Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Dominican Republic

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Dominican 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 2.24 in the Dominican Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs the Dominican 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	Dominican Republic
1960	6.89	7.56
1961	6.92	7.49
1962	6.95	7.4
1963	6.98	7.3
1964	6.99	7.19
1965	6.99	7.05
1966	6.99	6.95
1967	6.98	6.76
1968	6.97	6.55
1969	6.95	6.37
1970	6.94	6.18
1971	6.91	6.01
1972	6.89	5.84
1973	6.86	5.67
1974	6.82	5.44
1975	6.77	5.24
1976	6.71	5.05
1977	6.65	4.84
1978	6.56	4.64
1979	6.47	4.47
1980	6.38	4.3
1981	6.27	4.15
1982	6.17	4.01
1983	6.07	3.95
1984	5.97	3.82
1985	5.92	3.69
1986	5.81	3.6
1987	5.68	3.53
1988	5.55	3.5
1989	5.45	3.48
1990	5.36	3.41
1991	5.26	3.35
1992	5.12	3.29
1993	4.95	3.23
1994	4.72	3.16
1995	4.49	3.1
1996	4.26	3.04
1997	4.05	2.92
1998	3.9	2.84
1999	3.73	2.85
2000	3.55	2.87
2001	3.37	2.83
2002	3.19	2.76
2003	3.03	2.7
2004	2.9	2.64
2005	2.73	2.57
2006	2.56	2.51
2007	2.41	2.51
2008	2.3	2.55
2009	2.25	2.57
2010	2.33	2.56
2011	2.33	2.53
2012	2.15	2.5
2013	2.07	2.47
2014	2.03	2.45
2015	1.97	2.43
2016	1.97	2.41
2017	1.93	2.4
2018	1.8	2.4
2019	1.7	2.37
2020	1.59	2.33
2021	1.55	2.29
2022	1.53	2.27
2023	1.52	2.24
2024	1.51	2.22
2025	1.5	2.19
2026	1.49	2.17
2027	1.48	2.15
2028	1.47	2.13
2029	1.47	2.11
2030	1.47	2.08
2031	1.47	2.07
2032	1.47	2.05
2033	1.47	2.03
2034	1.47	2.02
2035	1.47	2
2036	1.47	1.99
2037	1.47	1.98
2038	1.47	1.96
2039	1.48	1.95
2040	1.48	1.94
2041	1.48	1.93
2042	1.48	1.93
2043	1.49	1.92
2044	1.49	1.91
2045	1.49	1.9
2046	1.49	1.89
2047	1.49	1.89
2048	1.5	1.88
2049	1.5	1.87
2050	1.5	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Dominican Republic
1960	43.6%	48.6%
1961	44.3%	48.9%
1962	45.1%	49.1%
1963	45.6%	49.2%
1964	46%	49.3%
1965	46.2%	49.4%
1966	46.2%	49.3%
1967	46.1%	49.2%
1968	45.9%	48.9%
1969	45.5%	48.6%
1970	45.2%	48.2%
1971	45%	47.7%
1972	45%	47.3%
1973	45%	46.8%
1974	44.9%	46.3%
1975	45.3%	45.8%
1976	45.9%	45.2%
1977	46.5%	44.7%
1978	46.9%	44.2%
1979	47.3%	43.7%
1980	47.4%	43.2%
1981	47.3%	42.7%
1982	47%	42.3%
1983	46.8%	41.8%
1984	46.6%	41.4%
1985	46.4%	41%
1986	46.2%	40.6%
1987	46.1%	40.2%
1988	45.9%	39.8%
1989	45.8%	39.4%
1990	45.7%	39.1%
1991	45.6%	38.7%
1992	45.5%	38.4%
1993	45.2%	38%
1994	44.9%	37.7%
1995	44.6%	37.3%
1996	44.2%	37%
1997	43.7%	36.6%
1998	43.2%	36.1%
1999	42.5%	35.7%
2000	41.8%	35.3%
2001	40.9%	35%
2002	39.9%	34.6%
2003	38.9%	34.2%
2004	37.9%	33.7%
2005	36.9%	33.2%
2006	36%	32.7%
2007	35%	32.2%
2008	34.1%	31.7%
2009	33.1%	31.3%
2010	32.2%	30.9%
2011	31.3%	30.5%
2012	30.4%	30.1%
2013	29.8%	29.8%
2014	29.2%	29.5%
2015	28.8%	29.2%
2016	28.5%	28.8%
2017	28.4%	28.5%
2018	28.4%	28.2%
2019	28.4%	27.9%
2020	28.4%	27.7%
2021	28%	27.4%
2022	27.2%	27.2%
2023	26.4%	26.9%
2024	25.5%	26.6%
2025	24.7%	26.2%
2026	23.8%	25.8%
2027	23%	25.4%
2028	22.2%	25.1%
2029	21.4%	24.7%
2030	20.6%	24.3%
2031	19.8%	24%
2032	19%	23.6%
2033	18.2%	23.3%
2034	17.5%	22.9%
2035	16.9%	22.6%
2036	16.6%	22.3%
2037	16.5%	22%
2038	16.4%	21.7%
2039	16.4%	21.5%
2040	16.3%	21.3%
2041	16.2%	21%
2042	16.2%	20.8%
2043	16.1%	20.6%
2044	16.1%	20.4%
2045	16%	20.3%
2046	16%	20.1%
2047	15.9%	19.9%
2048	15.8%	19.8%
2049	15.7%	19.6%
2050	15.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 26.6% in the Dominican Republic in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 39.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and the Dominican Republic compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Dominican Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.34% in the Dominican 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	Dominican Republic
1960	6,098	117,346
1961	6,247	120,316
1962	6,468	122,977
1963	6,589	124,994
1964	6,725	127,504
1965	6,877	125,345
1966	7,039	132,096
1967	7,214	133,091
1968	7,408	133,666
1969	7,625	135,445
1970	7,878	137,835
1971	8,359	140,473
1972	8,716	143,255
1973	9,003	146,283
1974	9,295	147,652
1975	9,601	149,339
1976	9,833	151,201
1977	10,036	152,825
1978	10,152	154,043
1979	10,223	154,779
1980	10,276	157,697
1981	10,470	158,419
1982	10,597	159,597
1983	10,736	163,136
1984	10,835	164,263
1985	11,105	164,091
1986	11,295	165,674
1987	11,426	167,552
1988	11,523	171,291
1989	11,608	175,365
1990	11,738	176,748
1991	11,899	177,371
1992	11,915	177,481
1993	11,805	177,691
1994	11,410	176,882
1995	10,764	175,439
1996	10,613	174,008
1997	10,323	168,419
1998	10,187	164,287
1999	9,989	167,742
2000	9,752	171,684
2001	9,510	170,193
2002	9,278	166,740
2003	9,037	163,267
2004	8,825	158,789
2005	8,428	155,405
2006	7,980	151,122
2007	7,559	152,066
2008	7,313	156,664
2009	7,216	160,893
2010	7,746	162,072
2011	7,874	162,094
2012	7,157	160,915
2013	6,780	159,330
2014	6,622	157,260
2015	6,314	154,258
2016	6,238	151,550
2017	5,993	151,565
2018	5,282	150,852
2019	4,773	144,869
2020	3,734	137,417
2021	3,575	128,866
2022	3,864	138,767
2023	3,798	132,360

