6.01
2024	1.51	5.95
2025	1.5	5.81
2026	1.49	5.69
2027	1.48	5.58
2028	1.47	5.47
2029	1.47	5.36
2030	1.47	5.25
2031	1.47	5.14
2032	1.47	5.04
2033	1.47	4.91
2034	1.47	4.78
2035	1.47	4.67
2036	1.47	4.56
2037	1.47	4.46
2038	1.47	4.35
2039	1.48	4.26
2040	1.48	4.15
2041	1.48	4.03
2042	1.48	3.94
2043	1.49	3.86
2044	1.49	3.78
2045	1.49	3.7
2046	1.49	3.63
2047	1.49	3.56
2048	1.5	3.49
2049	1.5	3.43
2050	1.5	3.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	CAR
1960	43.6%	40.5%
1961	44.3%	40.8%
1962	45.1%	41.1%
1963	45.6%	41.4%
1964	46%	41.6%
1965	46.2%	41.7%
1966	46.2%	41.7%
1967	46.1%	41.8%
1968	45.9%	41.9%
1969	45.5%	41.9%
1970	45.2%	42.1%
1971	45%	42.2%
1972	45%	42.4%
1973	45%	42.6%
1974	44.9%	42.7%
1975	45.3%	42.9%
1976	45.9%	42.9%
1977	46.5%	42.8%
1978	46.9%	42.8%
1979	47.3%	42.8%
1980	47.4%	42.8%
1981	47.3%	42.8%
1982	47%	42.9%
1983	46.8%	43%
1984	46.6%	43%
1985	46.4%	43.2%
1986	46.2%	43.3%
1987	46.1%	43.5%
1988	45.9%	43.8%
1989	45.8%	44.1%
1990	45.7%	44.5%
1991	45.6%	44.9%
1992	45.5%	45.2%
1993	45.2%	45.4%
1994	44.9%	45.5%
1995	44.6%	45.6%
1996	44.2%	45.7%
1997	43.7%	45.7%
1998	43.2%	45.7%
1999	42.5%	45.6%
2000	41.8%	45.5%
2001	40.9%	45.4%
2002	39.9%	45.3%
2003	38.9%	45.2%
2004	37.9%	45.1%
2005	36.9%	45.1%
2006	36%	45.1%
2007	35%	45.3%
2008	34.1%	45.4%
2009	33.1%	45.6%
2010	32.2%	45.9%
2011	31.3%	46.3%
2012	30.4%	46.9%
2013	29.8%	47.6%
2014	29.2%	48.5%
2015	28.8%	49%
2016	28.5%	49%
2017	28.4%	49%
2018	28.4%	49%
2019	28.4%	49%
2020	28.4%	48.9%
2021	28%	49%
2022	27.2%	49.2%
2023	26.4%	49.2%
2024	25.5%	49%
2025	24.7%	48.7%
2026	23.8%	48.2%
2027	23%	47.8%
2028	22.2%	47.5%
2029	21.4%	47.2%
2030	20.6%	47.1%
2031	19.8%	46.9%
2032	19%	46.8%
2033	18.2%	46.7%
2034	17.5%	46.5%
2035	16.9%	46.3%
2036	16.6%	46.1%
2037	16.5%	45.8%
2038	16.4%	45.3%
2039	16.4%	44.7%
2040	16.3%	44.1%
2041	16.2%	43.5%
2042	16.2%	42.8%
2043	16.1%	42.2%
2044	16.1%	41.5%
2045	16%	40.9%
2046	16%	40.2%
2047	15.9%	39.6%
2048	15.8%	39%
2049	15.7%	38.4%
2050	15.6%	37.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 49% in the Central African Republic in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and the Central African Republic compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Central African Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.39% in the Central African Republic. 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
	Cape Verde	CAR
1960	6,098	31,131
1961	6,247	32,383
1962	6,468	33,731
1963	6,589	35,218
1964	6,725	36,878
1965	6,877	38,710
1966	7,039	40,804
1967	7,214	42,979
1968	7,408	45,377
1969	7,625	47,066
1970	7,878	48,690
1971	8,359	50,142
1972	8,716	51,390
1973	9,003	52,525
1974	9,295	53,777
1975	9,601	55,106
1976	9,833	57,725
1977	10,036	60,436
1978	10,152	63,285
1979	10,223	66,104
1980	10,276	68,759
1981	10,470	71,391
1982	10,597	73,330
1983	10,736	75,399
