Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Eritrea

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Eritrea 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 3.71 in Eritrea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Eritrea 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	Eritrea
1960	6.89	6.48
1961	6.92	6.47
1962	6.95	6.5
1963	6.98	6.48
1964	6.99	6.49
1965	6.99	6.49
1966	6.99	6.5
1967	6.98	6.5
1968	6.97	6.5
1969	6.95	6.5
1970	6.94	6.54
1971	6.91	6.54
1972	6.89	6.54
1973	6.86	6.55
1974	6.82	6.57
1975	6.77	6.59
1976	6.71	6.6
1977	6.65	6.61
1978	6.56	6.61
1979	6.47	6.62
1980	6.38	6.61
1981	6.27	6.62
1982	6.17	6.63
1983	6.07	6.65
1984	5.97	6.62
1985	5.92	6.59
1986	5.81	6.56
1987	5.68	6.52
1988	5.55	6.47
1989	5.45	6.41
1990	5.36	6.34
1991	5.26	6.24
1992	5.12	6.16
1993	4.95	6.07
1994	4.72	6.01
1995	4.49	5.94
1996	4.26	5.84
1997	4.05	5.74
1998	3.9	5.63
1999	3.73	5.52
2000	3.55	5.4
2001	3.37	5.31
2002	3.19	5.23
2003	3.03	5.14
2004	2.9	5.04
2005	2.73	4.93
2006	2.56	4.88
2007	2.41	4.81
2008	2.3	4.74
2009	2.25	4.66
2010	2.33	4.57
2011	2.33	4.49
2012	2.15	4.41
2013	2.07	4.34
2014	2.03	4.27
2015	1.97	4.22
2016	1.97	4.16
2017	1.93	4.11
2018	1.8	4.06
2019	1.7	4
2020	1.59	3.93
2021	1.55	3.87
2022	1.53	3.79
2023	1.52	3.71
2024	1.51	3.68
2025	1.5	3.61
2026	1.49	3.55
2027	1.48	3.49
2028	1.47	3.43
2029	1.47	3.38
2030	1.47	3.32
2031	1.47	3.27
2032	1.47	3.22
2033	1.47	3.18
2034	1.47	3.13
2035	1.47	3.09
2036	1.47	3.04
2037	1.47	3.01
2038	1.47	2.97
2039	1.48	2.93
2040	1.48	2.9
2041	1.48	2.86
2042	1.48	2.83
2043	1.49	2.8
2044	1.49	2.77
2045	1.49	2.74
2046	1.49	2.71
2047	1.49	2.68
2048	1.5	2.65
2049	1.5	2.63
2050	1.5	2.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Eritrea
1960	43.6%	41.5%
1961	44.3%	41.4%
1962	45.1%	41.4%
1963	45.6%	41.5%
1964	46%	41.6%
1965	46.2%	41.8%
1966	46.2%	42.1%
1967	46.1%	42.4%
1968	45.9%	42.8%
1969	45.5%	43%
1970	45.2%	43.3%
1971	45%	43.6%
1972	45%	43.8%
1973	45%	44%
1974	44.9%	44.1%
1975	45.3%	44.1%
1976	45.9%	44.2%
1977	46.5%	44.3%
1978	46.9%	44.3%
1979	47.3%	44.4%
1980	47.4%	44.4%
1981	47.3%	44.4%
1982	47%	44.4%
1983	46.8%	44.4%
1984	46.6%	44.2%
1985	46.4%	44.1%
1986	46.2%	44%
1987	46.1%	44%
1988	45.9%	44.2%
1989	45.8%	44.3%
1990	45.7%	44.5%
1991	45.6%	44.6%
1992	45.5%	44.7%
1993	45.2%	44.5%
1994	44.9%	44.4%
1995	44.6%	43.5%
1996	44.2%	42.9%
1997	43.7%	43.7%
1998	43.2%	44.4%
1999	42.5%	44.9%
2000	41.8%	45.2%
2001	40.9%	45%
2002	39.9%	44.4%
2003	38.9%	43.7%
2004	37.9%	43%
2005	36.9%	42.9%
2006	36%	43.1%
2007	35%	43.3%
2008	34.1%	43%
2009	33.1%	42.7%
2010	32.2%	42.6%
2011	31.3%	42.3%
2012	30.4%	42.1%
2013	29.8%	42%
2014	29.2%	42%
2015	28.8%	42.1%
2016	28.5%	42.1%
2017	28.4%	41.9%
2018	28.4%	41.5%
2019	28.4%	41%
2020	28.4%	40.4%
2021	28%	39.8%
2022	27.2%	39.2%
2023	26.4%	38.7%
2024	25.5%	38.1%
2025	24.7%	37.6%
2026	23.8%	37.1%
2027	23%	36.6%
2028	22.2%	36.3%
2029	21.4%	35.9%
2030	20.6%	35.7%
2031	19.8%	35.5%
2032	19%	35.3%
2033	18.2%	35.2%
2034	17.5%	35%
2035	16.9%	34.8%
2036	16.6%	34.7%
2037	16.5%	34.4%
2038	16.4%	34.2%
2039	16.4%	34%
2040	16.3%	33.7%
2041	16.2%	33.4%
2042	16.2%	33.1%
2043	16.1%	32.7%
2044	16.1%	32.3%
2045	16%	31.9%
2046	16%	31.5%
2047	15.9%	31.1%
2048	15.8%	30.7%
2049	15.7%	30.3%
2050	15.6%	29.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 38.1% in Eritrea in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Eritrea compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Eritrea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.29% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1960	6,098	21,424
1961	6,247	22,351
1962	6,468	23,478
1963	6,589	24,393
1964	6,725	25,327
1965	6,877	26,285
1966	7,039	24,713
1967	7,214	27,992
1968	7,408	28,777
1969	7,625	29,535
1970	7,878	30,686
1971	8,359	31,490
1972	8,716	30,951
1973	9,003	31,969
1974	9,295	30,111
1975	9,601	30,971
1976	9,833	36,250
1977	10,036	37,295
1978	10,152	38,353
1979	10,223	39,577
1980	10,276	41,392
1981	10,470	42,924
1982	10,597	44,146
1983	10,736	33,420
1984	10,835	35,101
1985	11,105	37,362
1986	11,295	39,470
1987	11,426	52,229
1988	11,523	54,163
1989	11,608	54,299
1990	11,738	56,903
1991	11,899	57,741
1992	11,915	51,443
1993	11,805	51,679
1994	11,410	56,288
1995	10,764	56,157
1996	10,613	66,557
1997	10,323	63,953
1998	10,187	55,332
1999	9,989	45,120
2000	9,752	60,274
2001	9,510	61,180
2002	9,278	65,436
2003	9,037	66,291
2004	8,825	72,147
2005	8,428	72,930
2006	7,980	74,470
2007	7,559	73,101
2008	7,313	73,391
2009	7,216	76,206
2010	7,746	76,098
2011	7,874	76,806
2012	7,157	76,416
2013	6,780	75,562
2014	6,622	75,729
2015	6,314	73,682
2016	6,238	73,002
2017	5,993	72,291
2018	5,282	72,511
2019	4,773	73,572
2020	3,734	73,362
2021	3,575	74,394
2022	3,864	76,221
2023	3,798	78,073