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Dominican 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 124 deaths in the Dominican Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Dominican Republic
1985	420	249
1986	394	241
1987	366	231
1988	346	221
1989	322	213
1990	298	203
1991	277	193
1992	255	185
1993	233	176
1994	214	166
1995	196	152
1996	167	138
1997	147	122
1998	134	109
1999	122	92
2000	110	76
2001	101	68
2002	92	68
2003	86	71
2004	80	78
2005	75	83
2006	76	87
2007	73	90
2008	68	94
2009	62	96
2010	61	92
2011	55	91
2012	51	89
2013	50	91
2014	48	95
2015	46	102
2016	44	106
2017	43	104
2018	43	107
2019	41	118
2020	56	121
2021	56	153
2022	42	124
2023	40	124

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.14% in the Dominican 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	Dominican Republic
1960	17.2%	14.8%
1961	16.9%	14.6%
1962	16.6%	14.5%
1963	16.2%	14.3%
1964	15.9%	14.1%
1965	15.4%	13.8%
1966	15%	13.5%
1967	14.5%	13.3%
1968	14%	13%
1969	13.4%	12.7%
1970	12.8%	12.4%
1971	12.1%	12%
1972	11.5%	11.7%
1973	10.8%	11.3%
1974	10.2%	10.9%
1975	9.6%	10.5%
1976	9.09%	10.1%
1977	8.65%	9.71%
1978	8.27%	9.35%
1979	8%	9.01%
1980	7.82%	8.68%
1981	7.72%	8.36%
1982	7.65%	8.05%
1983	7.59%	7.76%
1984	7.46%	7.48%
1985	7.25%	7.21%
1986	6.95%	6.94%
1987	6.59%	6.69%
1988	6.21%	6.44%
1989	5.88%	6.19%
1990	5.64%	5.95%
1991	5.5%	5.7%
1992	5.46%	5.46%
1993	5.46%	5.22%
1994	5.45%	5%
1995	5.37%	4.78%
1996	5.17%	4.58%
1997	4.84%	4.4%
1998	4.44%	4.24%
1999	4%	4.1%
2000	3.6%	3.98%
2001	3.28%	3.88%
2002	3.05%	3.8%
2003	2.9%	3.73%
2004	2.82%	3.67%
2005	2.8%	3.62%
2006	2.8%	3.59%
2007	2.8%	3.56%
2008	2.79%	3.54%
2009	2.75%	3.52%
2010	2.67%	3.51%
2011	2.56%	3.5%
2012	2.42%	3.49%
2013	2.26%	3.5%
2014	2.09%	3.5%
2015	1.91%	3.5%
2016	1.76%	3.5%
2017	1.62%	3.5%
2018	1.51%	3.47%
2019	1.41%	3.43%
2020	1.33%	3.38%
2021	1.27%	3.31%
2022	1.21%	3.22%
2023	1.16%	3.14%