Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Lesotho 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 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Lesotho 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	Lesotho
1960	6.89	5.78
1961	6.92	5.79
1962	6.95	5.79
1963	6.98	5.78
1964	6.99	5.77
1965	6.99	5.77
1966	6.99	5.76
1967	6.98	5.75
1968	6.97	5.73
1969	6.95	5.7
1970	6.94	5.7
1971	6.91	5.7
1972	6.89	5.69
1973	6.86	5.69
1974	6.82	5.75
1975	6.77	5.83
1976	6.71	5.87
1977	6.65	5.85
1978	6.56	5.82
1979	6.47	5.79
1980	6.38	5.75
1981	6.27	5.69
1982	6.17	5.63
1983	6.07	5.56
1984	5.97	5.48
1985	5.92	5.4
1986	5.81	5.32
1987	5.68	5.22
1988	5.55	5.1
1989	5.45	4.96
1990	5.36	4.81
1991	5.26	4.68
1992	5.12	4.54
1993	4.95	4.37
1994	4.72	4.21
1995	4.49	4.13
1996	4.26	4.06
1997	4.05	3.98
1998	3.9	3.82
1999	3.73	3.67
2000	3.55	3.61
2001	3.37	3.63
2002	3.19	3.68
2003	3.03	3.62
2004	2.9	3.51
2005	2.73	3.43
2006	2.56	3.41
2007	2.41	3.44
2008	2.3	3.39
2009	2.25	3.31
2010	2.33	3.25
2011	2.33	3.34
2012	2.15	3.3
2013	2.07	3.28
2014	2.03	3.24
2015	1.97	3.22
2016	1.97	3.18
2017	1.93	3.11
2018	1.8	3.02
2019	1.7	2.92
2020	1.59	2.85
2021	1.55	2.77
2022	1.53	2.72
2023	1.52	2.69
2024	1.51	2.66
2025	1.5	2.64
2026	1.49	2.61
2027	1.48	2.58
2028	1.47	2.55
2029	1.47	2.53
2030	1.47	2.5
2031	1.47	2.47
2032	1.47	2.45
2033	1.47	2.43
2034	1.47	2.41
2035	1.47	2.38
2036	1.47	2.37
2037	1.47	2.34
2038	1.47	2.32
2039	1.48	2.3
2040	1.48	2.29
2041	1.48	2.27
2042	1.48	2.25
2043	1.49	2.24
2044	1.49	2.22
2045	1.49	2.21
2046	1.49	2.19
2047	1.49	2.18
2048	1.5	2.17
2049	1.5	2.16
2050	1.5	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Lesotho
1960	43.6%	45.1%
1961	44.3%	45.2%
1962	45.1%	45.3%
1963	45.6%	45.2%
1964	46%	44.9%
1965	46.2%	44.8%
1966	46.2%	44.9%
1967	46.1%	44.8%
1968	45.9%	44.4%
1969	45.5%	44%
1970	45.2%	43.6%
1971	45%	43.1%
1972	45%	42.7%
1973	45%	42.3%
1974	44.9%	41.9%
1975	45.3%	41.6%
1976	45.9%	41.4%
1977	46.5%	41.5%
1978	46.9%	41.7%
1979	47.3%	41.9%
1980	47.4%	42.1%
1981	47.3%	42.3%
1982	47%	42.5%
1983	46.8%	42.7%
1984	46.6%	42.8%
1985	46.4%	43%
1986	46.2%	42.7%
1987	46.1%	42.5%
1988	45.9%	42.7%
1989	45.8%	42.8%
1990	45.7%	42.9%
1991	45.6%	42.9%
1992	45.5%	42.8%
1993	45.2%	42.6%
1994	44.9%	42.3%
1995	44.6%	42%
1996	44.2%	41.7%
1997	43.7%	41.2%
1998	43.2%	40.7%
1999	42.5%	40.2%
2000	41.8%	39.6%
2001	40.9%	39.1%
2002	39.9%	38.6%
2003	38.9%	38.1%
2004	37.9%	37.7%
2005	36.9%	37.4%
2006	36%	37.1%
2007	35%	36.8%
2008	34.1%	36.7%
2009	33.1%	36.6%
2010	32.2%	36.5%
2011	31.3%	36.5%
2012	30.4%	36.5%
2013	29.8%	36.5%
2014	29.2%	36.6%
2015	28.8%	36.6%
2016	28.5%	36.6%
2017	28.4%	36.5%
2018	28.4%	36.3%
2019	28.4%	36.1%
2020	28.4%	35.8%
2021	28%	35.6%
2022	27.2%	35.3%
2023	26.4%	34.9%
2024	25.5%	34.5%
2025	24.7%	34.1%
2026	23.8%	33.6%
2027	23%	33.1%
2028	22.2%	32.6%
2029	21.4%	32%
2030	20.6%	31.5%
2031	19.8%	31%
2032	19%	30.5%
2033	18.2%	30.1%
2034	17.5%	29.7%
2035	16.9%	29.3%
2036	16.6%	29%
2037	16.5%	28.8%
2038	16.4%	28.5%
2039	16.4%	28.3%
2040	16.3%	28.1%
2041	16.2%	27.8%
2042	16.2%	27.6%
2043	16.1%	27.4%
2044	16.1%	27.1%
2045	16%	26.9%
