Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Lithuania 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	Lithuania
1960	6.89	2.56
1961	6.92	2.53
1962	6.95	2.45
1963	6.98	2.35
1964	6.99	2.28
1965	6.99	2.23
1966	6.99	2.22
1967	6.98	2.23
1968	6.97	2.24
1969	6.95	2.3
1970	6.94	2.4
1971	6.91	2.41
1972	6.89	2.34
1973	6.86	2.22
1974	6.82	2.21
1975	6.77	2.18
1976	6.71	2.18
1977	6.65	2.14
1978	6.56	2.08
1979	6.47	2.05
1980	6.38	1.99
1981	6.27	1.98
1982	6.17	1.97
1983	6.07	2.1
1984	5.97	2.07
1985	5.92	2.08
1986	5.81	2.12
1987	5.68	2.11
1988	5.55	2.02
1989	5.45	1.98
1990	5.36	2.03
1991	5.26	2.01
1992	5.12	1.97
1993	4.95	1.74
1994	4.72	1.57
1995	4.49	1.55
1996	4.26	1.49
1997	4.05	1.47
1998	3.9	1.46
1999	3.73	1.46
2000	3.55	1.39
2001	3.37	1.29
2002	3.19	1.23
2003	3.03	1.26
2004	2.9	1.27
2005	2.73	1.29
2006	2.56	1.33
2007	2.41	1.36
2008	2.3	1.45
2009	2.25	1.5
2010	2.33	1.5
2011	2.33	1.55
2012	2.15	1.6
2013	2.07	1.59
2014	2.03	1.57
2015	1.97	1.63
2016	1.97	1.63
2017	1.93	1.57
2018	1.8	1.53
2019	1.7	1.43
2020	1.59	1.36
2021	1.55	1.36
2022	1.53	1.27
2023	1.52	1.18
2024	1.51	1.19
2025	1.5	1.2
2026	1.49	1.2
2027	1.48	1.21
2028	1.47	1.22
2029	1.47	1.22
2030	1.47	1.23
2031	1.47	1.23
2032	1.47	1.24
2033	1.47	1.25
2034	1.47	1.25
2035	1.47	1.26
2036	1.47	1.27
2037	1.47	1.27
2038	1.47	1.28
2039	1.48	1.28
2040	1.48	1.29
2041	1.48	1.29
2042	1.48	1.3
2043	1.49	1.3
2044	1.49	1.31
2045	1.49	1.31
2046	1.49	1.31
2047	1.49	1.32
2048	1.5	1.32
2049	1.5	1.33
2050	1.5	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Lithuania
1960	43.6%	27.1%
1961	44.3%	27.3%
1962	45.1%	27.4%
1963	45.6%	27.5%
1964	46%	27.4%
1965	46.2%	27.3%
1966	46.2%	27.3%
1967	46.1%	27.2%
1968	45.9%	27.2%
1969	45.5%	27.2%
1970	45.2%	27.1%
1971	45%	26.8%
1972	45%	26.6%
1973	45%	26.1%
1974	44.9%	25.6%
1975	45.3%	25.1%
1976	45.9%	24.6%
1977	46.5%	24.2%
1978	46.9%	23.8%
1979	47.3%	23.5%
1980	47.4%	23.3%
1981	47.3%	23.1%
1982	47%	22.9%
1983	46.8%	22.8%
1984	46.6%	22.8%
1985	46.4%	22.7%
1986	46.2%	22.7%
1987	46.1%	22.7%
1988	45.9%	22.6%
1989	45.8%	22.5%
1990	45.7%	22.6%
1991	45.6%	22.5%
1992	45.5%	22.4%
1993	45.2%	22.3%
1994	44.9%	22.1%
1995	44.6%	21.8%
1996	44.2%	21.5%
1997	43.7%	21.2%
1998	43.2%	20.9%
1999	42.5%	20.4%
2000	41.8%	20%
2001	40.9%	19.3%
2002	39.9%	18.6%
2003	38.9%	17.9%
2004	37.9%	17.4%
2005	36.9%	16.8%
2006	36%	16.3%
2007	35%	15.8%
2008	34.1%	15.3%
2009	33.1%	15%
2010	32.2%	14.9%
2011	31.3%	14.8%
2012	30.4%	14.7%
2013	29.8%	14.6%
2014	29.2%	14.6%
2015	28.8%	14.6%
2016	28.5%	14.7%
2017	28.4%	14.9%
2018	28.4%	15%
2019	28.4%	15.1%
2020	28.4%	15.1%
2021	28%	15.1%
2022	27.2%	15%
2023	26.4%	14.9%
2024	25.5%	14.7%
2025	24.7%	14.5%
2026	23.8%	14.3%
2027	23%	14.1%
2028	22.2%	13.9%
2029	21.4%	13.6%
2030	20.6%	13.3%
2031	19.8%	13%
2032	19%	12.7%
2033	18.2%	12.4%
2034	17.5%	12.1%
2035	16.9%	11.9%
2036	16.6%	11.7%
2037	16.5%	11.6%
2038	16.4%	11.5%
2039	16.4%	11.4%
2040	16.3%	11.4%
2041	16.2%	11.3%
2042	16.2%	11.3%
2043	16.1%	11.3%
2044	16.1%	11.2%
2045	16%	11.2%
2046	16%	11.3%
2047	15.9%	11.3%
2048	15.8%	11.3%
