Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Mali

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Mali 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 5.61 in Mali in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Mali 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	Mali
1960	6.89	7.02
1961	6.92	7.03
1962	6.95	7.04
1963	6.98	7.05
1964	6.99	7.06
1965	6.99	7.08
1966	6.99	7.11
1967	6.98	7.14
1968	6.97	7.16
1969	6.95	7.18
1970	6.94	7.18
1971	6.91	7.2
1972	6.89	7.22
1973	6.86	7.22
1974	6.82	7.23
1975	6.77	7.25
1976	6.71	7.27
1977	6.65	7.3
1978	6.56	7.32
1979	6.47	7.35
1980	6.38	7.37
1981	6.27	7.37
1982	6.17	7.32
1983	6.07	7.28
1984	5.97	7.26
1985	5.92	7.26
1986	5.81	7.31
1987	5.68	7.31
1988	5.55	7.32
1989	5.45	7.33
1990	5.36	7.31
1991	5.26	7.28
1992	5.12	7.24
1993	4.95	7.18
1994	4.72	7.12
1995	4.49	7.05
1996	4.26	7.01
1997	4.05	6.97
1998	3.9	6.94
1999	3.73	6.91
2000	3.55	6.89
2001	3.37	6.85
2002	3.19	6.82
2003	3.03	6.78
2004	2.9	6.74
2005	2.73	6.71
2006	2.56	6.68
2007	2.41	6.65
2008	2.3	6.62
2009	2.25	6.59
2010	2.33	6.58
2011	2.33	6.55
2012	2.15	6.52
2013	2.07	6.49
2014	2.03	6.44
2015	1.97	6.39
2016	1.97	6.32
2017	1.93	6.25
2018	1.8	6.12
2019	1.7	5.89
2020	1.59	5.85
2021	1.55	5.78
2022	1.53	5.69
2023	1.52	5.61
2024	1.51	5.51
2025	1.5	5.42
2026	1.49	5.33
2027	1.48	5.24
2028	1.47	5.15
2029	1.47	5.07
2030	1.47	4.96
2031	1.47	4.88
2032	1.47	4.78
2033	1.47	4.7
2034	1.47	4.6
2035	1.47	4.49
2036	1.47	4.41
2037	1.47	4.32
2038	1.47	4.24
2039	1.48	4.14
2040	1.48	4.05
2041	1.48	3.97
2042	1.48	3.89
2043	1.49	3.82
2044	1.49	3.75
2045	1.49	3.69
2046	1.49	3.62
2047	1.49	3.55
2048	1.5	3.49
2049	1.5	3.42
2050	1.5	3.37

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Mali
1960	43.6%	40.3%
1961	44.3%	40.4%
1962	45.1%	40.4%
1963	45.6%	40.5%
1964	46%	40.6%
1965	46.2%	40.7%
1966	46.2%	40.8%
1967	46.1%	40.9%
1968	45.9%	41%
1969	45.5%	41.2%
1970	45.2%	41.3%
1971	45%	41.5%
1972	45%	41.7%
1973	45%	41.9%
1974	44.9%	42.1%
1975	45.3%	42.4%
1976	45.9%	42.7%
1977	46.5%	43%
1978	46.9%	43.2%
1979	47.3%	43.6%
1980	47.4%	43.9%
1981	47.3%	44.2%
1982	47%	44.5%
1983	46.8%	44.7%
1984	46.6%	45%
1985	46.4%	45.3%
1986	46.2%	45.7%
1987	46.1%	46%
1988	45.9%	46.4%
1989	45.8%	46.7%
1990	45.7%	46.8%
1991	45.6%	47%
1992	45.5%	47.1%
1993	45.2%	47.1%
1994	44.9%	47.1%
1995	44.6%	47.1%
1996	44.2%	47%
1997	43.7%	47%
1998	43.2%	46.8%
1999	42.5%	46.7%
2000	41.8%	46.6%
2001	40.9%	46.5%
2002	39.9%	46.4%
2003	38.9%	46.4%
2004	37.9%	46.4%
2005	36.9%	46.4%
2006	36%	46.5%
2007	35%	46.6%
2008	34.1%	46.8%
2009	33.1%	46.9%
2010	32.2%	47.1%
2011	31.3%	47.3%
2012	30.4%	47.6%
2013	29.8%	47.9%
2014	29.2%	48%
2015	28.8%	48%
2016	28.5%	48%
2017	28.4%	47.9%
2018	28.4%	47.8%
2019	28.4%	47.6%
2020	28.4%	47.3%
2021	28%	47%
2022	27.2%	46.8%
2023	26.4%	46.5%
2024	25.5%	46.1%
2025	24.7%	45.8%
2026	23.8%	45.4%
2027	23%	45.1%
2028	22.2%	44.7%
2029	21.4%	44.4%
2030	20.6%	44%
2031	19.8%	43.7%
2032	19%	43.4%
2033	18.2%	43%
2034	17.5%	42.7%
2035	16.9%	42.4%
2036	16.6%	42.1%
2037	16.5%	41.8%
2038	16.4%	41.5%
2039	16.4%	41.1%
2040	16.3%	40.8%
2041	16.2%	40.4%
2042	16.2%	40%
2043	16.1%	39.6%
2044	16.1%	39.2%
2045	16%	38.8%
2046	16%	38.4%
2047	15.9%	38%
2048	15.8%	37.6%
2049	15.7%	37.1%
2050	15.6%	36.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 46.1% in Mali in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Mali compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Mali by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +3.25% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	6,098	88,802
1961	6,247	91,115
1962	6,468	93,101
1963	6,589	95,055
1964	6,725	97,166
1965	6,877	100,451
1966	7,039	103,684
1967	7,214	107,650
1968	7,408	111,403
1969	7,625	114,361
1970	7,878	118,952
1971	8,359	123,591
1972	8,716	129,687
1973	9,003	135,801
1974	9,295	142,448
1975	9,601	150,222
1976	9,833	157,778
1977	10,036	165,071
1978	10,152	172,652
1979	10,223	182,449
1980	10,276	190,560
1981	10,470	198,227
1982	10,597	204,892
1983	10,736	211,795
1984	10,835	218,078
1985	11,105	224,734
1986	11,295	233,799
1987	11,426	238,871
1988	11,523	245,682
1989	11,608	249,929
1990	11,738	252,308
1991	11,899	261,656
1992	11,915	267,605
1993	11,805	274,480
1994	11,410	282,356
1995	10,764	285,598
1996	10,613	293,953
1997	10,323	308,429
1998	10,187	323,940
1999	9,989	343,705
2000	9,752	359,159
2001	9,510	376,472
2002	9,278	396,732
2003	9,037	417,766
2004	8,825	439,717
2005	8,428	460,964
2006	7,980	477,665
2007	7,559	495,800
2008	7,313	514,665
2009	7,216	533,730
2010	7,746	554,447
2011	7,874	570,899
2012	7,157	588,748
2013	6,780	597,887
2014	6,622	614,419
2015	6,314	630,006
2016	6,238	645,652
2017	5,993	661,973
2018	5,282	670,723
2019	4,773	667,110
2020	3,734	683,053
2021	3,575	703,674
2022	3,864	726,465
2023	3,798	746,398

