Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Jamaica

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Jamaica 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 1.36 in Jamaica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Jamaica 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	Jamaica
1960	6.89	5.54
1961	6.92	5.6
1962	6.95	5.64
1963	6.98	5.73
1964	6.99	5.79
1965	6.99	5.72
1966	6.99	5.69
1967	6.98	5.67
1968	6.97	5.58
1969	6.95	5.47
1970	6.94	5.35
1971	6.91	5.21
1972	6.89	5.06
1973	6.86	5
1974	6.82	4.67
1975	6.77	4.44
1976	6.71	4.21
1977	6.65	4
1978	6.56	3.84
1979	6.47	3.72
1980	6.38	3.59
1981	6.27	3.51
1982	6.17	3.46
1983	6.07	3.41
1984	5.97	3.32
1985	5.92	3.21
1986	5.81	3.11
1987	5.68	3.02
1988	5.55	2.98
1989	5.45	2.93
1990	5.36	2.96
1991	5.26	3
1992	5.12	3.03
1993	4.95	2.99
1994	4.72	2.93
1995	4.49	2.85
1996	4.26	2.77
1997	4.05	2.68
1998	3.9	2.57
1999	3.73	2.47
2000	3.55	2.35
2001	3.37	2.3
2002	3.19	2.27
2003	3.03	2.24
2004	2.9	2.2
2005	2.73	2.15
2006	2.56	2.09
2007	2.41	2.02
2008	2.3	1.95
2009	2.25	1.88
2010	2.33	1.8
2011	2.33	1.72
2012	2.15	1.65
2013	2.07	1.59
2014	2.03	1.54
2015	1.97	1.51
2016	1.97	1.46
2017	1.93	1.43
2018	1.8	1.4
2019	1.7	1.39
2020	1.59	1.38
2021	1.55	1.38
2022	1.53	1.37
2023	1.52	1.36
2024	1.51	1.35
2025	1.5	1.34
2026	1.49	1.33
2027	1.48	1.33
2028	1.47	1.33
2029	1.47	1.33
2030	1.47	1.33
2031	1.47	1.33
2032	1.47	1.34
2033	1.47	1.34
2034	1.47	1.34
2035	1.47	1.35
2036	1.47	1.35
2037	1.47	1.36
2038	1.47	1.36
2039	1.48	1.37
2040	1.48	1.37
2041	1.48	1.37
2042	1.48	1.37
2043	1.49	1.38
2044	1.49	1.38
2045	1.49	1.39
2046	1.49	1.39
2047	1.49	1.39
2048	1.5	1.4
2049	1.5	1.4
2050	1.5	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Jamaica
1960	43.6%	41.2%
1961	44.3%	41.7%
1962	45.1%	42.2%
1963	45.6%	42.7%
1964	46%	43.3%
1965	46.2%	43.9%
1966	46.2%	44.3%
1967	46.1%	44.6%
1968	45.9%	44.9%
1969	45.5%	45%
1970	45.2%	45%
1971	45%	44.8%
1972	45%	44.4%
1973	45%	44%
1974	44.9%	43.5%
1975	45.3%	42.9%
1976	45.9%	42.3%
1977	46.5%	41.7%
1978	46.9%	41%
1979	47.3%	40.4%
1980	47.4%	39.8%
1981	47.3%	39.2%
1982	47%	38.7%
1983	46.8%	38.2%
1984	46.6%	37.9%
1985	46.4%	37.5%
1986	46.2%	37.2%
1987	46.1%	36.8%
1988	45.9%	36.5%
1989	45.8%	36.1%
1990	45.7%	35.8%
1991	45.6%	35.5%
1992	45.5%	35.4%
1993	45.2%	35.3%
1994	44.9%	35.2%
1995	44.6%	35.1%
1996	44.2%	34.9%
1997	43.7%	34.6%
1998	43.2%	34.2%
1999	42.5%	33.8%
2000	41.8%	33.2%
2001	40.9%	32.7%
2002	39.9%	32.2%
2003	38.9%	31.7%
2004	37.9%	31.2%
2005	36.9%	30.6%
2006	36%	30%
2007	35%	29.3%
2008	34.1%	28.5%
2009	33.1%	27.7%
2010	32.2%	26.9%
2011	31.3%	26.2%
2012	30.4%	25.4%
2013	29.8%	24.7%
2014	29.2%	24%
2015	28.8%	23.4%
2016	28.5%	22.8%
2017	28.4%	22.3%
2018	28.4%	21.7%
2019	28.4%	21.1%
2020	28.4%	20.6%
2021	28%	20%
2022	27.2%	19.6%
2023	26.4%	19.1%
2024	25.5%	18.7%
2025	24.7%	18.3%
2026	23.8%	17.9%
2027	23%	17.6%
2028	22.2%	17.2%
2029	21.4%	16.9%
2030	20.6%	16.7%
2031	19.8%	16.4%
2032	19%	16.2%
2033	18.2%	15.9%
2034	17.5%	15.7%
2035	16.9%	15.5%
2036	16.6%	15.3%
2037	16.5%	15.1%
2038	16.4%	14.8%
2039	16.4%	14.6%
2040	16.3%	14.4%
2041	16.2%	14.2%
2042	16.2%	14%
2043	16.1%	13.8%
2044	16.1%	13.6%
2045	16%	13.4%
2046	16%	13.2%
2047	15.9%	13%
2048	15.8%	12.8%
2049	15.7%	12.6%
2050	15.6%	12.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 18.7% in Jamaica in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Jamaica compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Jamaica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.49% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	6,098	51,944
1961	6,247	51,931
1962	6,468	51,758
1963	6,589	52,277
1964	6,725	52,501
1965	6,877	51,423
1966	7,039	50,808
1967	7,214	50,187
1968	7,408	49,189
1969	7,625	48,258
1970	7,878	47,547
1971	8,359	47,206
1972	8,716	46,676
1973	9,003	47,438
1974	9,295	45,526
1975	9,601	44,736
1976	9,833	43,878
1977	10,036	42,999
1978	10,152	42,475
1979	10,223	42,449
1980	10,276	42,316
1981	10,470	42,898
1982	10,597	43,816
1983	10,736	45,095
1984	10,835	45,644
1985	11,105	45,122
1986	11,295	44,520
1987	11,426	44,155
1988	11,523	43,978
1989	11,608	43,591
1990	11,738	44,465
1991	11,899	45,617
1992	11,915	46,494
1993	11,805	46,090
1994	11,410	45,210
1995	10,764	43,705
1996	10,613	42,297
1997	10,323	40,521
1998	10,187	38,628
1999	9,989	36,649
2000	9,752	34,452
2001	9,510	33,666
2002	9,278	33,572
2003	9,037	33,340
2004	8,825	32,500
2005	8,428	31,506
2006	7,980	30,213
2007	7,559	28,886
2008	7,313	27,553
2009	7,216	26,311
2010	7,746	25,031
2011	7,874	23,627
2012	7,157	22,320
2013	6,780	21,037
2014	6,622	19,751
2015	6,314	18,489
2016	6,238	16,944
2017	5,993	15,419
2018	5,282	13,929
2019	4,773	13,094
2020	3,734	12,170
2021	3,575	6,382
2022	3,864	11,215
2023	3,798	10,072

