Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Jordan

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Jordan 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 2.64 in Jordan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Jordan 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	Jordan
1960	6.89	7.6
1961	6.92	7.7
1962	6.95	7.79
1963	6.98	7.85
1964	6.99	7.91
1965	6.99	7.93
1966	6.99	7.99
1967	6.98	8.06
1968	6.97	8.14
1969	6.95	8.19
1970	6.94	8.18
1971	6.91	8.15
1972	6.89	8.12
1973	6.86	8.06
1974	6.82	8
1975	6.77	7.93
1976	6.71	7.83
1977	6.65	7.72
1978	6.56	7.59
1979	6.47	7.45
1980	6.38	7.29
1981	6.27	7.12
1982	6.17	6.96
1983	6.07	6.81
1984	5.97	6.67
1985	5.92	6.53
1986	5.81	6.39
1987	5.68	6.2
1988	5.55	6.01
1989	5.45	5.8
1990	5.36	5.54
1991	5.26	5.33
1992	5.12	5.14
1993	4.95	4.97
1994	4.72	4.82
1995	4.49	4.68
1996	4.26	4.51
1997	4.05	4.32
1998	3.9	4.11
1999	3.73	3.97
2000	3.55	3.86
2001	3.37	3.8
2002	3.19	3.81
2003	3.03	3.82
2004	2.9	3.73
2005	2.73	3.65
2006	2.56	3.71
2007	2.41	3.8
2008	2.3	3.88
2009	2.25	3.84
2010	2.33	3.78
2011	2.33	3.69
2012	2.15	3.57
2013	2.07	3.45
2014	2.03	3.3
2015	1.97	3.14
2016	1.97	3.07
2017	1.93	2.99
2018	1.8	2.92
2019	1.7	2.86
2020	1.59	2.79
2021	1.55	2.74
2022	1.53	2.68
2023	1.52	2.64
2024	1.51	2.6
2025	1.5	2.57
2026	1.49	2.54
2027	1.48	2.51
2028	1.47	2.48
2029	1.47	2.44
2030	1.47	2.42
2031	1.47	2.39
2032	1.47	2.36
2033	1.47	2.33
2034	1.47	2.3
2035	1.47	2.27
2036	1.47	2.25
2037	1.47	2.23
2038	1.47	2.21
2039	1.48	2.19
2040	1.48	2.16
2041	1.48	2.14
2042	1.48	2.12
2043	1.49	2.1
2044	1.49	2.08
2045	1.49	2.07
2046	1.49	2.05
2047	1.49	2.04
2048	1.5	2.02
2049	1.5	2.01
2050	1.5	1.99

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Jordan
1960	43.6%	46.1%
1961	44.3%	46.6%
1962	45.1%	47.2%
1963	45.6%	47.7%
1964	46%	48.2%
1965	46.2%	48.7%
1966	46.2%	49.1%
1967	46.1%	49.4%
1968	45.9%	49.8%
1969	45.5%	50%
1970	45.2%	50.3%
1971	45%	50.4%
1972	45%	50.6%
1973	45%	50.6%
1974	44.9%	50.6%
1975	45.3%	50.6%
1976	45.9%	50.5%
1977	46.5%	50.4%
1978	46.9%	50.2%
1979	47.3%	50%
1980	47.4%	49.7%
1981	47.3%	49.5%
1982	47%	49.2%
1983	46.8%	48.9%
1984	46.6%	48.6%
1985	46.4%	48.2%
1986	46.2%	47.9%
1987	46.1%	47.6%
1988	45.9%	47.2%
1989	45.8%	46.8%
1990	45.7%	45%
1991	45.6%	43.1%
1992	45.5%	42.2%
1993	45.2%	41.5%
1994	44.9%	40.9%
1995	44.6%	40.5%
1996	44.2%	40.4%
1997	43.7%	40.4%
1998	43.2%	40.3%
1999	42.5%	40.2%
2000	41.8%	40.1%
2001	40.9%	39.8%
2002	39.9%	39.5%
2003	38.9%	39.2%
2004	37.9%	38.8%
2005	36.9%	38.4%
2006	36%	38%
2007	35%	37.5%
2008	34.1%	37%
2009	33.1%	36.5%
2010	32.2%	36%
2011	31.3%	35.5%
2012	30.4%	35.1%
2013	29.8%	34.9%
2014	29.2%	34.9%
2015	28.8%	34.8%
2016	28.5%	34.5%
2017	28.4%	34.1%
2018	28.4%	33.7%
2019	28.4%	33.3%
2020	28.4%	32.8%
2021	28%	32.4%
2022	27.2%	31.9%
2023	26.4%	31.2%
2024	25.5%	30.7%
2025	24.7%	30.2%
2026	23.8%	29.6%
2027	23%	29%
2028	22.2%	28.4%
2029	21.4%	27.8%
2030	20.6%	27.3%
2031	19.8%	26.9%
2032	19%	26.6%
2033	18.2%	26.2%
2034	17.5%	25.9%
2035	16.9%	25.7%
2036	16.6%	25.4%
2037	16.5%	25.2%
2038	16.4%	25%
2039	16.4%	24.9%
2040	16.3%	24.7%
2041	16.2%	24.6%
2042	16.2%	24.4%
2043	16.1%	24.3%
2044	16.1%	24.1%
2045	16%	23.9%
2046	16%	23.7%
2047	15.9%	23.5%
2048	15.8%	23.3%
2049	15.7%	23.1%
2050	15.6%	22.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 30.7% in Jordan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Jordan compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Jordan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.92% in Jordan. 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	Jordan
1960	6,098	29,491
1961	6,247	32,143
1962	6,468	34,598
1963	6,589	36,858
1964	6,725	39,205
1965	6,877	41,635
1966	7,039	44,580
1967	7,214	48,791
1968	7,408	53,336
1969	7,625	57,431
1970	7,878	60,321
1971	8,359	64,763
1972	8,716	67,707
1973	9,003	70,058
1974	9,295	72,212
1975	9,601	74,392
1976	9,833	75,981
1977	10,036	78,101
1978	10,152	79,908
1979	10,223	82,076
1980	10,276	84,508
1981	10,470	86,751
1982	10,597	89,473
1983	10,736	92,863
1984	10,835	96,092
1985	11,105	99,801
1986	11,295	103,551
1987	11,426	106,536
1988	11,523	109,754
1989	11,608	112,608
1990	11,738	114,912
1991	11,899	129,642
1992	11,915	134,241
1993	11,805	139,467
1994	11,410	144,199
1995	10,764	147,652
1996	10,613	147,852
1997	10,323	145,358
1998	10,187	140,696
1999	9,989	138,201
2000	9,752	136,414
2001	9,510	136,450
2002	9,278	139,250
2003	9,037	142,443
2004	8,825	141,752
2005	8,428	141,816
2006	7,980	147,643
2007	7,559	167,574
2008	7,313	175,048
2009	7,216	177,651
2010	7,746	177,748
2011	7,874	177,076
2012	7,157	175,437
2013	6,780	170,473
2014	6,622	184,169
2015	6,314	195,495
2016	6,238	205,891
2017	5,993	205,903
2018	5,282	205,333
2019	4,773	204,933
2020	3,734	198,138
2021	3,575	190,795
2022	3,864	199,900
2023	3,798	200,895