2046	16%	26.7%
2047	15.9%	26.4%
2048	15.8%	26.2%
2049	15.7%	25.9%
2050	15.6%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	6,098	19,981
1961	6,247	20,581
1962	6,468	21,132
1963	6,589	21,585
1964	6,725	22,116
1965	6,877	22,755
1966	7,039	23,326
1967	7,214	23,911
1968	7,408	24,490
1969	7,625	25,137
1970	7,878	25,935
1971	8,359	26,838
1972	8,716	27,841
1973	9,003	28,859
1974	9,295	30,444
1975	9,601	32,311
1976	9,833	34,117
1977	10,036	35,654
1978	10,152	37,084
1979	10,223	38,440
1980	10,276	39,617
1981	10,470	40,808
1982	10,597	41,941
1983	10,736	42,899
1984	10,835	43,785
1985	11,105	44,575
1986	11,295	45,232
1987	11,426	47,718
1988	11,523	47,158
1989	11,608	46,264
1990	11,738	45,060
1991	11,899	44,026
1992	11,915	42,579
1993	11,805	40,505
1994	11,410	38,629
1995	10,764	37,370
1996	10,613	36,228
1997	10,323	34,637
1998	10,187	30,889
1999	9,989	27,393
2000	9,752	24,786
2001	9,510	23,190
2002	9,278	22,274
2003	9,037	20,133
2004	8,825	17,271
2005	8,428	15,831
2006	7,980	15,234
2007	7,559	17,763
2008	7,313	19,349
2009	7,216	20,335
2010	7,746	21,877
2011	7,874	25,647
2012	7,157	27,592
2013	6,780	29,789
2014	6,622	30,922
2015	6,314	32,087
2016	6,238	33,390
2017	5,993	33,601
2018	5,282	33,112
2019	4,773	32,279
2020	3,734	30,721
2021	3,575	27,806
2022	3,864	30,803
2023	3,798	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Lesotho

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 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Lesotho
1985	420	711
1986	394	680
1987	366	686
1988	346	680
1989	322	680
1990	298	665
1991	277	641
1992	255	601
1993	233	542
1994	214	423
1995	196	357
1996	167	319
1997	147	312
1998	134	332
1999	122	371
2000	110	413
2001	101	465
2002	92	484
2003	86	508
2004	80	499
2005	75	549
2006	76	696
2007	73	891
2008	68	1,205
2009	62	1,387
2010	61	1,311
2011	55	1,210
2012	51	1,000
2013	50	855
2014	48	707
2015	46	594
2016	44	518
2017	43	468
2018	43	491
2019	41	467
2020	56	529
2021	56	577
2022	42	477
2023	40	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	17.2%	18.6%
1961	16.9%	18.5%
1962	16.6%	18.5%
1963	16.2%	18.6%
1964	15.9%	18.6%
1965	15.4%	18.7%
1966	15%	18.6%
1967	14.5%	18.5%
1968	14%	18.3%
1969	13.4%	18%
1970	12.8%	17.7%
1971	12.1%	17.3%
1972	11.5%	16.9%
1973	10.8%	16.5%
1974	10.2%	16%
1975	9.6%	15.5%
1976	9.09%	14.9%
1977	8.65%	14.2%
1978	8.27%	13.6%
1979	8%	12.9%
1980	7.82%	12.3%
1981	7.72%	11.7%
1982	7.65%	11.1%
1983	7.59%	10.6%
1984	7.46%	10.1%
1985	7.25%	9.72%
1986	6.95%	9.36%
1987	6.59%	9.06%
1988	6.21%	8.8%
1989	5.88%	8.6%
1990	5.64%	8.47%
1991	5.5%	8.43%
1992	5.46%	8.51%
1993	5.46%	8.73%
1994	5.45%	9.07%
1995	5.37%	9.45%
1996	5.17%	9.83%
1997	4.84%	10.2%
1998	4.44%	10.5%
1999	4%	10.7%
2000	3.6%	10.9%
2001	3.28%	11.1%
2002	3.05%	11.2%
2003	2.9%	11.4%
2004	2.82%	11.5%
2005	2.8%	11.6%
2006	2.8%	11.5%
2007	2.8%	11.2%
2008	2.79%	10.9%
2009	2.75%	9.64%
2010	2.67%	9.01%
2011	2.56%	8.59%
2012	2.42%	8.26%
2013	2.26%	8.02%
2014	2.09%	7.82%
2015	1.91%	7.51%
2016	1.76%	7.18%
2017	1.62%	7.12%
2018	1.51%	6.91%
2019	1.41%	6.87%
2020	1.33%	6.68%
2021	1.27%	6.44%
2022	1.21%	6.15%
2023	1.16%	5.89%