Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and India

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs India 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 1.98 in India in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs India 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	India
1960	6.89	5.92
1961	6.92	5.94
1962	6.95	5.95
1963	6.98	5.97
1964	6.99	5.98
1965	6.99	5.94
1966	6.99	5.88
1967	6.98	5.83
1968	6.97	5.76
1969	6.95	5.68
1970	6.94	5.62
1971	6.91	5.57
1972	6.89	5.48
1973	6.86	5.4
1974	6.82	5.33
1975	6.77	5.2
1976	6.71	5.13
1977	6.65	5.01
1978	6.56	4.89
1979	6.47	4.81
1980	6.38	4.78
1981	6.27	4.7
1982	6.17	4.62
1983	6.07	4.57
1984	5.97	4.52
1985	5.92	4.43
1986	5.81	4.4
1987	5.68	4.31
1988	5.55	4.22
1989	5.45	4.13
1990	5.36	4.05
1991	5.26	3.96
1992	5.12	3.88
1993	4.95	3.8
1994	4.72	3.72
1995	4.49	3.65
1996	4.26	3.58
1997	4.05	3.51
1998	3.9	3.45
1999	3.73	3.38
2000	3.55	3.35
2001	3.37	3.3
2002	3.19	3.22
2003	3.03	3.12
2004	2.9	3.05
2005	2.73	2.96
2006	2.56	2.87
2007	2.41	2.78
2008	2.3	2.71
2009	2.25	2.67
2010	2.33	2.6
2011	2.33	2.53
2012	2.15	2.47
2013	2.07	2.4
2014	2.03	2.29
2015	1.97	2.29
2016	1.97	2.28
2017	1.93	2.19
2018	1.8	2.18
2019	1.7	2.12
2020	1.59	2.05
2021	1.55	2.01
2022	1.53	1.99
2023	1.52	1.98
2024	1.51	1.96
2025	1.5	1.94
2026	1.49	1.93
2027	1.48	1.91
2028	1.47	1.9
2029	1.47	1.89
2030	1.47	1.88
2031	1.47	1.87
2032	1.47	1.86
2033	1.47	1.85
2034	1.47	1.84
2035	1.47	1.84
2036	1.47	1.83
2037	1.47	1.82
2038	1.47	1.81
2039	1.48	1.81
2040	1.48	1.8
2041	1.48	1.8
2042	1.48	1.79
2043	1.49	1.79
2044	1.49	1.78
2045	1.49	1.78
2046	1.49	1.78
2047	1.49	1.77
2048	1.5	1.77
2049	1.5	1.77
2050	1.5	1.76

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	India
1960	43.6%	40.6%
1961	44.3%	40.9%
1962	45.1%	41.2%
1963	45.6%	41.5%
1964	46%	41.6%
1965	46.2%	41.7%
1966	46.2%	41.7%
1967	46.1%	41.6%
1968	45.9%	41.5%
1969	45.5%	41.5%
1970	45.2%	41.4%
1971	45%	41.2%
1972	45%	41.1%
1973	45%	41%
1974	44.9%	40.8%
1975	45.3%	40.7%
1976	45.9%	40.5%
1977	46.5%	40.3%
1978	46.9%	40.1%
1979	47.3%	40%
1980	47.4%	39.8%
1981	47.3%	39.7%
1982	47%	39.6%
1983	46.8%	39.5%
1984	46.6%	39.4%
1985	46.4%	39.3%
1986	46.2%	39.2%
1987	46.1%	39.1%
1988	45.9%	38.9%
1989	45.8%	38.8%
1990	45.7%	38.6%
1991	45.6%	38.4%
1992	45.5%	38.1%
1993	45.2%	37.9%
1994	44.9%	37.6%
1995	44.6%	37.3%
1996	44.2%	37%
1997	43.7%	36.7%
1998	43.2%	36.3%
1999	42.5%	35.9%
2000	41.8%	35.6%
2001	40.9%	35.2%
2002	39.9%	34.8%
2003	38.9%	34.4%
2004	37.9%	34%
2005	36.9%	33.6%
2006	36%	33.1%
2007	35%	32.7%
2008	34.1%	32.2%
2009	33.1%	31.8%
2010	32.2%	31.3%
2011	31.3%	30.9%
2012	30.4%	30.4%
2013	29.8%	29.9%
2014	29.2%	29.4%
2015	28.8%	28.9%
2016	28.5%	28.4%
2017	28.4%	27.8%
2018	28.4%	27.3%
2019	28.4%	26.8%
2020	28.4%	26.3%
2021	28%	25.9%
2022	27.2%	25.5%
2023	26.4%	25.1%
2024	25.5%	24.6%
2025	24.7%	24.2%
2026	23.8%	23.8%
2027	23%	23.4%
2028	22.2%	23%
2029	21.4%	22.7%
2030	20.6%	22.4%
2031	19.8%	22.1%
2032	19%	21.8%
2033	18.2%	21.5%
2034	17.5%	21.3%
2035	16.9%	21%
2036	16.6%	20.8%
2037	16.5%	20.6%
2038	16.4%	20.4%
2039	16.4%	20.2%
2040	16.3%	19.9%
2041	16.2%	19.7%
2042	16.2%	19.5%
2043	16.1%	19.3%
2044	16.1%	19.1%
2045	16%	18.8%
2046	16%	18.6%
2047	15.9%	18.4%
2048	15.8%	18.2%
2049	15.7%	18%
2050	15.6%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 24.6% in India in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 38.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and India compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs India by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.06% in India. 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	India
1960	6,098	10,237,489
1961	6,247	10,468,816
1962	6,468	10,743,409
1963	6,589	11,016,705
1964	6,725	11,285,378
1965	6,877	10,925,714
1966	7,039	11,089,894
1967	7,214	11,279,897
1968	7,408	12,006,807
1969	7,625	12,167,671
1970	7,878	12,417,866
1971	8,359	12,787,104
1972	8,716	13,041,792
1973	9,003	13,412,707
1974	9,295	13,795,836
1975	9,601	13,958,642
1976	9,833	14,435,504
1977	10,036	14,575,662
1978	10,152	14,898,145
1979	10,223	15,392,957
1980	10,276	16,018,786
1981	10,470	16,422,159
1982	10,597	16,790,507
1983	10,736	17,219,127
1984	10,835	17,698,810
1985	11,105	17,968,697
1986	11,295	18,455,495
1987	11,426	18,496,213
1988	11,523	18,702,916
1989	11,608	18,848,915
1990	11,738	18,893,588
1991	11,899	19,049,524
1992	11,915	19,132,757
1993	11,805	19,152,399
1994	11,410	19,310,798
1995	10,764	19,396,161
1996	10,613	19,442,699
1997	10,323	19,494,098
1998	10,187	19,569,575
1999	9,989	19,648,424
2000	9,752	19,984,160
2001	9,510	20,182,573
2002	9,278	20,024,621
2003	9,037	19,720,507
2004	8,825	19,469,758
2005	8,428	19,034,839
2006	7,980	18,641,737
2007	7,559	18,331,648
2008	7,313	18,234,926
2009	7,216	18,286,055
2010	7,746	17,991,935
2011	7,874	17,793,362
2012	7,157	17,552,365
2013	6,780	17,107,541
2014	6,622	16,165,943
2015	6,314	16,211,195
2016	6,238	16,202,593
2017	5,993	15,394,041
2018	5,282	15,451,168
2019	4,773	14,859,846
2020	3,734	13,366,946
2021	3,575	10,227,523
2022	3,864	13,912,130
2023	3,798	13,711,993

