Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Congo

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Congo 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 4.16 in the Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs the Congo 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	Congo
1960	6.89	6.09
1961	6.92	6.09
1962	6.95	6.1
1963	6.98	6.15
1964	6.99	6.18
1965	6.99	6.23
1966	6.99	6.27
1967	6.98	6.29
1968	6.97	6.33
1969	6.95	6.35
1970	6.94	6.38
1971	6.91	6.42
1972	6.89	6.44
1973	6.86	6.42
1974	6.82	6.39
1975	6.77	6.36
1976	6.71	6.32
1977	6.65	6.27
1978	6.56	6.21
1979	6.47	6.14
1980	6.38	6.07
1981	6.27	5.98
1982	6.17	5.85
1983	6.07	5.76
1984	5.97	5.66
1985	5.92	5.59
1986	5.81	5.51
1987	5.68	5.46
1988	5.55	5.39
1989	5.45	5.33
1990	5.36	5.27
1991	5.26	5.22
1992	5.12	5.18
1993	4.95	5.13
1994	4.72	5.1
1995	4.49	5.07
1996	4.26	5.03
1997	4.05	5
1998	3.9	4.91
1999	3.73	4.81
2000	3.55	4.72
2001	3.37	4.67
2002	3.19	4.7
2003	3.03	4.7
2004	2.9	4.69
2005	2.73	4.67
2006	2.56	4.65
2007	2.41	4.65
2008	2.3	4.73
2009	2.25	4.81
2010	2.33	4.85
2011	2.33	4.83
2012	2.15	4.79
2013	2.07	4.73
2014	2.03	4.67
2015	1.97	4.61
2016	1.97	4.55
2017	1.93	4.5
2018	1.8	4.44
2019	1.7	4.38
2020	1.59	4.33
2021	1.55	4.28
2022	1.53	4.22
2023	1.52	4.16
2024	1.51	4.11
2025	1.5	4.05
2026	1.49	3.99
2027	1.48	3.93
2028	1.47	3.88
2029	1.47	3.83
2030	1.47	3.78
2031	1.47	3.73
2032	1.47	3.68
2033	1.47	3.64
2034	1.47	3.59
2035	1.47	3.54
2036	1.47	3.5
2037	1.47	3.46
2038	1.47	3.42
2039	1.48	3.38
2040	1.48	3.35
2041	1.48	3.31
2042	1.48	3.27
2043	1.49	3.24
2044	1.49	3.2
2045	1.49	3.16
2046	1.49	3.13
2047	1.49	3.09
2048	1.5	3.06
2049	1.5	3.03
2050	1.5	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Congo
1960	43.6%	42.7%
1961	44.3%	43%
1962	45.1%	43.3%
1963	45.6%	43.5%
1964	46%	43.7%
1965	46.2%	43.9%
1966	46.2%	44%
1967	46.1%	44.2%
1968	45.9%	44.3%
1969	45.5%	44.5%
1970	45.2%	44.7%
1971	45%	44.8%
1972	45%	45%
1973	45%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45.4%
1975	45.3%	45.5%
1976	45.9%	45.7%
1977	46.5%	45.8%
1978	46.9%	45.8%
1979	47.3%	45.8%
1980	47.4%	45.7%
1981	47.3%	45.6%
1982	47%	45.4%
1983	46.8%	45.2%
1984	46.6%	45%
1985	46.4%	44.9%
1986	46.2%	44.7%
1987	46.1%	44.6%
1988	45.9%	44.5%
1989	45.8%	44.3%
1990	45.7%	44.2%
1991	45.6%	44%
1992	45.5%	43.8%
1993	45.2%	43.6%
1994	44.9%	43.4%
1995	44.6%	43.3%
1996	44.2%	43.2%
1997	43.7%	43.3%
1998	43.2%	43.3%
1999	42.5%	43.1%
2000	41.8%	42.5%
2001	40.9%	41.9%
2002	39.9%	41.9%
2003	38.9%	41.7%
2004	37.9%	41.4%
2005	36.9%	41.1%
2006	36%	40.9%
2007	35%	40.7%
2008	34.1%	40.7%
2009	33.1%	40.5%
2010	32.2%	40.4%
2011	31.3%	40.6%
2012	30.4%	41%
2013	29.8%	41.3%
2014	29.2%	41.7%
2015	28.8%	41.9%
2016	28.5%	42.1%
2017	28.4%	42.1%
2018	28.4%	42.1%
2019	28.4%	41.9%
2020	28.4%	41.8%
2021	28%	41.5%
2022	27.2%	41.3%
2023	26.4%	40.9%
2024	25.5%	40.4%
2025	24.7%	39.9%
2026	23.8%	39.4%
2027	23%	38.9%
2028	22.2%	38.4%
2029	21.4%	38%
2030	20.6%	37.6%
2031	19.8%	37.3%
2032	19%	37%
2033	18.2%	36.8%
2034	17.5%	36.6%
2035	16.9%	36.4%
2036	16.6%	36.2%
2037	16.5%	36%
2038	16.4%	35.8%
2039	16.4%	35.6%
2040	16.3%	35.5%
2041	16.2%	35.3%
2042	16.2%	35.1%
2043	16.1%	34.9%
2044	16.1%	34.7%
2045	16%	34.4%
2046	16%	34.2%
2047	15.9%	33.9%
2048	15.8%	33.6%
2049	15.7%	33.4%
2050	15.6%	33.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 40.4% in the Congo in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 44.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and the Congo compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.59% in the Congo. 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	Congo
1960	6,098	27,094
1961	6,247	28,220
1962	6,468	29,342
1963	6,589	30,832
1964	6,725	32,270
1965	6,877	33,865
1966	7,039	35,452
1967	7,214	36,866
1968	7,408	38,786
1969	7,625	40,532
1970	7,878	42,374
1971	8,359	44,431
1972	8,716	46,427
1973	9,003	48,017
1974	9,295	49,563
1975	9,601	51,155
1976	9,833	52,148
1977	10,036	53,179
1978	10,152	53,885
1979	10,223	54,723
1980	10,276	55,550
1981	10,470	56,603
1982	10,597	57,036
1983	10,736	58,120
1984	10,835	59,028
1985	11,105	60,359
1986	11,295	61,669
1987	11,426	63,183
1988	11,523	64,629
1989	11,608	65,944
1990	11,738	67,241
1991	11,899	68,534
1992	11,915	69,973
1993	11,805	71,119
1994	11,410	72,857
1995	10,764	74,189
1996	10,613	75,628
1997	10,323	66,149
1998	10,187	72,450
1999	9,989	76,204
2000	9,752	78,491
2001	9,510	84,876
2002	9,278	88,497
2003	9,037	91,326
2004	8,825	96,577
2005	8,428	101,344
2006	7,980	106,876
2007	7,559	112,459
2008	7,313	120,711
2009	7,216	126,904
2010	7,746	136,908
2011	7,874	140,371
2012	7,157	142,464
2013	6,780	142,080
2014	6,622	141,674
2015	6,314	141,539
2016	6,238	141,358
2017	5,993	141,973
2018	5,282	142,704
2019	4,773	139,513
2020	3,734	143,492
2021	3,575	144,241
2022	3,864	147,076
2023	3,798	150,486