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Mali

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 367 deaths in Mali.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Mali
1985	420	1,217
1986	394	1,184
1987	366	1,142
1988	346	1,128
1989	322	1,106
1990	298	1,087
1991	277	1,063
1992	255	1,024
1993	233	988
1994	214	935
1995	196	895
1996	167	875
1997	147	820
1998	134	781
1999	122	749
2000	110	741
2001	101	694
2002	92	649
2003	86	616
2004	80	592
2005	75	577
2006	76	568
2007	73	574
2008	68	573
2009	62	565
2010	61	558
2011	55	553
2012	51	549
2013	50	525
2014	48	507
2015	46	490
2016	44	472
2017	43	453
2018	43	434
2019	41	416
2020	56	405
2021	56	415
2022	42	381
2023	40	367

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 9.13% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	17.2%	-
1961	16.9%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	16.2%	42.6%
1964	15.9%	41.9%
1965	15.4%	41.2%
1966	15%	40.5%
1967	14.5%	39.8%
1968	14%	39.2%
1969	13.4%	38.6%
1970	12.8%	38%
1971	12.1%	37.3%
1972	11.5%	36.7%
1973	10.8%	36%
1974	10.2%	35.2%
1975	9.6%	34.4%
1976	9.09%	33.6%
1977	8.65%	32.7%
1978	8.27%	31.8%
1979	8%	31%
1980	7.82%	30.2%
1981	7.72%	29.3%
1982	7.65%	28.5%
1983	7.59%	27.7%
1984	7.46%	26.9%
1985	7.25%	26.1%
1986	6.95%	25.4%
1987	6.59%	24.8%
1988	6.21%	24.2%
1989	5.88%	23.6%
1990	5.64%	23.1%
1991	5.5%	22.7%
1992	5.46%	22.3%
1993	5.46%	21.9%
1994	5.45%	21.5%
1995	5.37%	21.2%
1996	5.17%	20.8%
1997	4.84%	20.4%
1998	4.44%	19.9%
1999	4%	19.4%
2000	3.6%	18.8%
2001	3.28%	18.2%
2002	3.05%	17.5%
2003	2.9%	16.9%
2004	2.82%	16.3%
2005	2.8%	15.7%
2006	2.8%	15.2%
2007	2.8%	14.7%
2008	2.79%	14.3%
2009	2.75%	13.8%
2010	2.67%	13.4%
2011	2.56%	13%
2012	2.42%	12.6%
2013	2.26%	12.2%
2014	2.09%	11.9%
2015	1.91%	11.6%
2016	1.76%	11.2%
2017	1.62%	10.9%
2018	1.51%	10.6%
2019	1.41%	10.3%
2020	1.33%	10%
2021	1.27%	9.69%
2022	1.21%	9.4%
2023	1.16%	9.13%