1984	10,835	77,395
1985	11,105	79,266
1986	11,295	81,149
1987	11,426	83,408
1988	11,523	84,654
1989	11,608	85,969
1990	11,738	87,507
1991	11,899	88,688
1992	11,915	88,939
1993	11,805	89,873
1994	11,410	90,943
1995	10,764	92,748
1996	10,613	93,369
1997	10,323	93,378
1998	10,187	94,361
1999	9,989	96,108
2000	9,752	97,468
2001	9,510	99,598
2002	9,278	100,588
2003	9,037	105,540
2004	8,825	108,548
2005	8,428	113,534
2006	7,980	118,882
2007	7,559	123,137
2008	7,313	128,627
2009	7,216	-130,613
2010	7,746	130,539
2011	7,874	142,913
2012	7,157	146,791
2013	6,780	140,489
2014	6,622	107,448
2015	6,314	141,912
2016	6,238	142,419
2017	5,993	128,461
2018	5,282	153,361
2019	4,773	68,523
2020	3,734	156,911
2021	3,575	124,408
2022	3,864	-49,456
2023	3,798	190,325

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Central African Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 40 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cape Verde, compared to 692 deaths in the Central African Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	CAR
1985	420	796
1986	394	795
1987	366	803
1988	346	815
1989	322	835
1990	298	866
1991	277	910
1992	255	956
1993	233	997
1994	214	1,053
1995	196	1,123
1996	167	1,191
1997	147	1,270
1998	134	1,346
1999	122	1,411
2000	110	1,490
2001	101	1,504
2002	92	1,496
2003	86	1,487
2004	80	1,450
2005	75	1,389
2006	76	1,337
2007	73	1,271
2008	68	1,234
2009	62	1,272
2010	61	1,230
2011	55	1,131
2012	51	1,092
2013	50	1,092
2014	48	1,034
2015	46	981
2016	44	962
2017	43	1,093
2018	43	881
2019	41	1,650
2020	56	1,296
2021	56	1,127
2022	42	841
2023	40	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 9.22% in the Central African Republic. 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
	Cape Verde	CAR
1960	17.2%	28.3%
1961	16.9%	27.8%
1962	16.6%	27.2%
1963	16.2%	26.7%
1964	15.9%	26.1%
1965	15.4%	25.5%
1966	15%	24.9%
1967	14.5%	24.3%
1968	14%	23.7%
1969	13.4%	23.2%
1970	12.8%	22.6%
1971	12.1%	22.1%
1972	11.5%	21.7%
1973	10.8%	21.2%
1974	10.2%	20.8%
1975	9.6%	20.4%
1976	9.09%	20%
1977	8.65%	19.7%
1978	8.27%	19.4%
1979	8%	19.1%
1980	7.82%	18.8%
1981	7.72%	18.6%
1982	7.65%	18.4%
1983	7.59%	18.2%
1984	7.46%	18.1%
1985	7.25%	18%
1986	6.95%	17.9%
1987	6.59%	17.9%
1988	6.21%	17.8%
1989	5.88%	17.8%
1990	5.64%	17.8%
1991	5.5%	17.7%
1992	5.46%	17.7%
1993	5.46%	17.6%
1994	5.45%	17.5%
1995	5.37%	17.5%
1996	5.17%	17.3%
1997	4.84%	17.2%
1998	4.44%	17%
1999	4%	16.8%
2000	3.6%	16.6%
2001	3.28%	16.3%
2002	3.05%	15.9%
2003	2.9%	15.6%
2004	2.82%	15.2%
2005	2.8%	14.8%
2006	2.8%	14.4%
2007	2.8%	14%
2008	2.79%	13.6%
2009	2.75%	47.9%
2010	2.67%	14.9%
2011	2.56%	12.5%
2012	2.42%	12.2%
2013	2.26%	13.4%
2014	2.09%	18.3%
2015	1.91%	11.4%
2016	1.76%	12.6%
2017	1.62%	15.2%
2018	1.51%	12%
2019	1.41%	24.3%
2020	1.33%	12.3%
2021	1.27%	17.1%
2022	1.21%	38.7%
2023	1.16%	9.22%