Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Italy

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Italy 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 1.2 in Italy in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Italy 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	Italy
1960	6.89	2.4
1961	6.92	2.44
1962	6.95	2.46
1963	6.98	2.51
1964	6.99	2.66
1965	6.99	2.6
1966	6.99	2.58
1967	6.98	2.5
1968	6.97	2.46
1969	6.95	2.47
1970	6.94	2.38
1971	6.91	2.4
1972	6.89	2.35
1973	6.86	2.3
1974	6.82	2.28
1975	6.77	2.17
1976	6.71	2.04
1977	6.65	1.93
1978	6.56	1.84
1979	6.47	1.73
1980	6.38	1.64
1981	6.27	1.58
1982	6.17	1.56
1983	6.07	1.51
1984	5.97	1.46
1985	5.92	1.42
1986	5.81	1.35
1987	5.68	1.33
1988	5.55	1.36
1989	5.45	1.33
1990	5.36	1.33
1991	5.26	1.3
1992	5.12	1.3
1993	4.95	1.25
1994	4.72	1.21
1995	4.49	1.19
1996	4.26	1.2
1997	4.05	1.22
1998	3.9	1.22
1999	3.73	1.23
2000	3.55	1.26
2001	3.37	1.25
2002	3.19	1.27
2003	3.03	1.29
2004	2.9	1.34
2005	2.73	1.33
2006	2.56	1.37
2007	2.41	1.39
2008	2.3	1.44
2009	2.25	1.44
2010	2.33	1.44
2011	2.33	1.42
2012	2.15	1.42
2013	2.07	1.39
2014	2.03	1.38
2015	1.97	1.36
2016	1.97	1.36
2017	1.93	1.34
2018	1.8	1.31
2019	1.7	1.27
2020	1.59	1.24
2021	1.55	1.25
2022	1.53	1.24
2023	1.52	1.2
2024	1.51	1.21
2025	1.5	1.22
2026	1.49	1.22
2027	1.48	1.23
2028	1.47	1.24
2029	1.47	1.24
2030	1.47	1.25
2031	1.47	1.26
2032	1.47	1.26
2033	1.47	1.27
2034	1.47	1.28
2035	1.47	1.28
2036	1.47	1.29
2037	1.47	1.29
2038	1.47	1.3
2039	1.48	1.3
2040	1.48	1.31
2041	1.48	1.31
2042	1.48	1.31
2043	1.49	1.32
2044	1.49	1.32
2045	1.49	1.33
2046	1.49	1.33
2047	1.49	1.34
2048	1.5	1.34
2049	1.5	1.35
2050	1.5	1.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Italy
1960	43.6%	25%
1961	44.3%	25%
1962	45.1%	24.7%
1963	45.6%	24.5%
1964	46%	24.5%
1965	46.2%	24.5%
1966	46.2%	24.5%
1967	46.1%	24.6%
1968	45.9%	24.6%
1969	45.5%	24.7%
1970	45.2%	24.7%
1971	45%	24.6%
1972	45%	24.6%
1973	45%	24.6%
1974	44.9%	24.5%
1975	45.3%	24.3%
1976	45.9%	24.1%
1977	46.5%	23.7%
1978	46.9%	23.4%
1979	47.3%	22.8%
1980	47.4%	22.3%
1981	47.3%	21.6%
1982	47%	21.1%
1983	46.8%	20.5%
1984	46.6%	19.9%
1985	46.4%	19.3%
1986	46.2%	18.7%
1987	46.1%	18.1%
1988	45.9%	17.5%
1989	45.8%	17%
1990	45.7%	16.5%
1991	45.6%	15.8%
1992	45.5%	15.2%
1993	45.2%	15%
1994	44.9%	14.8%
1995	44.6%	14.6%
1996	44.2%	14.5%
1997	43.7%	14.4%
1998	43.2%	14.3%
1999	42.5%	14.3%
2000	41.8%	14.3%
2001	40.9%	14.2%
2002	39.9%	14.2%
2003	38.9%	14.2%
2004	37.9%	14.2%
2005	36.9%	14.1%
2006	36%	14.1%
2007	35%	14%
2008	34.1%	14%
2009	33.1%	14%
2010	32.2%	14%
2011	31.3%	14%
2012	30.4%	14%
2013	29.8%	13.9%
2014	29.2%	13.8%
2015	28.8%	13.7%
2016	28.5%	13.6%
2017	28.4%	13.4%
2018	28.4%	13.2%
2019	28.4%	13%
2020	28.4%	12.8%
2021	28%	12.6%
2022	27.2%	12.4%
2023	26.4%	12.1%
2024	25.5%	11.9%
2025	24.7%	11.7%
2026	23.8%	11.4%
2027	23%	11.2%
2028	22.2%	11%
2029	21.4%	10.9%
2030	20.6%	10.7%
2031	19.8%	10.6%
2032	19%	10.5%
2033	18.2%	10.4%
2034	17.5%	10.3%
2035	16.9%	10.3%
2036	16.6%	10.3%
2037	16.5%	10.3%
2038	16.4%	10.3%
2039	16.4%	10.4%
2040	16.3%	10.4%
2041	16.2%	10.5%
2042	16.2%	10.5%
2043	16.1%	10.6%
2044	16.1%	10.7%
2045	16%	10.7%
2046	16%	10.8%
2047	15.9%	10.8%
2048	15.8%	10.9%
2049	15.7%	10.9%
2050	15.6%	10.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 11.9% in Italy in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 16.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Italy compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Italy by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and -0.38% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	6,098	426,697
1961	6,247	459,880
1962	6,468	427,387
1963	6,589	440,767
1964	6,725	527,089
1965	6,877	474,222
1966	7,039	488,427
1967	7,214	439,074
1968	7,408	399,268
1969	7,625	390,827
1970	7,878	376,753
1971	8,359	383,922
1972	8,716	364,355
1973	9,003	328,508
1974	9,295	336,176
1975	9,601	271,660
1976	9,833	228,445
1977	10,036	190,248
1978	10,152	168,465
1979	10,223	129,531
1980	10,276	84,650
1981	10,470	73,452
1982	10,597	79,161
1983	10,736	33,939
1984	10,835	50,919
1985	11,105	28,297
1986	11,295	11,319
1987	11,426	16,980
1988	11,523	33,977
1989	11,608	28,336
1990	11,738	22,688
1991	11,899	11,352
1992	11,915	22,718
1993	11,805	0
1994	11,410	-17,053
1995	10,764	-34,107
1996	10,613	-22,744
1997	10,323	-22,756
1998	10,187	-39,835
1999	9,989	-22,766
2000	9,752	-17,082
2001	9,510	-11,396
2002	9,278	-22,836
2003	9,037	-40,179
2004	8,825	11,566
2005	8,428	-17,450
2006	7,980	0
2007	7,559	-5,876
2008	7,313	-11,842
2009	7,216	-17,866
2010	7,746	-23,928
2011	7,874	-48,021
2012	7,157	-78,248
2013	6,780	-90,468
2014	6,622	-96,513
2015	6,314	-162,620
2016	6,238	-138,265
2017	5,993	-192,007
2018	5,282	-192,475
2019	4,773	-215,025
2020	3,734	-338,801
2021	3,575	-301,579
2022	3,864	-318,674
2023	3,798	-283,168

