Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	6.89	6.41
1961	6.92	6.37
1962	6.95	6.3
1963	6.98	6.19
1964	6.99	6.03
1965	6.99	5.84
1966	6.99	5.64
1967	6.98	5.43
1968	6.97	5.29
1969	6.95	5.16
1970	6.94	5.04
1971	6.91	4.92
1972	6.89	4.82
1973	6.86	4.73
1974	6.82	4.62
1975	6.77	4.5
1976	6.71	4.4
1977	6.65	4.28
1978	6.56	4.18
1979	6.47	4.09
1980	6.38	4.04
1981	6.27	4
1982	6.17	3.97
1983	6.07	3.93
1984	5.97	3.89
1985	5.92	3.8
1986	5.81	3.7
1987	5.68	3.57
1988	5.55	3.5
1989	5.45	3.31
1990	5.36	3.3
1991	5.26	3.34
1992	5.12	3.37
1993	4.95	3.36
1994	4.72	3.35
1995	4.49	3.32
1996	4.26	3.3
1997	4.05	3.23
1998	3.9	3.12
1999	3.73	3.07
2000	3.55	2.94
2001	3.37	2.81
2002	3.19	2.66
2003	3.03	2.6
2004	2.9	2.49
2005	2.73	2.39
2006	2.56	2.31
2007	2.41	2.25
2008	2.3	2.26
2009	2.25	2.22
2010	2.33	2.14
2011	2.33	2.15
2012	2.15	2.12
2013	2.07	2.07
2014	2.03	2.06
2015	1.97	2.01
2016	1.97	1.94
2017	1.93	1.89
2018	1.8	1.84
2019	1.7	1.78
2020	1.59	1.68
2021	1.55	1.56
2022	1.53	1.55
2023	1.52	1.55
2024	1.51	1.54
2025	1.5	1.53
2026	1.49	1.52
2027	1.48	1.51
2028	1.47	1.51
2029	1.47	1.51
2030	1.47	1.51
2031	1.47	1.5
2032	1.47	1.5
2033	1.47	1.5
2034	1.47	1.5
2035	1.47	1.5
2036	1.47	1.51
2037	1.47	1.51
2038	1.47	1.51
2039	1.48	1.51
2040	1.48	1.51
2041	1.48	1.51
2042	1.48	1.51
2043	1.49	1.52
2044	1.49	1.52
2045	1.49	1.52
2046	1.49	1.52
2047	1.49	1.52
2048	1.5	1.53
2049	1.5	1.53
2050	1.5	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Malaysia
1960	43.6%	45.4%
1961	44.3%	45.9%
1962	45.1%	46.3%
1963	45.6%	46.5%
1964	46%	46.6%
1965	46.2%	46.5%
1966	46.2%	46.2%
1967	46.1%	45.9%
1968	45.9%	45.5%
1969	45.5%	45%
1970	45.2%	44.5%
1971	45%	44%
1972	45%	43.4%
1973	45%	42.8%
1974	44.9%	42.2%
1975	45.3%	41.7%
1976	45.9%	41.1%
1977	46.5%	40.6%
1978	46.9%	40.1%
1979	47.3%	39.6%
1980	47.4%	39.2%
1981	47.3%	38.8%
1982	47%	38.6%
1983	46.8%	38.4%
1984	46.6%	38.2%
1985	46.4%	38.1%
1986	46.2%	38%
1987	46.1%	37.9%
1988	45.9%	37.7%
1989	45.8%	37.5%
1990	45.7%	37.2%
1991	45.6%	36.9%
1992	45.5%	36.6%
1993	45.2%	36.3%
1994	44.9%	36%
1995	44.6%	35.7%
1996	44.2%	35.5%
1997	43.7%	35.3%
1998	43.2%	35%
1999	42.5%	34.6%
2000	41.8%	34.2%
2001	40.9%	33.7%
2002	39.9%	33.2%
2003	38.9%	32.6%
2004	37.9%	32%
2005	36.9%	31.4%
2006	36%	30.7%
2007	35%	30%
2008	34.1%	29.4%
2009	33.1%	28.6%
2010	32.2%	27.9%
2011	31.3%	27.4%
2012	30.4%	27%
2013	29.8%	26.6%
2014	29.2%	26.2%
2015	28.8%	25.8%
2016	28.5%	25.5%
2017	28.4%	25.2%
2018	28.4%	24.9%
2019	28.4%	24.5%
2020	28.4%	24%
2021	28%	23.4%
2022	27.2%	22.8%
2023	26.4%	22.3%
2024	25.5%	21.8%
2025	24.7%	21.3%
2026	23.8%	20.8%
2027	23%	20.4%
2028	22.2%	19.9%
2029	21.4%	19.4%
2030	20.6%	19%
2031	19.8%	18.5%
2032	19%	18.1%
2033	18.2%	17.8%
2034	17.5%	17.6%
2035	16.9%	17.4%
2036	16.6%	17.3%
2037	16.5%	17.3%
2038	16.4%	17.2%
2039	16.4%	17.1%
2040	16.3%	17%
2041	16.2%	17%
2042	16.2%	16.9%
2043	16.1%	16.8%
2044	16.1%	16.7%
2045	16%	16.7%
2046	16%	16.6%
2047	15.9%	16.5%
2048	15.8%	16.4%