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Congo

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 241 deaths in the Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Congo
1985	420	546
1986	394	535
1987	366	519
1988	346	510
1989	322	506
1990	298	505
1991	277	514
1992	255	531
1993	233	541
1994	214	551
1995	196	551
1996	167	545
1997	147	650
1998	134	597
1999	122	554
2000	110	509
2001	101	489
2002	92	464
2003	86	436
2004	80	400
2005	75	385
2006	76	394
2007	73	370
2008	68	395
2009	62	414
2010	61	382
2011	55	378
2012	51	374
2013	50	320
2014	48	302
2015	46	284
2016	44	263
2017	43	262
2018	43	259
2019	41	245
2020	56	247
2021	56	301
2022	42	241
2023	40	241

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 4.05% in the Congo. 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	Congo
1960	17.2%	19.4%
1961	16.9%	18.6%
1962	16.6%	18%
1963	16.2%	17.3%
1964	15.9%	16.7%
1965	15.4%	16.1%
1966	15%	15.6%
1967	14.5%	15.1%
1968	14%	14.6%
1969	13.4%	14.2%
1970	12.8%	13.7%
1971	12.1%	13.4%
1972	11.5%	13%
1973	10.8%	12.6%
1974	10.2%	12.4%
1975	9.6%	12.1%
1976	9.09%	11.8%
1977	8.65%	11.5%
1978	8.27%	11.2%
1979	8%	11%
1980	7.82%	10.7%
1981	7.72%	10.5%
1982	7.65%	10.2%
1983	7.59%	9.95%
1984	7.46%	9.68%
1985	7.25%	9.44%
1986	6.95%	9.25%
1987	6.59%	9.11%
1988	6.21%	9.04%
1989	5.88%	9.05%
1990	5.64%	9.15%
1991	5.5%	9.31%
1992	5.46%	9.54%
1993	5.46%	9.84%
1994	5.45%	10.2%
1995	5.37%	10.5%
1996	5.17%	10.9%
1997	4.84%	11.2%
1998	4.44%	11.4%
1999	4%	11.5%
2000	3.6%	11.4%
2001	3.28%	11.1%
2002	3.05%	10.6%
2003	2.9%	10%
2004	2.82%	9.35%
2005	2.8%	8.66%
2006	2.8%	8.02%
2007	2.8%	7.43%
2008	2.79%	6.95%
2009	2.75%	6.55%
2010	2.67%	6.25%
2011	2.56%	6.02%
2012	2.42%	5.82%
2013	2.26%	5.64%
2014	2.09%	5.45%
2015	1.91%	5.27%
2016	1.76%	5.09%
2017	1.62%	4.93%
2018	1.51%	4.77%
2019	1.41%	5.24%
2020	1.33%	4.47%
2021	1.27%	4.33%
2022	1.21%	4.19%
2023	1.16%	4.05%