Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Grenada

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Grenada 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 1.49 in Grenada in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Grenada 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	Grenada
1960	6.89	6.74
1961	6.92	6.63
1962	6.95	6.44
1963	6.98	6.2
1964	6.99	5.91
1965	6.99	5.6
1966	6.99	5.3
1967	6.98	5.04
1968	6.97	4.84
1969	6.95	4.69
1970	6.94	4.46
1971	6.91	4.31
1972	6.89	4.18
1973	6.86	4.05
1974	6.82	3.92
1975	6.77	3.75
1976	6.71	3.6
1977	6.65	3.46
1978	6.56	3.35
1979	6.47	3.34
1980	6.38	3.3
1981	6.27	2.99
1982	6.17	3.15
1983	6.07	3.31
1984	5.97	3.22
1985	5.92	3.48
1986	5.81	3.58
1987	5.68	3.58
1988	5.55	3.19
1989	5.45	3.23
1990	5.36	3.06
1991	5.26	3.11
1992	5.12	2.97
1993	4.95	2.81
1994	4.72	2.79
1995	4.49	2.82
1996	4.26	2.85
1997	4.05	2.8
1998	3.9	2.49
1999	3.73	2.39
2000	3.55	2.44
2001	3.37	2.42
2002	3.19	2.38
2003	3.03	2.33
2004	2.9	2.29
2005	2.73	2.24
2006	2.56	2.19
2007	2.41	2.15
2008	2.3	2.12
2009	2.25	2.08
2010	2.33	2.04
2011	2.33	2.01
2012	2.15	1.97
2013	2.07	1.91
2014	2.03	1.8
2015	1.97	1.72
2016	1.97	1.62
2017	1.93	1.44
2018	1.8	1.53
2019	1.7	1.54
2020	1.59	1.53
2021	1.55	1.52
2022	1.53	1.5
2023	1.52	1.49
2024	1.51	1.47
2025	1.5	1.46
2026	1.49	1.45
2027	1.48	1.44
2028	1.47	1.44
2029	1.47	1.44
2030	1.47	1.44
2031	1.47	1.44
2032	1.47	1.44
2033	1.47	1.44
2034	1.47	1.44
2035	1.47	1.45
2036	1.47	1.45
2037	1.47	1.45
2038	1.47	1.45
2039	1.48	1.46
2040	1.48	1.46
2041	1.48	1.46
2042	1.48	1.46
2043	1.49	1.47
2044	1.49	1.47
2045	1.49	1.47
2046	1.49	1.47
2047	1.49	1.47
2048	1.5	1.47
2049	1.5	1.48
2050	1.5	1.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Grenada
1960	43.6%	47.3%
1961	44.3%	47.2%
1962	45.1%	47.2%
1963	45.6%	47.1%
1964	46%	46.9%
1965	46.2%	47%
1966	46.2%	47.5%
1967	46.1%	47.6%
1968	45.9%	47.5%
1969	45.5%	47.2%
1970	45.2%	46.8%
1971	45%	46.2%
1972	45%	45.5%
1973	45%	44.7%
1974	44.9%	43.9%
1975	45.3%	43.1%
1976	45.9%	42.3%
1977	46.5%	41.5%
1978	46.9%	40.8%
1979	47.3%	40%
1980	47.4%	39.4%
1981	47.3%	38.6%
1982	47%	37.5%
1983	46.8%	36.5%
1984	46.6%	35.6%
1985	46.4%	34.8%
1986	46.2%	34.1%
1987	46.1%	33.6%
1988	45.9%	33.2%
1989	45.8%	33%
1990	45.7%	32.8%
1991	45.6%	32.8%
1992	45.5%	32.9%
1993	45.2%	33.1%
1994	44.9%	33.3%
1995	44.6%	33.5%
1996	44.2%	33.6%
1997	43.7%	33.6%
1998	43.2%	33.5%
1999	42.5%	33.3%
2000	41.8%	32.9%
2001	40.9%	32.1%
2002	39.9%	31%
2003	38.9%	29.8%
2004	37.9%	28.7%
2005	36.9%	27.7%
2006	36%	26.7%
2007	35%	25.9%
2008	34.1%	25.2%
2009	33.1%	24.6%
2010	32.2%	24%
2011	31.3%	23.6%
2012	30.4%	23.3%
2013	29.8%	23%
2014	29.2%	22.7%
2015	28.8%	22.4%
2016	28.5%	22.1%
2017	28.4%	21.8%
2018	28.4%	21.5%
2019	28.4%	21.2%
2020	28.4%	20.9%
2021	28%	20.6%
2022	27.2%	20.2%
2023	26.4%	19.8%
2024	25.5%	19.4%
2025	24.7%	19%
2026	23.8%	18.6%
2027	23%	18.1%
2028	22.2%	17.7%
2029	21.4%	17.3%
2030	20.6%	17%
2031	19.8%	16.7%
2032	19%	16.5%
2033	18.2%	16.4%
2034	17.5%	16.2%
2035	16.9%	16%
2036	16.6%	15.8%
2037	16.5%	15.6%
2038	16.4%	15.4%
2039	16.4%	15.2%
2040	16.3%	15%
2041	16.2%	14.9%
2042	16.2%	14.8%
2043	16.1%	14.6%
2044	16.1%	14.5%
2045	16%	14.4%
2046	16%	14.3%
2047	15.9%	14.1%
2048	15.8%	14%
2049	15.7%	13.9%
2050	15.6%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 19.4% in Grenada in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 32.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Grenada compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Grenada by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.42% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	6,098	3,678
1961	6,247	3,703
1962	6,468	3,674
1963	6,589	3,601
1964	6,725	3,508
1965	6,877	3,399
1966	7,039	3,278
1967	7,214	3,158
1968	7,408	3,040
1969	7,625	2,948
1970	7,878	2,793
1971	8,359	2,705
1972	8,716	2,578
1973	9,003	2,464
1974	9,295	2,360
1975	9,601	2,224
1976	9,833	2,092
1977	10,036	1,974
1978	10,152	1,882
1979	10,223	1,871
1980	10,276	1,840
1981	10,470	1,625
1982	10,597	1,798
1983	10,736	1,817
1984	10,835	1,975
1985	11,105	2,215
1986	11,295	2,324
1987	11,426	2,345
1988	11,523	2,044
1989	11,608	2,084
1990	11,738	1,931
1991	11,899	1,953
1992	11,915	1,811
1993	11,805	1,641
1994	11,410	1,596
1995	10,764	1,580
1996	10,613	1,559
1997	10,323	1,480
1998	10,187	1,204
1999	9,989	1,092
2000	9,752	1,105
2001	9,510	1,082
2002	9,278	1,077
2003	9,037	1,074
2004	8,825	1,034
2005	8,428	1,075
2006	7,980	1,068
2007	7,559	1,059
2008	7,313	1,046
2009	7,216	1,024
2010	7,746	989
2011	7,874	954
2012	7,157	925
2013	6,780	878
2014	6,622	772
2015	6,314	684
2016	6,238	579
2017	5,993	402
2018	5,282	470
2019	4,773	462
2020	3,734	433
2021	3,575	343
2022	3,864	371
2023	3,798	334