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs India

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 80 deaths in India.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	India
1985	420	658
1986	394	624
1987	366	592
1988	346	562
1989	322	538
1990	298	516
1991	277	498
1992	255	482
1993	233	467
1994	214	451
1995	196	437
1996	167	422
1997	147	407
1998	134	393
1999	122	378
2000	110	362
2001	101	349
2002	92	330
2003	86	313
2004	80	296
2005	75	277
2006	76	258
2007	73	240
2008	68	223
2009	62	205
2010	61	188
2011	55	173
2012	51	160
2013	50	148
2014	48	137
2015	46	129
2016	44	121
2017	43	113
2018	43	107
2019	41	101
2020	56	101
2021	56	155
2022	42	90
2023	40	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 2.77% in India. 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	India
1960	17.2%	24.1%
1961	16.9%	23.8%
1962	16.6%	23.5%
1963	16.2%	23.2%
1964	15.9%	22.9%
1965	15.4%	22.7%
1966	15%	22.4%
1967	14.5%	22.2%
1968	14%	22%
1969	13.4%	21.7%
1970	12.8%	21.5%
1971	12.1%	21.2%
1972	11.5%	20.8%
1973	10.8%	20.5%
1974	10.2%	20.1%
1975	9.6%	19.6%
1976	9.09%	19.1%
1977	8.65%	18.6%
1978	8.27%	18%
1979	8%	17.5%
1980	7.82%	16.9%
1981	7.72%	16.4%
1982	7.65%	15.9%
1983	7.59%	15.5%
1984	7.46%	15%
1985	7.25%	14.6%
1986	6.95%	14.2%
1987	6.59%	13.8%
1988	6.21%	13.4%
1989	5.88%	13%
1990	5.64%	12.7%
1991	5.5%	12.3%
1992	5.46%	12%
1993	5.46%	11.6%
1994	5.45%	11.3%
1995	5.37%	11%
1996	5.17%	10.6%
1997	4.84%	10.3%
1998	4.44%	9.89%
1999	4%	9.53%
2000	3.6%	9.16%
2001	3.28%	8.8%
2002	3.05%	8.45%
2003	2.9%	8.11%
2004	2.82%	7.77%
2005	2.8%	7.44%
2006	2.8%	7.11%
2007	2.8%	6.79%
2008	2.79%	6.46%
2009	2.75%	6.14%
2010	2.67%	5.82%
2011	2.56%	5.5%
2012	2.42%	5.2%
2013	2.26%	4.91%
2014	2.09%	4.63%
2015	1.91%	4.36%
2016	1.76%	4.11%
2017	1.62%	3.87%
2018	1.51%	3.64%
2019	1.41%	3.43%
2020	1.33%	3.24%
2021	1.27%	3.06%
2022	1.21%	2.91%
2023	1.16%	2.77%