Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Costa Rica

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Costa Rica 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 1.33 in Costa Rica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Costa Rica 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	Costa Rica
1960	6.89	6.71
1961	6.92	6.65
1962	6.95	6.54
1963	6.98	6.39
1964	6.99	6.19
1965	6.99	5.96
1966	6.99	5.7
1967	6.98	5.42
1968	6.97	5.03
1969	6.95	4.84
1970	6.94	4.59
1971	6.91	4.36
1972	6.89	4.16
1973	6.86	3.99
1974	6.82	3.89
1975	6.77	3.8
1976	6.71	3.75
1977	6.65	3.7
1978	6.56	3.66
1979	6.47	3.65
1980	6.38	3.58
1981	6.27	3.56
1982	6.17	3.54
1983	6.07	3.53
1984	5.97	3.52
1985	5.92	3.51
1986	5.81	3.45
1987	5.68	3.38
1988	5.55	3.31
1989	5.45	3.24
1990	5.36	3.17
1991	5.26	3.08
1992	5.12	3
1993	4.95	2.93
1994	4.72	2.86
1995	4.49	2.78
1996	4.26	2.68
1997	4.05	2.59
1998	3.9	2.53
1999	3.73	2.48
2000	3.55	2.41
2001	3.37	2.31
2002	3.19	2.16
2003	3.03	2.08
2004	2.9	2.03
2005	2.73	2.04
2006	2.56	1.94
2007	2.41	1.95
2008	2.3	1.98
2009	2.25	1.95
2010	2.33	1.83
2011	2.33	1.88
2012	2.15	1.85
2013	2.07	1.78
2014	2.03	1.8
2015	1.97	1.8
2016	1.97	1.75
2017	1.93	1.71
2018	1.8	1.71
2019	1.7	1.6
2020	1.59	1.45
2021	1.55	1.35
2022	1.53	1.34
2023	1.52	1.33
2024	1.51	1.32
2025	1.5	1.31
2026	1.49	1.31
2027	1.48	1.31
2028	1.47	1.3
2029	1.47	1.31
2030	1.47	1.31
2031	1.47	1.31
2032	1.47	1.32
2033	1.47	1.32
2034	1.47	1.32
2035	1.47	1.33
2036	1.47	1.33
2037	1.47	1.34
2038	1.47	1.34
2039	1.48	1.35
2040	1.48	1.35
2041	1.48	1.35
2042	1.48	1.36
2043	1.49	1.36
2044	1.49	1.37
2045	1.49	1.37
2046	1.49	1.37
2047	1.49	1.38
2048	1.5	1.38
2049	1.5	1.38
2050	1.5	1.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Costa Rica
1960	43.6%	46.4%
1961	44.3%	46.6%
1962	45.1%	46.7%
1963	45.6%	46.7%
1964	46%	46.6%
1965	46.2%	46.5%
1966	46.2%	46.3%
1967	46.1%	45.9%
1968	45.9%	45.5%
1969	45.5%	45%
1970	45.2%	44.4%
1971	45%	43.8%
1972	45%	43.1%
1973	45%	42.3%
1974	44.9%	41.5%
1975	45.3%	40.8%
1976	45.9%	40%
1977	46.5%	39.2%
1978	46.9%	38.6%
1979	47.3%	38%
1980	47.4%	37.5%
1981	47.3%	37.1%
1982	47%	36.7%
1983	46.8%	36.5%
1984	46.6%	36.4%
1985	46.4%	36.3%
1986	46.2%	36.3%
1987	46.1%	36.2%
1988	45.9%	36.2%
1989	45.8%	36.1%
1990	45.7%	36%
1991	45.6%	35.7%
1992	45.5%	35.4%
1993	45.2%	35%
1994	44.9%	34.6%
1995	44.6%	34.1%
1996	44.2%	33.6%
1997	43.7%	33%
1998	43.2%	32.4%
1999	42.5%	31.8%
2000	41.8%	31.1%
2001	40.9%	30.5%
2002	39.9%	29.8%
2003	38.9%	29.1%
2004	37.9%	28.4%
2005	36.9%	27.7%
2006	36%	27.1%
2007	35%	26.5%
2008	34.1%	25.9%
2009	33.1%	25.4%
2010	32.2%	24.9%
2011	31.3%	24.3%
2012	30.4%	23.9%
2013	29.8%	23.4%
2014	29.2%	23%
2015	28.8%	22.5%
2016	28.5%	22.1%
2017	28.4%	21.8%
2018	28.4%	21.4%
2019	28.4%	21.1%
2020	28.4%	20.7%
2021	28%	20.3%
2022	27.2%	19.8%
2023	26.4%	19.3%
2024	25.5%	18.8%
2025	24.7%	18.3%
2026	23.8%	17.8%
2027	23%	17.3%
2028	22.2%	16.9%
2029	21.4%	16.4%
2030	20.6%	16%
2031	19.8%	15.5%
2032	19%	15.1%
2033	18.2%	14.7%
2034	17.5%	14.4%
2035	16.9%	14.1%
2036	16.6%	13.9%
2037	16.5%	13.8%
2038	16.4%	13.7%
2039	16.4%	13.6%
2040	16.3%	13.5%
2041	16.2%	13.4%
2042	16.2%	13.3%
2043	16.1%	13.2%
2044	16.1%	13.2%
2045	16%	13.1%
2046	16%	13%
2047	15.9%	12.9%
2048	15.8%	12.8%
2049	15.7%	12.7%
2050	15.6%	12.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 18.8% in Costa Rica in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Costa Rica compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Costa Rica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.74% in Costa Rica. 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	Costa Rica
1960	6,098	48,857
1961	6,247	50,149
1962	6,468	51,046
1963	6,589	51,403
1964	6,725	51,435
1965	6,877	51,196
1966	7,039	50,755
1967	7,214	50,193
1968	7,408	48,361
1969	7,625	48,790
1970	7,878	48,398
1971	8,359	48,341
1972	8,716	48,417
1973	9,003	48,943
1974	9,295	50,349
1975	9,601	51,979
1976	9,833	54,019
1977	10,036	56,122
1978	10,152	58,327
1979	10,223	60,984
1980	10,276	62,561
1981	10,470	64,632
1982	10,597	66,826
1983	10,736	68,972
1984	10,835	71,062
1985	11,105	72,776
1986	11,295	73,211
1987	11,426	73,188
1988	11,523	72,944
1989	11,608	72,327
1990	11,738	71,727
1991	11,899	70,506
1992	11,915	69,830
1993	11,805	69,016
1994	11,410	68,336
1995	10,764	67,585
1996	10,613	66,094
1997	10,323	64,954
1998	10,187	64,788
1999	9,989	64,922
2000	9,752	64,268
2001	9,510	62,199
2002	9,278	58,388
2003	9,037	56,743
2004	8,825	55,769
2005	8,428	57,139
2006	7,980	54,177
2007	7,559	55,244
2008	7,313	56,491
2009	7,216	55,757
2010	7,746	50,803
2011	7,874	52,884
2012	7,157	52,036
2013	6,780	49,227
2014	6,622	49,559
2015	6,314	49,077
2016	6,238	45,565
2017	5,993	43,471
2018	5,282	42,469
2019	4,773	37,682
2020	3,734	29,164
2021	3,575	20,119
2022	3,864	21,409
2023	3,798	24,109

