Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	6.89	7.69
1961	6.92	7.72
1962	6.95	7.75
1963	6.98	7.78
1964	6.99	7.81
1965	6.99	7.84
1966	6.99	7.87
1967	6.98	7.89
1968	6.97	7.91
1969	6.95	7.93
1970	6.94	7.94
1971	6.91	7.94
1972	6.89	7.94
1973	6.86	7.94
1974	6.82	7.93
1975	6.77	7.91
1976	6.71	7.88
1977	6.65	7.83
1978	6.56	7.67
1979	6.47	7.63
1980	6.38	7.59
1981	6.27	7.54
1982	6.17	7.49
1983	6.07	7.42
1984	5.97	7.35
1985	5.92	7.27
1986	5.81	7.19
1987	5.68	7.09
1988	5.55	6.97
1989	5.45	6.85
1990	5.36	6.72
1991	5.26	6.59
1992	5.12	6.43
1993	4.95	6.27
1994	4.72	6.13
1995	4.49	6.04
1996	4.26	5.95
1997	4.05	5.9
1998	3.9	5.85
1999	3.73	5.81
2000	3.55	5.77
2001	3.37	5.7
2002	3.19	5.64
2003	3.03	5.57
2004	2.9	5.53
2005	2.73	5.5
2006	2.56	5.45
2007	2.41	5.4
2008	2.3	5.36
2009	2.25	5.33
2010	2.33	5.29
2011	2.33	5.24
2012	2.15	5.19
2013	2.07	5.14
2014	2.03	5.07
2015	1.97	4.97
2016	1.97	4.87
2017	1.93	4.76
2018	1.8	4.6
2019	1.7	4.52
2020	1.59	4.46
2021	1.55	4.41
2022	1.53	4.35
2023	1.52	4.28
2024	1.51	4.23
2025	1.5	4.17
2026	1.49	4.1
2027	1.48	4.05
2028	1.47	3.99
2029	1.47	3.93
2030	1.47	3.88
2031	1.47	3.83
2032	1.47	3.78
2033	1.47	3.75
2034	1.47	3.69
2035	1.47	3.64
2036	1.47	3.6
2037	1.47	3.56
2038	1.47	3.51
2039	1.48	3.47
2040	1.48	3.43
2041	1.48	3.39
2042	1.48	3.35
2043	1.49	3.31
2044	1.49	3.27
2045	1.49	3.23
2046	1.49	3.2
2047	1.49	3.17
2048	1.5	3.13
2049	1.5	3.1
2050	1.5	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Ivory Coast
1960	43.6%	43.1%
1961	44.3%	43.2%
1962	45.1%	43.4%
1963	45.6%	43.6%
1964	46%	43.9%
1965	46.2%	44.1%
1966	46.2%	44.3%
1967	46.1%	44.6%
1968	45.9%	44.8%
1969	45.5%	44.9%
1970	45.2%	45.1%
1971	45%	45.1%
1972	45%	45.2%
1973	45%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45.3%
1975	45.3%	45.4%
1976	45.9%	45.7%
1977	46.5%	46.1%
1978	46.9%	46.5%
1979	47.3%	46.8%
1980	47.4%	47.1%
1981	47.3%	47.3%
1982	47%	47.5%
1983	46.8%	47.7%
1984	46.6%	47.8%
1985	46.4%	47.9%
1986	46.2%	48%
1987	46.1%	48.1%
1988	45.9%	48%
1989	45.8%	47.9%
1990	45.7%	47.8%
1991	45.6%	47.6%
1992	45.5%	47.4%
1993	45.2%	47.1%
1994	44.9%	46.9%
1995	44.6%	46.7%
1996	44.2%	46.4%
1997	43.7%	46.2%
1998	43.2%	46.1%
1999	42.5%	46%
2000	41.8%	46%
2001	40.9%	46.1%
2002	39.9%	46.2%
2003	38.9%	46.2%
2004	37.9%	46.3%
2005	36.9%	46.3%
2006	36%	46.3%
2007	35%	46.4%
2008	34.1%	45.8%
2009	33.1%	44.9%
2010	32.2%	44%
2011	31.3%	43.3%
2012	30.4%	42.7%
2013	29.8%	42.2%
2014	29.2%	42%
2015	28.8%	42.2%
2016	28.5%	42.3%
2017	28.4%	42.4%
2018	28.4%	42.4%
2019	28.4%	42.3%
2020	28.4%	42.2%
2021	28%	42%
2022	27.2%	41.7%
2023	26.4%	41.3%
2024	25.5%	40.9%
2025	24.7%	40.5%
2026	23.8%	40%
2027	23%	39.7%
2028	22.2%	39.3%
2029	21.4%	38.8%
2030	20.6%	38.3%
2031	19.8%	37.8%
2032	19%	37.3%
2033	18.2%	37%
2034	17.5%	36.7%
2035	16.9%	36.4%
2036	16.6%	36.2%
2037	16.5%	35.9%
2038	16.4%	35.7%
2039	16.4%	35.6%
2040	16.3%	35.4%
2041	16.2%	35.3%
2042	16.2%	35.1%
2043	16.1%	35%
2044	16.1%	34.8%
2045	16%	34.7%
2046	16%	34.5%
2047	15.9%	34.4%
2048	15.8%	34.2%
