Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Cuba

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Cuba 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 1.44 in Cuba in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Cuba 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	Cuba
1960	6.89	4.13
1961	6.92	4.26
1962	6.95	4.42
1963	6.98	4.56
1964	6.99	4.53
1965	6.99	4.5
1966	6.99	4.4
1967	6.98	4.29
1968	6.97	4.19
1969	6.95	4.12
1970	6.94	3.98
1971	6.91	3.8
1972	6.89	3.61
1973	6.86	3.4
1974	6.82	3.16
1975	6.77	2.82
1976	6.71	2.51
1977	6.65	2.21
1978	6.56	1.88
1979	6.47	1.77
1980	6.38	1.64
1981	6.27	1.59
1982	6.17	1.78
1983	6.07	1.8
1984	5.97	1.77
1985	5.92	1.77
1986	5.81	1.78
1987	5.68	1.8
1988	5.55	1.85
1989	5.45	1.83
1990	5.36	1.81
1991	5.26	1.66
1992	5.12	1.56
1993	4.95	1.49
1994	4.72	1.47
1995	4.49	1.48
1996	4.26	1.46
1997	4.05	1.59
1998	3.9	1.62
1999	3.73	1.64
2000	3.55	1.61
2001	3.37	1.6
2002	3.19	1.65
2003	3.03	1.63
2004	2.9	1.55
2005	2.73	1.49
2006	2.56	1.4
2007	2.41	1.44
2008	2.3	1.58
2009	2.25	1.68
2010	2.33	1.67
2011	2.33	1.73
2012	2.15	1.67
2013	2.07	1.68
2014	2.03	1.66
2015	1.97	1.69
2016	1.97	1.6
2017	1.93	1.59
2018	1.8	1.61
2019	1.7	1.54
2020	1.59	1.49
2021	1.55	1.43
2022	1.53	1.41
2023	1.52	1.44
2024	1.51	1.45
2025	1.5	1.45
2026	1.49	1.45
2027	1.48	1.46
2028	1.47	1.46
2029	1.47	1.46
2030	1.47	1.47
2031	1.47	1.47
2032	1.47	1.47
2033	1.47	1.48
2034	1.47	1.48
2035	1.47	1.49
2036	1.47	1.49
2037	1.47	1.49
2038	1.47	1.49
2039	1.48	1.49
2040	1.48	1.49
2041	1.48	1.49
2042	1.48	1.5
2043	1.49	1.5
2044	1.49	1.5
2045	1.49	1.5
2046	1.49	1.51
2047	1.49	1.51
2048	1.5	1.51
2049	1.5	1.51
2050	1.5	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Cuba
1960	43.6%	36%
1961	44.3%	36.2%
1962	45.1%	36.5%
1963	45.6%	36.8%
1964	46%	37.1%
1965	46.2%	37.3%
1966	46.2%	37.5%
1967	46.1%	37.7%
1968	45.9%	37.8%
1969	45.5%	37.9%
1970	45.2%	38%
1971	45%	37.9%
1972	45%	37.8%
1973	45%	37.6%
1974	44.9%	37.3%
1975	45.3%	36.8%
1976	45.9%	36.2%
1977	46.5%	35.4%
1978	46.9%	34.3%
1979	47.3%	33.2%
1980	47.4%	31.9%
1981	47.3%	30.5%
1982	47%	29.3%
1983	46.8%	28.1%
1984	46.6%	27.1%
1985	46.4%	26.1%
1986	46.2%	25.2%
1987	46.1%	24.3%
1988	45.9%	23.6%
1989	45.8%	23.1%
1990	45.7%	22.8%
1991	45.6%	22.5%
1992	45.5%	22.4%
1993	45.2%	22.2%
1994	44.9%	22.1%
1995	44.6%	22.1%
1996	44.2%	22.1%
1997	43.7%	22%
1998	43.2%	21.8%
1999	42.5%	21.5%
2000	41.8%	21.3%
2001	40.9%	20.9%
2002	39.9%	20.6%
2003	38.9%	20.2%
2004	37.9%	19.8%
2005	36.9%	19.4%
2006	36%	18.9%
2007	35%	18.5%
2008	34.1%	18.2%
2009	33.1%	17.9%
2010	32.2%	17.7%
2011	31.3%	17.5%
2012	30.4%	17.3%
2013	29.8%	17.1%
2014	29.2%	16.9%
2015	28.8%	16.7%
2016	28.5%	16.5%
2017	28.4%	16.3%
2018	28.4%	16.1%
2019	28.4%	16%
2020	28.4%	15.8%
2021	28%	15.8%
2022	27.2%	15.7%
2023	26.4%	15.5%
2024	25.5%	15.3%
2025	24.7%	15%
2026	23.8%	14.7%
2027	23%	14.4%
2028	22.2%	14.1%
2029	21.4%	13.9%
2030	20.6%	13.6%
2031	19.8%	13.4%
2032	19%	13.2%
2033	18.2%	13%
2034	17.5%	12.8%
2035	16.9%	12.7%
2036	16.6%	12.6%
2037	16.5%	12.6%
2038	16.4%	12.5%
2039	16.4%	12.4%
2040	16.3%	12.4%
2041	16.2%	12.3%
2042	16.2%	12.3%
2043	16.1%	12.2%
2044	16.1%	12.2%
2045	16%	12.1%
2046	16%	12.1%
2047	15.9%	12%
2048	15.8%	12%
2049	15.7%	11.9%
2050	15.6%	11.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 15.3% in Cuba in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 22.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Cuba compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Cuba by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and -0.06% in Cuba. 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	Cuba
1960	6,098	172,816
1961	6,247	183,806
1962	6,468	196,423
1963	6,589	205,788
1964	6,725	209,315
1965	6,877	211,322
1966	7,039	209,179
1967	7,214	207,245
1968	7,408	205,487
1969	7,625	205,581
1970	7,878	201,823
1971	8,359	195,106
1972	8,716	187,588
1973	9,003	177,387
1974	9,295	165,099
1975	9,601	144,964
1976	9,833	125,383
1977	10,036	106,875
1978	10,152	86,864
1979	10,223	81,192
1980	10,276	74,271
1981	10,470	74,067
1982	10,597	95,866
1983	10,736	101,858
1984	10,835	101,670
1985	11,105	103,228
1986	11,295	105,997
1987	11,426	109,617
1988	11,523	116,626
1989	11,608	114,865
1990	11,738	112,378
1991	11,899	95,398
1992	11,915	83,461
1993	11,805	73,221
1994	11,410	68,604
1995	10,764	66,809
1996	10,613	61,837
1997	10,323	71,828
1998	10,187	71,284
1999	9,989	69,069
2000	9,752	61,133
2001	9,510	57,325
2002	9,278	58,212
2003	9,037	56,170
2004	8,825	44,258
2005	8,428	36,660
2006	7,980	24,508
2007	7,559	24,617
2008	7,313	32,848
2009	7,216	37,543
2010	7,746	37,021
2011	7,874	40,753
2012	7,157	33,864
2013	6,780	29,827
2014	6,622	22,448
2015	6,314	20,464
2016	6,238	9,677
2017	5,993	2,306
2018	5,282	3,436
2019	4,773	-4,245
2020	3,734	-12,808
2021	3,575	-71,616
2022	3,864	-17,961
2023	3,798	-15,880

