Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Israel

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Israel 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 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Israel 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	Israel
1960	6.89	3.87
1961	6.92	3.86
1962	6.95	3.85
1963	6.98	3.84
1964	6.99	3.83
1965	6.99	3.81
1966	6.99	3.8
1967	6.98	3.79
1968	6.97	3.79
1969	6.95	3.78
1970	6.94	3.78
1971	6.91	3.77
1972	6.89	3.77
1973	6.86	3.7
1974	6.82	3.63
1975	6.77	3.55
1976	6.71	3.48
1977	6.65	3.41
1978	6.56	3.35
1979	6.47	3.3
1980	6.38	3.24
1981	6.27	3.19
1982	6.17	3.13
1983	6.07	3.11
1984	5.97	3.08
1985	5.92	3.06
1986	5.81	3.03
1987	5.68	3.01
1988	5.55	2.95
1989	5.45	2.89
1990	5.36	2.82
1991	5.26	2.76
1992	5.12	2.7
1993	4.95	2.8
1994	4.72	2.9
1995	4.49	2.9
1996	4.26	2.9
1997	4.05	2.94
1998	3.9	2.98
1999	3.73	2.97
2000	3.55	2.95
2001	3.37	2.92
2002	3.19	2.89
2003	3.03	2.95
2004	2.9	2.9
2005	2.73	2.84
2006	2.56	2.88
2007	2.41	2.9
2008	2.3	2.96
2009	2.25	2.96
2010	2.33	3.03
2011	2.33	2.98
2012	2.15	3.05
2013	2.07	3.03
2014	2.03	3.08
2015	1.97	3.09
2016	1.97	3.11
2017	1.93	3.11
2018	1.8	3.09
2019	1.7	3.01
2020	1.59	2.9
2021	1.55	3
2022	1.53	2.89
2023	1.52	2.85
2024	1.51	2.8
2025	1.5	2.77
2026	1.49	2.75
2027	1.48	2.72
2028	1.47	2.7
2029	1.47	2.67
2030	1.47	2.66
2031	1.47	2.64
2032	1.47	2.63
2033	1.47	2.6
2034	1.47	2.58
2035	1.47	2.56
2036	1.47	2.55
2037	1.47	2.53
2038	1.47	2.51
2039	1.48	2.49
2040	1.48	2.47
2041	1.48	2.46
2042	1.48	2.44
2043	1.49	2.42
2044	1.49	2.41
2045	1.49	2.39
2046	1.49	2.38
2047	1.49	2.36
2048	1.5	2.35
2049	1.5	2.34
2050	1.5	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Israel
1960	43.6%	35.2%
1961	44.3%	34.9%
1962	45.1%	34.8%
1963	45.6%	34.9%
1964	46%	34.8%
1965	46.2%	34.6%
1966	46.2%	34.4%
1967	46.1%	34.1%
1968	45.9%	33.8%
1969	45.5%	33.5%
1970	45.2%	33.2%
1971	45%	32.9%
1972	45%	32.7%
1973	45%	32.6%
1974	44.9%	32.7%
1975	45.3%	32.7%
1976	45.9%	32.8%
1977	46.5%	32.9%
1978	46.9%	33%
1979	47.3%	33%
1980	47.4%	32.9%
1981	47.3%	32.8%
1982	47%	32.7%
1983	46.8%	32.7%
1984	46.6%	32.6%
1985	46.4%	32.5%
1986	46.2%	32.3%
1987	46.1%	32.1%
1988	45.9%	31.9%
1989	45.8%	31.7%
1990	45.7%	31.3%
1991	45.6%	30.7%
1992	45.5%	30.3%
1993	45.2%	30%
1994	44.9%	29.8%
1995	44.6%	29.6%
1996	44.2%	29.3%
1997	43.7%	29%
1998	43.2%	28.8%
1999	42.5%	28.5%
2000	41.8%	28.3%
2001	40.9%	28.1%
2002	39.9%	28%
2003	38.9%	27.9%
2004	37.9%	27.9%
2005	36.9%	27.9%
2006	36%	27.8%
2007	35%	27.8%
2008	34.1%	27.8%
2009	33.1%	27.9%
2010	32.2%	28%
2011	31.3%	28.1%
2012	30.4%	28.1%
2013	29.8%	28.2%
2014	29.2%	28.2%
2015	28.8%	28.2%
2016	28.5%	28.3%
2017	28.4%	28.2%
2018	28.4%	28.2%
2019	28.4%	28.1%
2020	28.4%	28%
2021	28%	27.9%
2022	27.2%	27.8%
2023	26.4%	27.6%
2024	25.5%	27.4%
2025	24.7%	27.2%
2026	23.8%	26.9%
2027	23%	26.6%
2028	22.2%	26.4%
2029	21.4%	26.1%
2030	20.6%	25.8%
2031	19.8%	25.5%
2032	19%	25.2%
2033	18.2%	25%
2034	17.5%	24.7%
2035	16.9%	24.6%
2036	16.6%	24.4%
2037	16.5%	24.2%
2038	16.4%	24.1%
2039	16.4%	24%
2040	16.3%	24%
2041	16.2%	23.9%
2042	16.2%	23.9%
2043	16.1%	23.8%
2044	16.1%	23.8%
2045	16%	23.8%
2046	16%	23.8%
