Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Ghana

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Ghana 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 3.4 in Ghana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Ghana 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	Ghana
1960	6.89	6.89
1961	6.92	6.91
1962	6.95	6.94
1963	6.98	6.94
1964	6.99	6.9
1965	6.99	6.88
1966	6.99	6.86
1967	6.98	6.89
1968	6.97	6.89
1969	6.95	6.95
1970	6.94	6.95
1971	6.91	6.95
1972	6.89	6.92
1973	6.86	6.87
1974	6.82	6.82
1975	6.77	6.76
1976	6.71	6.7
1977	6.65	6.64
1978	6.56	6.56
1979	6.47	6.51
1980	6.38	6.47
1981	6.27	6.42
1982	6.17	6.31
1983	6.07	6.23
1984	5.97	6.15
1985	5.92	6.12
1986	5.81	6.08
1987	5.68	6.02
1988	5.55	5.92
1989	5.45	5.82
1990	5.36	5.74
1991	5.26	5.63
1992	5.12	5.52
1993	4.95	5.41
1994	4.72	5.25
1995	4.49	5.11
1996	4.26	4.96
1997	4.05	4.88
1998	3.9	4.83
1999	3.73	4.82
2000	3.55	4.83
2001	3.37	4.77
2002	3.19	4.69
2003	3.03	4.6
2004	2.9	4.5
2005	2.73	4.5
2006	2.56	4.4
2007	2.41	4.29
2008	2.3	4.22
2009	2.25	4.18
2010	2.33	4.18
2011	2.33	4.18
2012	2.15	4.15
2013	2.07	4.11
2014	2.03	4.03
2015	1.97	3.98
2016	1.97	3.87
2017	1.93	3.72
2018	1.8	3.65
2019	1.7	3.59
2020	1.59	3.54
2021	1.55	3.49
2022	1.53	3.43
2023	1.52	3.4
2024	1.51	3.34
2025	1.5	3.3
2026	1.49	3.26
2027	1.48	3.22
2028	1.47	3.18
2029	1.47	3.14
2030	1.47	3.1
2031	1.47	3.06
2032	1.47	3.03
2033	1.47	2.99
2034	1.47	2.96
2035	1.47	2.93
2036	1.47	2.9
2037	1.47	2.87
2038	1.47	2.84
2039	1.48	2.81
2040	1.48	2.78
2041	1.48	2.76
2042	1.48	2.73
2043	1.49	2.71
2044	1.49	2.68
2045	1.49	2.66
2046	1.49	2.64
2047	1.49	2.62
2048	1.5	2.59
2049	1.5	2.57
2050	1.5	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Ghana
1960	43.6%	45.4%
1961	44.3%	45.9%
1962	45.1%	46.4%
1963	45.6%	46.8%
1964	46%	47.1%
1965	46.2%	47.4%
1966	46.2%	47.6%
1967	46.1%	47.8%
1968	45.9%	47.9%
1969	45.5%	48.1%
1970	45.2%	48.2%
1971	45%	48.4%
1972	45%	48.4%
1973	45%	48.4%
1974	44.9%	48.3%
1975	45.3%	48.2%
1976	45.9%	47.9%
1977	46.5%	47.5%
1978	46.9%	47%
1979	47.3%	46.5%
1980	47.4%	46.2%
1981	47.3%	45.9%
1982	47%	45.7%
1983	46.8%	45.4%
1984	46.6%	45.2%
1985	46.4%	45.3%
1986	46.2%	45.4%
1987	46.1%	45.5%
1988	45.9%	45.4%
1989	45.8%	45.4%
1990	45.7%	45.3%
1991	45.6%	45.2%
1992	45.5%	45%
1993	45.2%	44.8%
1994	44.9%	44.5%
1995	44.6%	44.2%
1996	44.2%	43.9%
1997	43.7%	43.5%
1998	43.2%	43.1%
1999	42.5%	42.7%
2000	41.8%	42.3%
2001	40.9%	41.9%
2002	39.9%	41.5%
2003	38.9%	41.1%
2004	37.9%	40.7%
2005	36.9%	40.4%
2006	36%	40.1%
2007	35%	39.8%
2008	34.1%	39.5%
2009	33.1%	39.3%
2010	32.2%	39.1%
2011	31.3%	39%
2012	30.4%	38.9%
2013	29.8%	38.9%
2014	29.2%	38.8%
2015	28.8%	38.6%
2016	28.5%	38.4%
2017	28.4%	38.1%
2018	28.4%	37.8%
2019	28.4%	37.6%
2020	28.4%	37.2%
2021	28%	36.9%
2022	27.2%	36.5%
2023	26.4%	36.2%
2024	25.5%	35.8%
2025	24.7%	35.4%
2026	23.8%	35%
2027	23%	34.6%
2028	22.2%	34.1%
2029	21.4%	33.7%
2030	20.6%	33.3%
2031	19.8%	32.8%
2032	19%	32.5%
2033	18.2%	32.2%
2034	17.5%	31.9%
2035	16.9%	31.6%
2036	16.6%	31.4%
2037	16.5%	31.2%
2038	16.4%	30.9%
2039	16.4%	30.7%
2040	16.3%	30.5%
2041	16.2%	30.3%
2042	16.2%	30.1%
2043	16.1%	29.8%
2044	16.1%	29.6%
2045	16%	29.4%
2046	16%	29.2%
2047	15.9%	29%
2048	15.8%	28.8%
2049	15.7%	28.5%
2050	15.6%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.1% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	6,098	217,134
1961	6,247	222,372
1962	6,468	223,842
1963	6,589	225,367
1964	6,725	226,685
1965	6,877	229,061
1966	7,039	231,440
1967	7,214	237,156
1968	7,408	242,821
1969	7,625	251,925
1970	7,878	257,938
1971	8,359	265,442
1972	8,716	275,236
1973	9,003	283,385
1974	9,295	290,796
1975	9,601	298,267
1976	9,833	305,769
1977	10,036	315,429
1978	10,152	324,428
1979	10,223	334,848
1980	10,276	346,816
1981	10,470	359,572
1982	10,597	369,061
1983	10,736	379,846
1984	10,835	392,053
1985	11,105	401,722
1986	11,295	411,191
1987	11,426	419,328
1988	11,523	425,031
1989	11,608	432,541
1990	11,738	442,211
1991	11,899	448,159
1992	11,915	452,156
1993	11,805	454,669
1994	11,410	449,589
1995	10,764	451,748
1996	10,613	450,259
1997	10,323	459,822
1998	10,187	471,313
1999	9,989	487,210
2000	9,752	508,738
2001	9,510	519,382
2002	9,278	528,620
2003	9,037	536,656
2004	8,825	543,339
2005	8,428	563,234
2006	7,980	569,474
2007	7,559	572,332
2008	7,313	579,695
2009	7,216	592,825
2010	7,746	613,133
2011	7,874	631,501
2012	7,157	646,595
2013	6,780	658,638
2014	6,622	660,829
2015	6,314	667,729
2016	6,238	659,910
2017	5,993	641,218
2018	5,282	641,551
2019	4,773	642,403
2020	3,734	637,469
2021	3,575	635,805
2022	3,864	646,441
2023	3,798	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Ghana