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Eritrea

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 291 deaths in Eritrea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Eritrea
1985	420	1,678
1986	394	1,625
1987	366	1,555
1988	346	1,499
1989	322	1,473
1990	298	1,352
1991	277	1,384
1992	255	1,149
1993	233	1,040
1994	214	998
1995	196	854
1996	167	878
1997	147	817
1998	134	865
1999	122	734
2000	110	741
2001	101	651
2002	92	636
2003	86	588
2004	80	588
2005	75	567
2006	76	555
2007	73	541
2008	68	530
2009	62	515
2010	61	498
2011	55	478
2012	51	458
2013	50	443
2014	48	430
2015	46	413
2016	44	395
2017	43	379
2018	43	363
2019	41	351
2020	56	334
2021	56	338
2022	42	301
2023	40	291

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.54% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
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%	25.6%
1975	9.6%	25%
1976	9.09%	20.8%
1977	8.65%	20.4%
1978	8.27%	20%
1979	8%	19.7%
1980	7.82%	19.4%
1981	7.72%	19.1%
1982	7.65%	18.8%
1983	7.59%	27.8%
1984	7.46%	27.2%
1985	7.25%	26.2%
1986	6.95%	25.6%
1987	6.59%	17.1%
1988	6.21%	16.6%
1989	5.88%	16%
1990	5.64%	15.4%
1991	5.5%	14.7%
1992	5.46%	13.9%
1993	5.46%	13.1%
1994	5.45%	12.3%
1995	5.37%	11.5%
1996	5.17%	10.8%
1997	4.84%	10.1%
1998	4.44%	9.51%
1999	4%	10.9%
2000	3.6%	8.53%
2001	3.28%	8.11%
2002	3.05%	7.73%
2003	2.9%	7.38%
2004	2.82%	7.05%
2005	2.8%	6.75%
2006	2.8%	6.46%
2007	2.8%	6.19%
2008	2.79%	5.94%
2009	2.75%	5.71%
2010	2.67%	5.5%
2011	2.56%	5.31%
2012	2.42%	5.12%
2013	2.26%	4.94%
2014	2.09%	4.78%
2015	1.91%	4.61%
2016	1.76%	4.46%
2017	1.62%	4.32%
2018	1.51%	4.17%
2019	1.41%	4.03%
2020	1.33%	3.91%
2021	1.27%	3.79%
2022	1.21%	3.66%
2023	1.16%	3.54%