Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Guinea

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	6.89	6.11
1961	6.92	6.13
1962	6.95	6.14
1963	6.98	6.15
1964	6.99	6.17
1965	6.99	6.18
1966	6.99	6.19
1967	6.98	6.2
1968	6.97	6.21
1969	6.95	6.23
1970	6.94	6.24
1971	6.91	6.26
1972	6.89	6.28
1973	6.86	6.31
1974	6.82	6.34
1975	6.77	6.37
1976	6.71	6.4
1977	6.65	6.43
1978	6.56	6.44
1979	6.47	6.45
1980	6.38	6.46
1981	6.27	6.46
1982	6.17	6.49
1983	6.07	6.49
1984	5.97	6.51
1985	5.92	6.53
1986	5.81	6.55
1987	5.68	6.57
1988	5.55	6.56
1989	5.45	6.55
1990	5.36	6.52
1991	5.26	6.48
1992	5.12	6.45
1993	4.95	6.41
1994	4.72	6.36
1995	4.49	6.29
1996	4.26	6.21
1997	4.05	6.12
1998	3.9	6.05
1999	3.73	5.99
2000	3.55	5.92
2001	3.37	5.83
2002	3.19	5.78
2003	3.03	5.74
2004	2.9	5.73
2005	2.73	5.73
2006	2.56	5.7
2007	2.41	5.66
2008	2.3	5.6
2009	2.25	5.53
2010	2.33	5.44
2011	2.33	5.34
2012	2.15	5.23
2013	2.07	5.15
2014	2.03	5.07
2015	1.97	5
2016	1.97	4.92
2017	1.93	4.79
2018	1.8	4.67
2019	1.7	4.58
2020	1.59	4.49
2021	1.55	4.4
2022	1.53	4.3
2023	1.52	4.22
2024	1.51	4.13
2025	1.5	4.04
2026	1.49	3.96
2027	1.48	3.89
2028	1.47	3.81
2029	1.47	3.73
2030	1.47	3.66
2031	1.47	3.59
2032	1.47	3.52
2033	1.47	3.45
2034	1.47	3.38
2035	1.47	3.32
2036	1.47	3.27
2037	1.47	3.21
2038	1.47	3.16
2039	1.48	3.12
2040	1.48	3.07
2041	1.48	3.02
2042	1.48	2.98
2043	1.49	2.94
2044	1.49	2.9
2045	1.49	2.86
2046	1.49	2.82
2047	1.49	2.79
2048	1.5	2.75
2049	1.5	2.73
2050	1.5	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Guinea
1960	43.6%	39.6%
1961	44.3%	39.7%
1962	45.1%	39.9%
1963	45.6%	39.9%
1964	46%	40%
1965	46.2%	40.1%
1966	46.2%	40.2%
1967	46.1%	40.2%
1968	45.9%	40.3%
1969	45.5%	40.3%
1970	45.2%	40.4%
1971	45%	40.5%
1972	45%	40.7%
1973	45%	40.9%
1974	44.9%	41.1%
1975	45.3%	41.3%
1976	45.9%	41.5%
1977	46.5%	41.8%
1978	46.9%	42%
1979	47.3%	42.2%
1980	47.4%	42.4%
1981	47.3%	42.6%
1982	47%	42.7%
1983	46.8%	42.8%
1984	46.6%	42.9%
1985	46.4%	43%
1986	46.2%	43%
1987	46.1%	43.1%
1988	45.9%	43.1%
1989	45.8%	43.2%
1990	45.7%	43.3%
1991	45.6%	43.4%
1992	45.5%	43.5%
1993	45.2%	43.6%
1994	44.9%	43.7%
1995	44.6%	43.8%
1996	44.2%	43.9%
1997	43.7%	44.2%
1998	43.2%	44.5%
1999	42.5%	44.7%
2000	41.8%	44.9%
2001	40.9%	45.3%
2002	39.9%	45.5%
2003	38.9%	45.4%
2004	37.9%	45.3%
2005	36.9%	45.3%
2006	36%	45.3%
2007	35%	45.1%
2008	34.1%	44.9%
2009	33.1%	44.7%
2010	32.2%	44.5%
2011	31.3%	44.2%
2012	30.4%	44%
2013	29.8%	43.8%
2014	29.2%	43.5%
2015	28.8%	43.3%
2016	28.5%	43.1%
2017	28.4%	42.9%
2018	28.4%	42.6%
2019	28.4%	42.4%
2020	28.4%	42.1%
2021	28%	41.9%
2022	27.2%	41.6%
2023	26.4%	41.2%
2024	25.5%	40.9%
2025	24.7%	40.5%
2026	23.8%	40.2%
2027	23%	39.8%
2028	22.2%	39.5%
2029	21.4%	39.1%
2030	20.6%	38.7%
2031	19.8%	38.3%
2032	19%	37.9%
2033	18.2%	37.5%
2034	17.5%	37%
2035	16.9%	36.6%
2036	16.6%	36.2%
2037	16.5%	35.7%
2038	16.4%	35.3%
2039	16.4%	34.9%
2040	16.3%	34.5%
2041	16.2%	34.1%
2042	16.2%	33.7%
2043	16.1%	33.3%
2044	16.1%	32.9%
2045	16%	32.5%
2046	16%	32.2%
2047	15.9%	31.8%