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 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Ghana
1985	420	943
1986	394	908
1987	366	873
1988	346	834
1989	322	799
1990	298	769
1991	277	745
1992	255	718
1993	233	696
1994	214	670
1995	196	630
1996	167	591
1997	147	553
1998	134	521
1999	122	490
2000	110	472
2001	101	460
2002	92	434
2003	86	410
2004	80	403
2005	75	390
2006	76	385
2007	73	377
2008	68	380
2009	62	369
2010	61	363
2011	55	356
2012	51	351
2013	50	338
2014	48	317
2015	46	310
2016	44	296
2017	43	287
2018	43	276
2019	41	260
2020	56	253
2021	56	264
2022	42	239
2023	40	234

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.71% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	17.2%	20.9%
1961	16.9%	20.7%
1962	16.6%	20.5%
1963	16.2%	20.4%
1964	15.9%	20.3%
1965	15.4%	20.3%
1966	15%	20.3%
1967	14.5%	20.3%
1968	14%	20.3%
1969	13.4%	20.3%
1970	12.8%	20.2%
1971	12.1%	20.1%
1972	11.5%	19.9%
1973	10.8%	19.6%
1974	10.2%	19.2%
1975	9.6%	18.7%
1976	9.09%	18.2%
1977	8.65%	17.7%
1978	8.27%	17.2%
1979	8%	16.9%
1980	7.82%	16.7%
1981	7.72%	16.6%
1982	7.65%	16.4%
1983	7.59%	16.2%
1984	7.46%	15.9%
1985	7.25%	15.5%
1986	6.95%	15%
1987	6.59%	14.4%
1988	6.21%	13.8%
1989	5.88%	13.3%
1990	5.64%	12.8%
1991	5.5%	12.3%
1992	5.46%	12%
1993	5.46%	11.8%
1994	5.45%	11.6%
1995	5.37%	11.5%
1996	5.17%	11.3%
1997	4.84%	11.1%
1998	4.44%	10.8%
1999	4%	10.4%
2000	3.6%	10%
2001	3.28%	9.61%
2002	3.05%	9.21%
2003	2.9%	8.85%
2004	2.82%	8.52%
2005	2.8%	8.22%
2006	2.8%	7.93%
2007	2.8%	7.63%
2008	2.79%	7.31%
2009	2.75%	6.99%
2010	2.67%	6.65%
2011	2.56%	6.33%
2012	2.42%	6.02%
2013	2.26%	5.74%
2014	2.09%	5.48%
2015	1.91%	5.25%
2016	1.76%	5.02%
2017	1.62%	4.81%
2018	1.51%	4.6%
2019	1.41%	4.39%
2020	1.33%	4.2%
2021	1.27%	4.02%
2022	1.21%	3.85%
2023	1.16%	3.71%