Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Haiti

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Haiti 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 2.66 in Haiti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Haiti 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	Haiti
1960	6.89	6.18
1961	6.92	6.18
1962	6.95	6.18
1963	6.98	6.17
1964	6.99	6.16
1965	6.99	6.13
1966	6.99	6.09
1967	6.98	6.05
1968	6.97	6.01
1969	6.95	5.96
1970	6.94	5.91
1971	6.91	5.88
1972	6.89	5.85
1973	6.86	5.81
1974	6.82	5.78
1975	6.77	5.75
1976	6.71	5.71
1977	6.65	5.67
1978	6.56	5.64
1979	6.47	5.59
1980	6.38	5.56
1981	6.27	5.53
1982	6.17	5.53
1983	6.07	5.51
1984	5.97	5.51
1985	5.92	5.5
1986	5.81	5.48
1987	5.68	5.47
1988	5.55	5.47
1989	5.45	5.44
1990	5.36	5.41
1991	5.26	5.32
1992	5.12	5.21
1993	4.95	5.1
1994	4.72	4.99
1995	4.49	4.88
1996	4.26	4.78
1997	4.05	4.67
1998	3.9	4.56
1999	3.73	4.45
2000	3.55	4.39
2001	3.37	4.25
2002	3.19	4.13
2003	3.03	4.05
2004	2.9	3.94
2005	2.73	3.84
2006	2.56	3.76
2007	2.41	3.69
2008	2.3	3.62
2009	2.25	3.57
2010	2.33	3.5
2011	2.33	3.43
2012	2.15	3.32
2013	2.07	3.22
2014	2.03	3.16
2015	1.97	3.11
2016	1.97	3.05
2017	1.93	2.99
2018	1.8	2.92
2019	1.7	2.86
2020	1.59	2.8
2021	1.55	2.75
2022	1.53	2.7
2023	1.52	2.66
2024	1.51	2.63
2025	1.5	2.59
2026	1.49	2.55
2027	1.48	2.52
2028	1.47	2.49
2029	1.47	2.46
2030	1.47	2.43
2031	1.47	2.41
2032	1.47	2.38
2033	1.47	2.35
2034	1.47	2.33
2035	1.47	2.3
2036	1.47	2.28
2037	1.47	2.26
2038	1.47	2.25
2039	1.48	2.23
2040	1.48	2.21
2041	1.48	2.19
2042	1.48	2.18
2043	1.49	2.16
2044	1.49	2.14
2045	1.49	2.13
2046	1.49	2.11
2047	1.49	2.1
2048	1.5	2.09
2049	1.5	2.07
2050	1.5	2.06

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Haiti
1960	43.6%	40.6%
1961	44.3%	40.7%
1962	45.1%	40.8%
1963	45.6%	40.8%
1964	46%	40.9%
1965	46.2%	40.9%
1966	46.2%	40.9%
1967	46.1%	41%
1968	45.9%	41%
1969	45.5%	41%
1970	45.2%	40.9%
1971	45%	40.9%
1972	45%	40.9%
1973	45%	40.9%
1974	44.9%	40.9%
1975	45.3%	41%
1976	45.9%	41%
1977	46.5%	41.1%
1978	46.9%	41.1%
1979	47.3%	41.1%
1980	47.4%	41.2%
1981	47.3%	41.2%
1982	47%	41.3%
1983	46.8%	41.4%
1984	46.6%	41.4%
1985	46.4%	41.5%
1986	46.2%	41.6%
1987	46.1%	41.7%
1988	45.9%	41.8%
1989	45.8%	41.8%
1990	45.7%	41.9%
1991	45.6%	41.9%
1992	45.5%	41.9%
1993	45.2%	41.8%
1994	44.9%	41.7%
1995	44.6%	41.6%
1996	44.2%	41.4%
1997	43.7%	41.2%
1998	43.2%	41%
1999	42.5%	40.7%
2000	41.8%	40.4%
2001	40.9%	40.1%
2002	39.9%	39.7%
2003	38.9%	39.3%
2004	37.9%	38.9%
2005	36.9%	38.4%
2006	36%	37.9%
2007	35%	37.5%
2008	34.1%	37.1%
2009	33.1%	36.6%
2010	32.2%	36.2%
2011	31.3%	35.9%
2012	30.4%	35.5%
2013	29.8%	35.1%
2014	29.2%	34.7%
2015	28.8%	34.3%
2016	28.5%	33.9%
2017	28.4%	33.6%
2018	28.4%	33.3%
2019	28.4%	32.9%
2020	28.4%	32.6%
2021	28%	32.3%
2022	27.2%	31.9%
2023	26.4%	31.6%
2024	25.5%	31.2%
2025	24.7%	30.8%
2026	23.8%	30.4%
2027	23%	30%
2028	22.2%	29.6%
2029	21.4%	29.2%
2030	20.6%	28.8%
2031	19.8%	28.5%
2032	19%	28.1%
2033	18.2%	27.8%
2034	17.5%	27.4%
2035	16.9%	27.1%
2036	16.6%	26.8%
2037	16.5%	26.5%
2038	16.4%	26.3%
2039	16.4%	26%
2040	16.3%	25.7%
2041	16.2%	25.5%
2042	16.2%	25.2%
2043	16.1%	25%
2044	16.1%	24.8%
2045	16%	24.5%
2046	16%	24.3%
2047	15.9%	24.1%
2048	15.8%	23.8%
2049	15.7%	23.6%
2050	15.6%	23.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 31.2% in Haiti in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 41.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Haiti compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Haiti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.58% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	6,098	85,368
1961	6,247	87,563
1962	6,468	89,683
1963	6,589	86,394
1964	6,725	93,987
1965	6,877	95,754
1966	7,039	96,973
1967	7,214	99,266
1968	7,408	101,300
1969	7,625	103,133
1970	7,878	105,208
1971	8,359	107,968
1972	8,716	110,709
1973	9,003	113,223
1974	9,295	115,941
1975	9,601	118,508
1976	9,833	120,992
1977	10,036	123,520
1978	10,152	125,885
1979	10,223	128,206
1980	10,276	130,773
1981	10,470	133,695
1982	10,597	137,214
1983	10,736	140,422
1984	10,835	144,211
1985	11,105	148,364
1986	11,295	152,288
1987	11,426	156,468
1988	11,523	160,750
1989	11,608	163,947
1990	11,738	167,420
1991	11,899	167,919
1992	11,915	168,980
1993	11,805	169,240
1994	11,410	169,260
1995	10,764	171,852
1996	10,613	173,351
1997	10,323	174,962
1998	10,187	175,687
1999	9,989	177,421
2000	9,752	180,677
2001	9,510	178,741
2002	9,278	178,126
2003	9,037	179,543
2004	8,825	174,071
2005	8,428	180,618
2006	7,980	182,866
2007	7,559	184,223
2008	7,313	185,364
2009	7,216	187,804
2010	7,746	95,965
2011	7,874	184,695
2012	7,157	183,702
2013	6,780	181,457
2014	6,622	182,009
2015	6,314	182,063
2016	6,238	180,902
2017	5,993	180,310
2018	5,282	178,632
2019	4,773	176,550
2020	3,734	169,264
2021	3,575	158,994
2022	3,864	164,214
2023	3,798	167,381