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Jamaica

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 130 deaths in Jamaica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Jamaica
1985	420	45
1986	394	45
1987	366	46
1988	346	48
1989	322	50
1990	298	54
1991	277	58
1992	255	62
1993	233	67
1994	214	71
1995	196	74
1996	167	77
1997	147	79
1998	134	80
1999	122	81
2000	110	82
2001	101	82
2002	92	81
2003	86	79
2004	80	77
2005	75	81
2006	76	89
2007	73	89
2008	68	91
2009	62	93
2010	61	94
2011	55	89
2012	51	89
2013	50	94
2014	48	100
2015	46	100
2016	44	102
2017	43	106
2018	43	112
2019	41	120
2020	56	126
2021	56	186
2022	42	138
2023	40	130

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.93% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	17.2%	8.17%
1961	16.9%	7.79%
1962	16.6%	7.45%
1963	16.2%	7.17%
1964	15.9%	6.91%
1965	15.4%	6.69%
1966	15%	6.49%
1967	14.5%	6.28%
1968	14%	6.08%
1969	13.4%	5.87%
1970	12.8%	5.64%
1971	12.1%	5.41%
1972	11.5%	5.18%
1973	10.8%	4.95%
1974	10.2%	4.74%
1975	9.6%	4.55%
1976	9.09%	4.37%
1977	8.65%	4.21%
1978	8.27%	4.06%
1979	8%	3.92%
1980	7.82%	3.78%
1981	7.72%	3.66%
1982	7.65%	3.54%
1983	7.59%	3.43%
1984	7.46%	3.32%
1985	7.25%	3.22%
1986	6.95%	3.13%
1987	6.59%	3.04%
1988	6.21%	2.96%
1989	5.88%	2.88%
1990	5.64%	2.8%
1991	5.5%	2.73%
1992	5.46%	2.66%
1993	5.46%	2.58%
1994	5.45%	2.51%
1995	5.37%	2.43%
1996	5.17%	2.35%
1997	4.84%	2.27%
1998	4.44%	2.19%
1999	4%	2.12%
2000	3.6%	2.06%
2001	3.28%	2%
2002	3.05%	1.97%
2003	2.9%	1.94%
2004	2.82%	1.92%
2005	2.8%	1.92%
2006	2.8%	1.91%
2007	2.8%	1.92%
2008	2.79%	1.92%
2009	2.75%	1.91%
2010	2.67%	1.91%
2011	2.56%	1.9%
2012	2.42%	1.89%
2013	2.26%	1.88%
2014	2.09%	1.87%
2015	1.91%	1.87%
2016	1.76%	1.86%
2017	1.62%	1.86%
2018	1.51%	1.87%
2019	1.41%	1.88%
2020	1.33%	1.9%
2021	1.27%	1.91%
2022	1.21%	1.93%
2023	1.16%	1.93%