Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and East Timor

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs East Timor 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 2.71 in East Timor in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs East Timor 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	East Timor
1960	6.89	6.32
1961	6.92	6.27
1962	6.95	6.22
1963	6.98	6.16
1964	6.99	6.08
1965	6.99	6.01
1966	6.99	5.93
1967	6.98	5.86
1968	6.97	5.79
1969	6.95	5.72
1970	6.94	5.66
1971	6.91	5.58
1972	6.89	5.49
1973	6.86	5.39
1974	6.82	5.29
1975	6.77	5.19
1976	6.71	5.12
1977	6.65	5.09
1978	6.56	5.09
1979	6.47	5.14
1980	6.38	5.22
1981	6.27	5.53
1982	6.17	5.56
1983	6.07	5.59
1984	5.97	5.61
1985	5.92	5.65
1986	5.81	5.67
1987	5.68	5.68
1988	5.55	5.72
1989	5.45	5.76
1990	5.36	5.81
1991	5.26	5.84
1992	5.12	5.87
1993	4.95	5.88
1994	4.72	5.91
1995	4.49	5.94
1996	4.26	5.94
1997	4.05	5.96
1998	3.9	5.96
1999	3.73	5.97
2000	3.55	5.93
2001	3.37	5.92
2002	3.19	5.9
2003	3.03	5.85
2004	2.9	5.74
2005	2.73	5.61
2006	2.56	5.47
2007	2.41	5.33
2008	2.3	5.17
2009	2.25	4.99
2010	2.33	4.82
2011	2.33	4.61
2012	2.15	4.4
2013	2.07	4.21
2014	2.03	4
2015	1.97	3.78
2016	1.97	3.58
2017	1.93	3.4
2018	1.8	3.24
2019	1.7	3.12
2020	1.59	3.01
2021	1.55	2.89
2022	1.53	2.8
2023	1.52	2.71
2024	1.51	2.63
2025	1.5	2.56
2026	1.49	2.5
2027	1.48	2.45
2028	1.47	2.4
2029	1.47	2.36
2030	1.47	2.32
2031	1.47	2.29
2032	1.47	2.25
2033	1.47	2.22
2034	1.47	2.19
2035	1.47	2.17
2036	1.47	2.14
2037	1.47	2.12
2038	1.47	2.09
2039	1.48	2.07
2040	1.48	2.05
2041	1.48	2.03
2042	1.48	2.02
2043	1.49	2
2044	1.49	1.99
2045	1.49	1.97
2046	1.49	1.96
2047	1.49	1.95
2048	1.5	1.94
2049	1.5	1.93
2050	1.5	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	East Timor
1960	43.6%	40.1%
1961	44.3%	39.7%
1962	45.1%	39.3%
1963	45.6%	39%
1964	46%	38.8%
1965	46.2%	38.7%
1966	46.2%	38.9%
1967	46.1%	39.1%
1968	45.9%	39.3%
1969	45.5%	39.5%
1970	45.2%	39.6%
1971	45%	39.7%
1972	45%	39.7%
1973	45%	39.8%
1974	44.9%	39.7%
1975	45.3%	39.4%
1976	45.9%	39%
1977	46.5%	38.5%
1978	46.9%	38%
1979	47.3%	37.5%
1980	47.4%	37.4%
1981	47.3%	37.8%
1982	47%	38.4%
1983	46.8%	38.8%
1984	46.6%	39.3%
1985	46.4%	39.7%
1986	46.2%	40.2%
1987	46.1%	40.7%
1988	45.9%	41.3%
1989	45.8%	41.9%
1990	45.7%	42.2%
1991	45.6%	42.4%
1992	45.5%	42.6%
1993	45.2%	42.7%
1994	44.9%	42.9%
1995	44.6%	43%
1996	44.2%	43%
1997	43.7%	43%
1998	43.2%	42.9%
1999	42.5%	42.7%
2000	41.8%	42.6%
2001	40.9%	42.5%
2002	39.9%	42.4%
2003	38.9%	42.2%
2004	37.9%	42%
2005	36.9%	42.1%
2006	36%	42.2%
2007	35%	42.3%
2008	34.1%	42.1%
2009	33.1%	41.9%
2010	32.2%	41.6%
2011	31.3%	41.3%
2012	30.4%	40.9%
2013	29.8%	40.4%
2014	29.2%	39.8%
2015	28.8%	39.1%
2016	28.5%	38.4%
2017	28.4%	37.8%
2018	28.4%	37.2%
2019	28.4%	36.6%
2020	28.4%	36%
2021	28%	35.4%
2022	27.2%	34.8%
2023	26.4%	34.2%
2024	25.5%	33.7%
2025	24.7%	33.1%
2026	23.8%	32.6%
2027	23%	32.1%
2028	22.2%	31.6%
2029	21.4%	31%
2030	20.6%	30.4%
2031	19.8%	29.8%
2032	19%	29.2%
2033	18.2%	28.7%
2034	17.5%	28.1%
2035	16.9%	27.6%
2036	16.6%	27.2%
2037	16.5%	26.9%
2038	16.4%	26.7%
2039	16.4%	26.4%
2040	16.3%	26.2%
2041	16.2%	25.9%
2042	16.2%	25.6%
2043	16.1%	25.4%
2044	16.1%	25.1%