2049	15.7%	34%
2050	15.6%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	6,098	99,681
1961	6,247	105,568
1962	6,468	111,930
1963	6,589	118,526
1964	6,725	124,996
1965	6,877	131,601
1966	7,039	138,438
1967	7,214	145,773
1968	7,408	153,464
1969	7,625	161,541
1970	7,878	170,070
1971	8,359	179,918
1972	8,716	190,842
1973	9,003	203,429
1974	9,295	216,389
1975	9,601	228,883
1976	9,833	241,939
1977	10,036	250,858
1978	10,152	257,222
1979	10,223	268,875
1980	10,276	280,630
1981	10,470	292,755
1982	10,597	305,204
1983	10,736	317,379
1984	10,835	331,910
1985	11,105	344,549
1986	11,295	357,205
1987	11,426	370,654
1988	11,523	378,575
1989	11,608	390,081
1990	11,738	402,629
1991	11,899	413,354
1992	11,915	423,294
1993	11,805	430,759
1994	11,410	438,274
1995	10,764	453,719
1996	10,613	469,740
1997	10,323	489,984
1998	10,187	509,167
1999	9,989	527,634
2000	9,752	545,129
2001	9,510	555,220
2002	9,278	563,692
2003	9,037	568,220
2004	8,825	579,424
2005	8,428	593,685
2006	7,980	605,001
2007	7,559	617,247
2008	7,313	630,610
2009	7,216	654,439
2010	7,746	676,554
2011	7,874	694,033
2012	7,157	708,847
2013	6,780	720,228
2014	6,622	728,978
2015	6,314	731,387
2016	6,238	735,630
2017	5,993	734,553
2018	5,282	722,445
2019	4,773	727,774
2020	3,734	727,455
2021	3,575	732,191
2022	3,864	750,270
2023	3,798	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Ivory Coast
1985	420	766
1986	394	735
1987	366	697
1988	346	671
1989	322	645
1990	298	619
1991	277	584
1992	255	546
1993	233	503
1994	214	463
1995	196	421
1996	167	381
1997	147	364
1998	134	380
1999	122	381
2000	110	378
2001	101	405
2002	92	427
2003	86	451
2004	80	456
2005	75	492
2006	76	544
2007	73	567
2008	68	562
2009	62	588
2010	61	592
2011	55	569
2012	51	566
2013	50	544
2014	48	522
2015	46	505
2016	44	488
2017	43	465
2018	43	449
2019	41	429
2020	56	447
2021	56	459
2022	42	409
2023	40	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	17.2%	32.1%
1961	16.9%	31.3%
1962	16.6%	30.5%
1963	16.2%	29.7%
1964	15.9%	28.9%
1965	15.4%	28.2%
1966	15%	27.4%
1967	14.5%	26.7%
1968	14%	26%
1969	13.4%	25.2%
1970	12.8%	24.5%
1971	12.1%	23.7%
1972	11.5%	22.9%
1973	10.8%	22.1%
1974	10.2%	21.2%
1975	9.6%	20.3%
1976	9.09%	19.5%
1977	8.65%	18.7%
1978	8.27%	18%
1979	8%	17.4%
1980	7.82%	16.9%
1981	7.72%	16.4%
1982	7.65%	16.1%
1983	7.59%	15.8%
1984	7.46%	15.5%
1985	7.25%	15.4%
1986	6.95%	15.3%
1987	6.59%	15.2%
1988	6.21%	15.2%
1989	5.88%	15.3%
1990	5.64%	15.3%
1991	5.5%	15.4%
1992	5.46%	15.4%
1993	5.46%	15.4%
1994	5.45%	15.3%
1995	5.37%	15.2%
1996	5.17%	15.1%
1997	4.84%	14.9%
1998	4.44%	14.6%
1999	4%	14.4%
2000	3.6%	14.1%
2001	3.28%	13.7%
2002	3.05%	13.3%
2003	2.9%	13%
2004	2.82%	12.6%
2005	2.8%	12.2%
2006	2.8%	11.8%
2007	2.8%	11.4%
2008	2.79%	11%
2009	2.75%	10.6%
2010	2.67%	10.2%
2011	2.56%	9.91%
2012	2.42%	9.6%
2013	2.26%	9.27%
2014	2.09%	8.92%
2015	1.91%	8.61%
2016	1.76%	8.36%
2017	1.62%	8.11%
2018	1.51%	7.85%
2019	1.41%	7.59%
2020	1.33%	7.37%
2021	1.27%	7.14%
2022	1.21%	6.92%
2023	1.16%	6.71%