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Cuba

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 35 deaths in Cuba.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Cuba
1985	420	70
1986	394	70
1987	366	69
1988	346	68
1989	322	66
1990	298	66
1991	277	66
1992	255	66
1993	233	65
1994	214	64
1995	196	62
1996	167	59
1997	147	57
1998	134	54
1999	122	51
2000	110	48
2001	101	46
2002	92	45
2003	86	44
2004	80	44
2005	75	43
2006	76	42
2007	73	42
2008	68	44
2009	62	45
2010	61	44
2011	55	44
2012	51	42
2013	50	42
2014	48	42
2015	46	41
2016	44	40
2017	43	39
2018	43	39
2019	41	40
2020	56	40
2021	56	172
2022	42	41
2023	40	35

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.83% in Cuba. 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	Cuba
1960	17.2%	4.41%
1961	16.9%	4.44%
1962	16.6%	4.45%
1963	16.2%	4.45%
1964	15.9%	4.43%
1965	15.4%	4.38%
1966	15%	4.31%
1967	14.5%	4.22%
1968	14%	4.11%
1969	13.4%	3.97%
1970	12.8%	3.82%
1971	12.1%	3.65%
1972	11.5%	3.47%
1973	10.8%	3.29%
1974	10.2%	3.11%
1975	9.6%	2.94%
1976	9.09%	2.77%
1977	8.65%	2.62%
1978	8.27%	2.47%
1979	8%	2.34%
1980	7.82%	2.22%
1981	7.72%	2.11%
1982	7.65%	2%
1983	7.59%	1.9%
1984	7.46%	1.81%
1985	7.25%	1.73%
1986	6.95%	1.64%
1987	6.59%	1.56%
1988	6.21%	1.49%
1989	5.88%	1.41%
1990	5.64%	1.34%
1991	5.5%	1.28%
1992	5.46%	1.22%
1993	5.46%	1.16%
1994	5.45%	1.11%
1995	5.37%	1.06%
1996	5.17%	1.01%
1997	4.84%	0.97%
1998	4.44%	0.93%
1999	4%	0.89%
2000	3.6%	0.86%
2001	3.28%	0.82%
2002	3.05%	0.79%
2003	2.9%	0.76%
2004	2.82%	0.73%
2005	2.8%	0.71%
2006	2.8%	0.69%
2007	2.8%	0.66%
2008	2.79%	0.65%
2009	2.75%	0.63%
2010	2.67%	0.62%
2011	2.56%	0.61%
2012	2.42%	0.6%
2013	2.26%	0.6%
2014	2.09%	0.6%
2015	1.91%	0.61%
2016	1.76%	0.62%
2017	1.62%	0.64%
2018	1.51%	0.66%
2019	1.41%	0.69%
2020	1.33%	0.72%
2021	1.27%	0.76%
2022	1.21%	0.79%
2023	1.16%	0.83%