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Jordan

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 31 deaths in Jordan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Jordan
1985	420	100
1986	394	93
1987	366	87
1988	346	82
1989	322	79
1990	298	72
1991	277	74
1992	255	72
1993	233	71
1994	214	70
1995	196	70
1996	167	69
1997	147	67
1998	134	65
1999	122	63
2000	110	61
2001	101	60
2002	92	58
2003	86	56
2004	80	54
2005	75	53
2006	76	49
2007	73	50
2008	68	50
2009	62	49
2010	61	48
2011	55	47
2012	51	47
2013	50	44
2014	48	43
2015	46	41
2016	44	40
2017	43	38
2018	43	36
2019	41	35
2020	56	41
2021	56	79
2022	42	35
2023	40	31

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.32% in Jordan. 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	Jordan
1960	17.2%	15.5%
1961	16.9%	14.6%
1962	16.6%	13.8%
1963	16.2%	13%
1964	15.9%	12.3%
1965	15.4%	11.6%
1966	15%	11%
1967	14.5%	10.4%
1968	14%	9.87%
1969	13.4%	9.38%
1970	12.8%	8.91%
1971	12.1%	8.48%
1972	11.5%	8.06%
1973	10.8%	7.67%
1974	10.2%	7.31%
1975	9.6%	6.96%
1976	9.09%	6.63%
1977	8.65%	6.31%
1978	8.27%	6.02%
1979	8%	5.74%
1980	7.82%	5.48%
1981	7.72%	5.22%
1982	7.65%	4.99%
1983	7.59%	4.76%
1984	7.46%	4.55%
1985	7.25%	4.34%
1986	6.95%	4.16%
1987	6.59%	3.98%
1988	6.21%	3.82%
1989	5.88%	3.68%
1990	5.64%	3.54%
1991	5.5%	3.42%
1992	5.46%	3.31%
1993	5.46%	3.2%
1994	5.45%	3.1%
1995	5.37%	3.01%
1996	5.17%	2.91%
1997	4.84%	2.83%
1998	4.44%	2.74%
1999	4%	2.66%
2000	3.6%	2.58%
2001	3.28%	2.5%
2002	3.05%	2.42%
2003	2.9%	2.35%
2004	2.82%	2.27%
2005	2.8%	2.2%
2006	2.8%	2.13%
2007	2.8%	2.07%
2008	2.79%	2%
2009	2.75%	1.94%
2010	2.67%	1.89%
2011	2.56%	1.83%
2012	2.42%	1.78%
2013	2.26%	1.74%
2014	2.09%	1.69%
2015	1.91%	1.65%
2016	1.76%	1.6%
2017	1.62%	1.56%
2018	1.51%	1.52%
2019	1.41%	1.48%
2020	1.33%	1.44%
2021	1.27%	1.4%
2022	1.21%	1.36%
2023	1.16%	1.32%