2045	16%	24.8%
2046	16%	24.5%
2047	15.9%	24.1%
2048	15.8%	23.8%
2049	15.7%	23.5%
2050	15.6%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.7% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
1960	6,098	7,012
1961	6,247	7,330
1962	6,468	7,639
1963	6,589	7,938
1964	6,725	8,235
1965	6,877	8,526
1966	7,039	8,810
1967	7,214	9,089
1968	7,408	9,356
1969	7,625	9,611
1970	7,878	9,824
1971	8,359	9,964
1972	8,716	10,030
1973	9,003	10,033
1974	9,295	8,405
1975	9,601	-1,062
1976	9,833	783
1977	10,036	296
1978	10,152	-1,000
1979	10,223	987
1980	10,276	6,940
1981	10,470	9,336
1982	10,597	9,579
1983	10,736	9,686
1984	10,835	10,922
1985	11,105	10,788
1986	11,295	11,062
1987	11,426	11,945
1988	11,523	12,118
1989	11,608	17,758
1990	11,738	18,343
1991	11,899	18,605
1992	11,915	19,880
1993	11,805	20,770
1994	11,410	21,746
1995	10,764	21,962
1996	10,613	22,703
1997	10,323	23,501
1998	10,187	23,590
1999	9,989	21,871
2000	9,752	21,579
2001	9,510	23,314
2002	9,278	25,410
2003	9,037	26,900
2004	8,825	26,751
2005	8,428	26,412
2006	7,980	26,221
2007	7,559	26,074
2008	7,313	25,888
2009	7,216	25,696
2010	7,746	25,515
2011	7,874	25,237
2012	7,157	24,890
2013	6,780	24,538
2014	6,622	24,040
2015	6,314	23,391
2016	6,238	22,778
2017	5,993	22,145
2018	5,282	21,650
2019	4,773	21,307
2020	3,734	21,166
2021	3,575	20,101
2022	3,864	20,625
2023	3,798	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs East Timor

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 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	East Timor
1985	420	1,916
1986	394	1,860
1987	366	1,763
1988	346	1,743
1989	322	1,511
1990	298	1,477
1991	277	1,439
1992	255	1,368
1993	233	1,308
1994	214	1,254
1995	196	1,239
1996	167	1,193
1997	147	1,166
1998	134	1,157
1999	122	1,488
2000	110	796
2001	101	761
2002	92	724
2003	86	714
2004	80	683
2005	75	648
2006	76	600
2007	73	559
2008	68	518
2009	62	477
2010	61	439
2011	55	404
2012	51	374
2013	50	349
2014	48	327
2015	46	305
2016	44	287
2017	43	269
2018	43	251
2019	41	237
2020	56	257
2021	56	263
2022	42	235
2023	40	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 5% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
1960	17.2%	-
1961	16.9%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	16.2%	-
1964	15.9%	-
1965	15.4%	-
1966	15%	-
1967	14.5%	-
1968	14%	-
1969	13.4%	-
1970	12.8%	-
1971	12.1%	-
1972	11.5%	-
1973	10.8%	-
1974	10.2%	-
1975	9.6%	-
1976	9.09%	-
1977	8.65%	-
1978	8.27%	-
1979	8%	-
1980	7.82%	-
1981	7.72%	-
1982	7.65%	-
1983	7.59%	-
1984	7.46%	-
1985	7.25%	27.1%
1986	6.95%	26.3%
1987	6.59%	24.4%
1988	6.21%	24.1%
1989	5.88%	23%
1990	5.64%	22.5%
1991	5.5%	22.2%
1992	5.46%	21.1%
1993	5.46%	20%
1994	5.45%	19.2%
1995	5.37%	19.3%
1996	5.17%	18.5%
1997	4.84%	17.7%
1998	4.44%	18%
1999	4%	19.4%
2000	3.6%	11.1%
2001	3.28%	10.6%
2002	3.05%	10.1%
2003	2.9%	9.61%
2004	2.82%	9.17%
2005	2.8%	8.75%
2006	2.8%	8.36%
2007	2.8%	8.01%
2008	2.79%	7.68%
2009	2.75%	7.38%
2010	2.67%	7.11%
2011	2.56%	6.86%
2012	2.42%	6.63%
2013	2.26%	6.42%
2014	2.09%	6.23%
2015	1.91%	6.06%
2016	1.76%	5.91%
2017	1.62%	5.78%
2018	1.51%	5.66%
2019	1.41%	5.55%
2020	1.33%	5.42%
2021	1.27%	5.28%
2022	1.21%	5.14%
2023	1.16%	5%