2049	15.7%	11.3%
2050	15.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	6,098	40,845
1961	6,247	40,376
1962	6,468	34,933
1963	6,589	33,918
1964	6,725	34,048
1965	6,877	30,309
1966	7,039	30,381
1967	7,214	29,226
1968	7,408	28,325
1969	7,625	27,345
1970	7,878	27,629
1971	8,359	28,930
1972	8,716	25,388
1973	9,003	22,712
1974	9,295	22,589
1975	9,601	20,470
1976	9,833	20,305
1977	10,036	19,124
1978	10,152	17,573
1979	10,223	16,989
1980	10,276	16,042
1981	10,470	16,478
1982	10,597	18,323
1983	10,736	20,911
1984	10,835	18,976
1985	11,105	19,140
1986	11,295	23,978
1987	11,426	22,422
1988	11,523	19,006
1989	11,608	17,316
1990	11,738	17,010
1991	11,899	14,817
1992	11,915	12,950
1993	11,805	1,473
1994	11,410	-4,023
1995	10,764	-3,992
1996	10,613	-3,962
1997	10,323	-3,218
1998	10,187	-3,904
1999	9,989	-3,877
2000	9,752	-4,549
2001	9,510	-9,024
2002	9,278	-11,362
2003	9,037	-10,929
2004	8,825	-11,482
2005	8,428	-14,287
2006	7,980	-15,041
2007	7,559	-15,510
2008	7,313	-12,153
2009	7,216	-9,805
2010	7,746	-11,460
2011	7,874	-10,901
2012	7,157	-11,060
2013	6,780	-12,733
2014	6,622	-10,868
2015	6,314	-11,935
2016	6,238	-11,509
2017	5,993	-12,224
2018	5,282	-12,686
2019	4,773	-13,212
2020	3,734	-19,953
2021	3,575	-24,433
2022	3,864	-20,671
2023	3,798	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Lithuania

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 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Lithuania
1985	420	35
1986	394	30
1987	366	28
1988	346	28
1989	322	31
1990	298	29
1991	277	29
1992	255	28
1993	233	29
1994	214	31
1995	196	28
1996	167	25
1997	147	21
1998	134	19
1999	122	18
2000	110	16
2001	101	16
2002	92	14
2003	86	14
2004	80	12
2005	75	13
2006	76	14
2007	73	14
2008	68	13
2009	62	11
2010	61	10
2011	55	10
2012	51	10
2013	50	10
2014	48	9
2015	46	10
2016	44	9
2017	43	10
2018	43	9
2019	41	9
2020	56	8
2021	56	9
2022	42	9
2023	40	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	17.2%	-
1961	16.9%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	16.2%	-
1964	15.9%	-
1965	15.4%	-
1966	15%	-
1967	14.5%	2.63%
1968	14%	2.63%
1969	13.4%	2.51%
1970	12.8%	2.29%
1971	12.1%	2.11%
1972	11.5%	2.08%
1973	10.8%	2.16%
1974	10.2%	2.24%
1975	9.6%	2.26%
1976	9.09%	2.25%
1977	8.65%	2.22%
1978	8.27%	2.18%
1979	8%	2.12%
1980	7.82%	2.05%
1981	7.72%	1.98%
1982	7.65%	1.92%
1983	7.59%	1.87%
1984	7.46%	1.82%
1985	7.25%	1.74%
1986	6.95%	1.64%
1987	6.59%	1.52%
1988	6.21%	1.42%
1989	5.88%	1.42%
1990	5.64%	1.52%
1991	5.5%	1.67%
1992	5.46%	1.78%
1993	5.46%	1.79%
1994	5.45%	1.69%
1995	5.37%	1.51%
1996	5.17%	1.34%
1997	4.84%	1.23%
1998	4.44%	1.16%
1999	4%	1.12%
2000	3.6%	1.07%
2001	3.28%	1.03%
2002	3.05%	0.99%
2003	2.9%	0.96%
2004	2.82%	0.93%
2005	2.8%	0.9%
2006	2.8%	0.86%
2007	2.8%	0.8%
2008	2.79%	0.74%
2009	2.75%	0.67%
2010	2.67%	0.6%
2011	2.56%	0.56%
2012	2.42%	0.53%
2013	2.26%	0.51%
2014	2.09%	0.51%
2015	1.91%	0.5%
2016	1.76%	0.49%
2017	1.62%	0.46%
2018	1.51%	0.42%
2019	1.41%	0.39%
2020	1.33%	0.37%
2021	1.27%	0.36%
2022	1.21%	0.35%
2023	1.16%	0.34%