2048	15.8%	31.5%
2049	15.7%	31.2%
2050	15.6%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	6,098	61,848
1961	6,247	63,766
1962	6,468	65,672
1963	6,589	67,690
1964	6,725	69,848
1965	6,877	72,134
1966	7,039	74,748
1967	7,214	77,251
1968	7,408	79,892
1969	7,625	82,799
1970	7,878	85,418
1971	8,359	88,358
1972	8,716	91,147
1973	9,003	93,764
1974	9,295	96,315
1975	9,601	99,267
1976	9,833	102,449
1977	10,036	105,990
1978	10,152	109,415
1979	10,223	113,141
1980	10,276	117,186
1981	10,470	121,223
1982	10,597	126,831
1983	10,736	130,629
1984	10,835	136,640
1985	11,105	142,313
1986	11,295	148,137
1987	11,426	154,178
1988	11,523	159,566
1989	11,608	164,707
1990	11,738	169,926
1991	11,899	181,299
1992	11,915	189,682
1993	11,805	195,612
1994	11,410	201,439
1995	10,764	205,644
1996	10,613	214,896
1997	10,323	220,373
1998	10,187	219,385
1999	9,989	223,968
2000	9,752	227,081
2001	9,510	227,642
2002	9,278	229,022
2003	9,037	234,774
2004	8,825	242,075
2005	8,428	251,209
2006	7,980	258,518
2007	7,559	266,070
2008	7,313	274,327
2009	7,216	281,920
2010	7,746	288,512
2011	7,874	293,318
2012	7,157	298,094
2013	6,780	304,430
2014	6,622	309,539
2015	6,314	316,604
2016	6,238	324,608
2017	5,993	328,542
2018	5,282	332,585
2019	4,773	338,984
2020	3,734	342,289
2021	3,575	345,121
2022	3,864	352,517
2023	3,798	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Guinea
1985	420	1,248
1986	394	1,234
1987	366	1,218
1988	346	1,202
1989	322	1,188
1990	298	1,162
1991	277	1,143
1992	255	1,124
1993	233	1,094
1994	214	1,081
1995	196	1,042
1996	167	1,010
1997	147	994
1998	134	971
1999	122	960
2000	110	951
2001	101	946
2002	92	916
2003	86	892
2004	80	869
2005	75	843
2006	76	825
2007	73	802
2008	68	772
2009	62	766
2010	61	750
2011	55	728
2012	51	703
2013	50	682
2014	48	664
2015	46	642
2016	44	606
2017	43	582
2018	43	560
2019	41	548
2020	56	528
2021	56	533
2022	42	500
2023	40	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	17.2%	35%
1961	16.9%	34.7%
1962	16.6%	34.4%
1963	16.2%	34.2%
1964	15.9%	33.9%
1965	15.4%	33.6%
1966	15%	33.4%
1967	14.5%	33.1%
1968	14%	32.8%
1969	13.4%	32.5%
1970	12.8%	32.2%
1971	12.1%	31.9%
1972	11.5%	31.6%
1973	10.8%	31.3%
1974	10.2%	30.9%
1975	9.6%	30.6%
1976	9.09%	30.1%
1977	8.65%	29.7%
1978	8.27%	29.2%
1979	8%	28.7%
1980	7.82%	28.2%
1981	7.72%	27.7%
1982	7.65%	27.2%
1983	7.59%	26.7%
1984	7.46%	26.2%
1985	7.25%	25.8%
1986	6.95%	25.3%
1987	6.59%	24.8%
1988	6.21%	24.4%
1989	5.88%	23.9%
1990	5.64%	23.3%
1991	5.5%	22.7%
1992	5.46%	22.1%
1993	5.46%	21.4%
1994	5.45%	20.7%
1995	5.37%	20%
1996	5.17%	19.3%
1997	4.84%	18.6%
1998	4.44%	17.9%
1999	4%	17.2%
2000	3.6%	16.5%
2001	3.28%	15.9%
2002	3.05%	15.2%
2003	2.9%	14.6%
2004	2.82%	14.1%
2005	2.8%	13.7%
2006	2.8%	13.3%
2007	2.8%	12.9%
2008	2.79%	12.7%
2009	2.75%	12.4%
2010	2.67%	12.2%
2011	2.56%	12%
2012	2.42%	11.8%
2013	2.26%	11.7%
2014	2.09%	11.6%
2015	1.91%	11.4%
2016	1.76%	11.2%
2017	1.62%	11%
2018	1.51%	10.8%
2019	1.41%	10.6%
2020	1.33%	10.3%
2021	1.27%	10.1%
2022	1.21%	9.78%
2023	1.16%	9.5%