2049	15.7%	16.3%
2050	15.6%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	6,098	251,090
1961	6,247	257,270
1962	6,468	262,140
1963	6,589	265,815
1964	6,725	266,406
1965	6,877	264,836
1966	7,039	262,162
1967	7,214	258,764
1968	7,408	260,705
1969	7,625	264,327
1970	7,878	269,341
1971	8,359	272,323
1972	8,716	276,263
1973	9,003	284,611
1974	9,295	289,880
1975	9,601	294,541
1976	9,833	300,615
1977	10,036	305,515
1978	10,152	311,027
1979	10,223	317,439
1980	10,276	326,947
1981	10,470	339,991
1982	10,597	353,138
1983	10,736	365,290
1984	10,835	376,797
1985	11,105	383,243
1986	11,295	385,799
1987	11,426	381,999
1988	11,523	386,507
1989	11,608	373,277
1990	11,738	384,518
1991	11,899	401,938
1992	11,915	418,900
1993	11,805	429,910
1994	11,410	437,873
1995	10,764	443,349
1996	10,613	450,174
1997	10,323	447,768
1998	10,187	436,316
1999	9,989	432,355
2000	9,752	417,371
2001	9,510	400,939
2002	9,278	381,084
2003	9,037	377,425
2004	8,825	365,138
2005	8,428	355,324
2006	7,980	349,509
2007	7,559	348,711
2008	7,313	362,380
2009	7,216	366,157
2010	7,746	360,260
2011	7,874	372,836
2012	7,157	371,497
2013	6,780	366,738
2014	6,622	367,587
2015	6,314	358,302
2016	6,238	345,681
2017	5,993	336,434
2018	5,282	324,568
2019	4,773	309,426
2020	3,734	283,282
2021	3,575	212,002
2022	3,864	237,560
2023	3,798	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Malaysia
1985	420	63
1986	394	59
1987	366	56
1988	346	55
1989	322	52
1990	298	51
1991	277	49
1992	255	48
1993	233	46
1994	214	44
1995	196	43
1996	167	42
1997	147	40
1998	134	39
1999	122	38
2000	110	37
2001	101	36
2002	92	34
2003	86	34
2004	80	33
2005	75	31
2006	76	30
2007	73	30
2008	68	29
2009	62	29
2010	61	29
2011	55	29
2012	51	29
2013	50	29
2014	48	30
2015	46	30
2016	44	30
2017	43	29
2018	43	29
2019	41	28
2020	56	29
2021	56	52
2022	42	38
2023	40	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	17.2%	9.46%
1961	16.9%	8.83%
1962	16.6%	8.25%
1963	16.2%	7.74%
1964	15.9%	7.28%
1965	15.4%	6.89%
1966	15%	6.56%
1967	14.5%	6.27%
1968	14%	6.02%
1969	13.4%	5.79%
1970	12.8%	5.56%
1971	12.1%	5.32%
1972	11.5%	5.06%
1973	10.8%	4.79%
1974	10.2%	4.5%
1975	9.6%	4.23%
1976	9.09%	3.97%
1977	8.65%	3.71%
1978	8.27%	3.48%
1979	8%	3.25%
1980	7.82%	3.04%
1981	7.72%	2.84%
1982	7.65%	2.65%
1983	7.59%	2.47%
1984	7.46%	2.32%
1985	7.25%	2.18%
1986	6.95%	2.05%
1987	6.59%	1.93%
1988	6.21%	1.83%
1989	5.88%	1.74%
1990	5.64%	1.66%
1991	5.5%	1.58%
1992	5.46%	1.51%
1993	5.46%	1.45%
1994	5.45%	1.39%
1995	5.37%	1.34%
1996	5.17%	1.29%
1997	4.84%	1.23%
1998	4.44%	1.15%
1999	4%	1.07%
2000	3.6%	1%
2001	3.28%	0.93%
2002	3.05%	0.88%
2003	2.9%	0.85%
2004	2.82%	0.84%
2005	2.8%	0.83%
2006	2.8%	0.83%
2007	2.8%	0.82%
2008	2.79%	0.82%
2009	2.75%	0.82%
2010	2.67%	0.81%
2011	2.56%	0.81%
2012	2.42%	0.8%
2013	2.26%	0.81%
2014	2.09%	0.81%
2015	1.91%	0.81%
2016	1.76%	0.82%
2017	1.62%	0.82%
2018	1.51%	0.82%
2019	1.41%	0.82%
2020	1.33%	0.81%
2021	1.27%	0.81%
2022	1.21%	0.81%
2023	1.16%	0.81%