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Grenada

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 48 deaths in Grenada.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Grenada
1985	420	71
1986	394	68
1987	366	68
1988	346	61
1989	322	64
1990	298	61
1991	277	59
1992	255	56
1993	233	53
1994	214	55
1995	196	54
1996	167	51
1997	147	50
1998	134	50
1999	122	48
2000	110	46
2001	101	45
2002	92	42
2003	86	42
2004	80	48
2005	75	40
2006	76	39
2007	73	40
2008	68	41
2009	62	41
2010	61	43
2011	55	44
2012	51	44
2013	50	44
2014	48	45
2015	46	46
2016	44	44
2017	43	45
2018	43	46
2019	41	48
2020	56	51
2021	56	52
2022	42	50
2023	40	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.83% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	17.2%	9.5%
1961	16.9%	8.83%
1962	16.6%	8.15%
1963	16.2%	7.5%
1964	15.9%	6.91%
1965	15.4%	6.39%
1966	15%	5.95%
1967	14.5%	5.59%
1968	14%	5.3%
1969	13.4%	5.06%
1970	12.8%	4.87%
1971	12.1%	4.71%
1972	11.5%	4.58%
1973	10.8%	4.47%
1974	10.2%	4.36%
1975	9.6%	4.25%
1976	9.09%	4.15%
1977	8.65%	4.03%
1978	8.27%	3.9%
1979	8%	3.77%
1980	7.82%	3.62%
1981	7.72%	3.46%
1982	7.65%	3.3%
1983	7.59%	3.15%
1984	7.46%	2.99%
1985	7.25%	2.85%
1986	6.95%	2.71%
1987	6.59%	2.58%
1988	6.21%	2.46%
1989	5.88%	2.35%
1990	5.64%	2.24%
1991	5.5%	2.13%
1992	5.46%	2.04%
1993	5.46%	1.95%
1994	5.45%	1.87%
1995	5.37%	1.79%
1996	5.17%	1.73%
1997	4.84%	1.67%
1998	4.44%	1.62%
1999	4%	1.58%
2000	3.6%	1.55%
2001	3.28%	1.52%
2002	3.05%	1.5%
2003	2.9%	1.49%
2004	2.82%	1.49%
2005	2.8%	1.48%
2006	2.8%	1.49%
2007	2.8%	1.5%
2008	2.79%	1.51%
2009	2.75%	1.54%
2010	2.67%	1.57%
2011	2.56%	1.6%
2012	2.42%	1.64%
2013	2.26%	1.68%
2014	2.09%	1.72%
2015	1.91%	1.75%
2016	1.76%	1.79%
2017	1.62%	1.81%
2018	1.51%	1.83%
2019	1.41%	1.85%
2020	1.33%	1.87%
2021	1.27%	1.87%
2022	1.21%	1.85%
2023	1.16%	1.83%