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Italy

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 6 deaths in Italy.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Italy
1985	420	22
1986	394	22
1987	366	21
1988	346	20
1989	322	19
1990	298	18
1991	277	18
1992	255	17
1993	233	16
1994	214	15
1995	196	15
1996	167	14
1997	147	13
1998	134	12
1999	122	11
2000	110	11
2001	101	10
2002	92	10
2003	86	8
2004	80	8
2005	75	8
2006	76	7
2007	73	7
2008	68	7
2009	62	8
2010	61	8
2011	55	8
2012	51	8
2013	50	8
2014	48	8
2015	46	8
2016	44	8
2017	43	8
2018	43	7
2019	41	7
2020	56	8
2021	56	7
2022	42	10
2023	40	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.28% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	17.2%	5.19%
1961	16.9%	4.98%
1962	16.6%	4.76%
1963	16.2%	4.53%
1964	15.9%	4.31%
1965	15.4%	4.11%
1966	15%	3.93%
1967	14.5%	3.78%
1968	14%	3.64%
1969	13.4%	3.51%
1970	12.8%	3.36%
1971	12.1%	3.18%
1972	11.5%	2.98%
1973	10.8%	2.76%
1974	10.2%	2.53%
1975	9.6%	2.31%
1976	9.09%	2.11%
1977	8.65%	1.95%
1978	8.27%	1.82%
1979	8%	1.7%
1980	7.82%	1.61%
1981	7.72%	1.52%
1982	7.65%	1.43%
1983	7.59%	1.35%
1984	7.46%	1.27%
1985	7.25%	1.2%
1986	6.95%	1.14%
1987	6.59%	1.08%
1988	6.21%	1.04%
1989	5.88%	1%
1990	5.64%	0.97%
1991	5.5%	0.93%
1992	5.46%	0.89%
1993	5.46%	0.85%
1994	5.45%	0.8%
1995	5.37%	0.75%
1996	5.17%	0.7%
1997	4.84%	0.66%
1998	4.44%	0.62%
1999	4%	0.59%
2000	3.6%	0.56%
2001	3.28%	0.53%
2002	3.05%	0.51%
2003	2.9%	0.48%
2004	2.82%	0.46%
2005	2.8%	0.45%
2006	2.8%	0.43%
2007	2.8%	0.42%
2008	2.79%	0.41%
2009	2.75%	0.41%
2010	2.67%	0.4%
2011	2.56%	0.39%
2012	2.42%	0.38%
2013	2.26%	0.37%
2014	2.09%	0.36%
2015	1.91%	0.35%
2016	1.76%	0.34%
2017	1.62%	0.33%
2018	1.51%	0.32%
2019	1.41%	0.31%
2020	1.33%	0.3%
2021	1.27%	0.29%
2022	1.21%	0.28%
2023	1.16%	0.28%