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Haiti

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 328 deaths in Haiti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Haiti
1985	420	991
1986	394	975
1987	366	952
1988	346	929
1989	322	900
1990	298	874
1991	277	831
1992	255	793
1993	233	747
1994	214	710
1995	196	638
1996	167	588
1997	147	551
1998	134	511
1999	122	464
2000	110	440
2001	101	428
2002	92	410
2003	86	385
2004	80	427
2005	75	355
2006	76	368
2007	73	383
2008	68	394
2009	62	397
2010	61	398
2011	55	409
2012	51	385
2013	50	380
2014	48	373
2015	46	364
2016	44	356
2017	43	351
2018	43	358
2019	41	351
2020	56	346
2021	56	385
2022	42	331
2023	40	328

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 5.51% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	17.2%	29.2%
1961	16.9%	28.8%
1962	16.6%	28.3%
1963	16.2%	27.9%
1964	15.9%	27.4%
1965	15.4%	27%
1966	15%	26.5%
1967	14.5%	26%
1968	14%	25.5%
1969	13.4%	25%
1970	12.8%	24.5%
1971	12.1%	23.9%
1972	11.5%	23.4%
1973	10.8%	22.8%
1974	10.2%	22.3%
1975	9.6%	21.7%
1976	9.09%	21.2%
1977	8.65%	20.6%
1978	8.27%	20.1%
1979	8%	19.6%
1980	7.82%	19.1%
1981	7.72%	18.6%
1982	7.65%	18.1%
1983	7.59%	17.6%
1984	7.46%	17.1%
1985	7.25%	16.6%
1986	6.95%	16.2%
1987	6.59%	15.8%
1988	6.21%	15.3%
1989	5.88%	14.9%
1990	5.64%	14.5%
1991	5.5%	14.1%
1992	5.46%	13.7%
1993	5.46%	13.2%
1994	5.45%	12.8%
1995	5.37%	12.4%
1996	5.17%	12%
1997	4.84%	11.5%
1998	4.44%	11.1%
1999	4%	10.7%
2000	3.6%	10.4%
2001	3.28%	10%
2002	3.05%	9.68%
2003	2.9%	9.4%
2004	2.82%	9.14%
2005	2.8%	8.91%
2006	2.8%	8.69%
2007	2.8%	8.49%
2008	2.79%	8.29%
2009	2.75%	8.11%
2010	2.67%	13.7%
2011	2.56%	7.74%
2012	2.42%	7.56%
2013	2.26%	7.38%
2014	2.09%	7.19%
2015	1.91%	6.99%
2016	1.76%	6.79%
2017	1.62%	6.61%
2018	1.51%	6.42%
2019	1.41%	6.23%
2020	1.33%	6.04%
2021	1.27%	5.85%
2022	1.21%	5.69%
2023	1.16%	5.51%