2047	15.9%	23.7%
2048	15.8%	23.7%
2049	15.7%	23.6%
2050	15.6%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.5% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	6,098	44,818
1961	6,247	42,170
1962	6,468	43,337
1963	6,589	44,964
1964	6,725	48,015
1965	6,877	49,979
1966	7,039	50,477
1967	7,214	47,488
1968	7,408	51,014
1969	7,625	53,800
1970	7,878	56,506
1971	8,359	64,449
1972	8,716	62,960
1973	9,003	65,560
1974	9,295	68,891
1975	9,601	70,828
1976	9,833	74,899
1977	10,036	70,092
1978	10,152	67,158
1979	10,223	68,148
1980	10,276	68,253
1981	10,470	67,647
1982	10,597	68,931
1983	10,736	70,196
1984	10,835	70,703
1985	11,105	71,538
1986	11,295	70,073
1987	11,426	69,904
1988	11,523	71,072
1989	11,608	68,674
1990	11,738	71,764
1991	11,899	73,740
1992	11,915	77,357
1993	11,805	77,337
1994	11,410	79,365
1995	10,764	82,066
1996	10,613	86,518
1997	10,323	88,707
1998	10,187	93,744
1999	9,989	94,325
2000	9,752	98,737
2001	9,510	99,160
2002	9,278	101,178
2003	9,037	106,366
2004	8,825	106,901
2005	8,428	105,338
2006	7,980	109,332
2007	7,559	111,292
2008	7,313	117,672
2009	7,216	122,015
2010	7,746	126,552
2011	7,874	125,030
2012	7,157	128,941
2013	6,780	129,758
2014	6,622	133,916
2015	6,314	134,082
2016	6,238	136,736
2017	5,993	138,541
2018	5,282	140,348
2019	4,773	135,810
2020	3,734	128,089
2021	3,575	134,011
2022	3,864	129,982
2023	3,798	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Israel

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 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Israel
1985	420	36
1986	394	36
1987	366	30
1988	346	31
1989	322	30
1990	298	29
1991	277	28
1992	255	27
1993	233	25
1994	214	24
1995	196	22
1996	167	20
1997	147	17
1998	134	14
1999	122	11
2000	110	9
2001	101	7
2002	92	7
2003	86	5
2004	80	5
2005	75	4
2006	76	4
2007	73	4
2008	68	4
2009	62	4
2010	61	3
2011	55	3
2012	51	3
2013	50	3
2014	48	3
2015	46	3
2016	44	3
2017	43	3
2018	43	3
2019	41	3
2020	56	3
2021	56	3
2022	42	3
2023	40	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.34% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	17.2%	4.71%
1961	16.9%	4.48%
1962	16.6%	4.26%
1963	16.2%	4.06%
1964	15.9%	3.86%
1965	15.4%	3.68%
1966	15%	3.52%
1967	14.5%	3.36%
1968	14%	3.23%
1969	13.4%	3.11%
1970	12.8%	3.01%
1971	12.1%	2.91%
1972	11.5%	2.82%
1973	10.8%	2.72%
1974	10.2%	2.61%
1975	9.6%	2.48%
1976	9.09%	2.33%
1977	8.65%	2.19%
1978	8.27%	2.05%
1979	8%	1.93%
1980	7.82%	1.82%
1981	7.72%	1.74%
1982	7.65%	1.66%
1983	7.59%	1.59%
1984	7.46%	1.51%
1985	7.25%	1.44%
1986	6.95%	1.37%
1987	6.59%	1.31%
1988	6.21%	1.26%
1989	5.88%	1.21%
1990	5.64%	1.15%
1991	5.5%	1.1%
1992	5.46%	1.04%
1993	5.46%	0.98%
1994	5.45%	0.92%
1995	5.37%	0.87%
1996	5.17%	0.82%
1997	4.84%	0.78%
1998	4.44%	0.75%
1999	4%	0.72%
2000	3.6%	0.69%
2001	3.28%	0.66%
2002	3.05%	0.63%
2003	2.9%	0.61%
2004	2.82%	0.58%
2005	2.8%	0.56%
2006	2.8%	0.53%
2007	2.8%	0.51%
2008	2.79%	0.49%
2009	2.75%	0.47%
2010	2.67%	0.46%
2011	2.56%	0.44%
2012	2.42%	0.43%
2013	2.26%	0.41%
2014	2.09%	0.4%
2015	1.91%	0.39%
2016	1.76%	0.38%
2017	1.62%	0.37%
2018	1.51%	0.37%
2019	1.41%	0.36%
2020	1.33%	0.35%
2021	1.27%	0.35%
2022	1.21%	0.34%
2023	1.16%	0.34%