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Costa Rica

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 24 deaths in Costa Rica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Costa Rica
1985	420	43
1986	394	42
1987	366	41
1988	346	40
1989	322	40
1990	298	40
1991	277	39
1992	255	39
1993	233	39
1994	214	39
1995	196	39
1996	167	39
1997	147	38
1998	134	37
1999	122	36
2000	110	36
2001	101	35
2002	92	34
2003	86	33
2004	80	33
2005	75	31
2006	76	30
2007	73	30
2008	68	30
2009	62	29
2010	61	29
2011	55	28
2012	51	27
2013	50	27
2014	48	27
2015	46	26
2016	44	27
2017	43	27
2018	43	28
2019	41	26
2020	56	34
2021	56	44
2022	42	27
2023	40	24

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.05% in Costa Rica. 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	Costa Rica
1960	17.2%	9.62%
1961	16.9%	9.36%
1962	16.6%	9.27%
1963	16.2%	9.25%
1964	15.9%	9.18%
1965	15.4%	9.02%
1966	15%	8.78%
1967	14.5%	8.49%
1968	14%	8.17%
1969	13.4%	7.85%
1970	12.8%	7.48%
1971	12.1%	7.02%
1972	11.5%	6.45%
1973	10.8%	5.82%
1974	10.2%	5.17%
1975	9.6%	4.54%
1976	9.09%	3.93%
1977	8.65%	3.39%
1978	8.27%	2.96%
1979	8%	2.65%
1980	7.82%	2.45%
1981	7.72%	2.33%
1982	7.65%	2.29%
1983	7.59%	2.27%
1984	7.46%	2.25%
1985	7.25%	2.2%
1986	6.95%	2.12%
1987	6.59%	2.01%
1988	6.21%	1.89%
1989	5.88%	1.78%
1990	5.64%	1.69%
1991	5.5%	1.62%
1992	5.46%	1.57%
1993	5.46%	1.53%
1994	5.45%	1.51%
1995	5.37%	1.49%
1996	5.17%	1.47%
1997	4.84%	1.45%
1998	4.44%	1.41%
1999	4%	1.36%
2000	3.6%	1.31%
2001	3.28%	1.26%
2002	3.05%	1.22%
2003	2.9%	1.18%
2004	2.82%	1.15%
2005	2.8%	1.13%
2006	2.8%	1.12%
2007	2.8%	1.11%
2008	2.79%	1.09%
2009	2.75%	1.07%
2010	2.67%	1.05%
2011	2.56%	1.02%
2012	2.42%	0.98%
2013	2.26%	0.95%
2014	2.09%	0.92%
2015	1.91%	0.9%
2016	1.76%	0.89%
2017	1.62%	0.89%
2018	1.51%	0.89%
2019	1.41%	0.91%
2020	1.33%	0.94%
2021	1.27%	0.97%
2022	1.21%	1.01%
2023	1.16%	1.05%