Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Nauru

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Nauru 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 3.33 in Nauru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Nauru 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	Nauru
1960	6.89	5.34
1961	6.92	5.38
1962	6.95	5.42
1963	6.98	5.44
1964	6.99	5.47
1965	6.99	5.48
1966	6.99	5.41
1967	6.98	5.29
1968	6.97	5.14
1969	6.95	4.94
1970	6.94	4.74
1971	6.91	4.54
1972	6.89	4.36
1973	6.86	4.19
1974	6.82	4.07
1975	6.77	3.97
1976	6.71	3.9
1977	6.65	3.86
1978	6.56	3.84
1979	6.47	3.85
1980	6.38	3.88
1981	6.27	3.94
1982	6.17	3.99
1983	6.07	4.06
1984	5.97	4.11
1985	5.92	4.14
1986	5.81	4.15
1987	5.68	4.14
1988	5.55	4.11
1989	5.45	4.07
1990	5.36	4.02
1991	5.26	3.99
1992	5.12	3.95
1993	4.95	3.89
1994	4.72	3.84
1995	4.49	3.81
1996	4.26	3.78
1997	4.05	3.74
1998	3.9	3.68
1999	3.73	3.64
2000	3.55	3.54
2001	3.37	3.46
2002	3.19	3.4
2003	3.03	3.39
2004	2.9	3.38
2005	2.73	3.38
2006	2.56	3.4
2007	2.41	3.5
2008	2.3	3.67
2009	2.25	3.85
2010	2.33	4.02
2011	2.33	4.12
2012	2.15	4.12
2013	2.07	4.1
2014	2.03	4.09
2015	1.97	4.08
2016	1.97	4.03
2017	1.93	3.88
2018	1.8	3.68
2019	1.7	3.53
2020	1.59	3.47
2021	1.55	3.43
2022	1.53	3.38
2023	1.52	3.33
2024	1.51	3.29
2025	1.5	3.25
2026	1.49	3.2
2027	1.48	3.16
2028	1.47	3.12
2029	1.47	3.09
2030	1.47	3.05
2031	1.47	3.01
2032	1.47	2.98
2033	1.47	2.95
2034	1.47	2.92
2035	1.47	2.89
2036	1.47	2.86
2037	1.47	2.83
2038	1.47	2.8
2039	1.48	2.77
2040	1.48	2.75
2041	1.48	2.72
2042	1.48	2.7
2043	1.49	2.67
2044	1.49	2.65
2045	1.49	2.63
2046	1.49	2.61
2047	1.49	2.58
2048	1.5	2.56
2049	1.5	2.55
2050	1.5	2.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Nauru
1960	43.6%	34.8%
1961	44.3%	35.2%
1962	45.1%	35.7%
1963	45.6%	36.5%
1964	46%	37.5%
1965	46.2%	38.6%
1966	46.2%	39.4%
1967	46.1%	39.5%
1968	45.9%	41.3%
1969	45.5%	43.4%
1970	45.2%	42.9%
1971	45%	41.3%
1972	45%	39.7%
1973	45%	38.1%
1974	44.9%	36.4%
1975	45.3%	34.9%
1976	45.9%	33.4%
1977	46.5%	31.9%
1978	46.9%	30.9%
1979	47.3%	30.6%
1980	47.4%	30.9%
1981	47.3%	31.9%
1982	47%	33.2%
1983	46.8%	34.6%
1984	46.6%	35.7%
1985	46.4%	36.5%
1986	46.2%	37.5%
1987	46.1%	38.3%
1988	45.9%	39.2%
1989	45.8%	40.2%
1990	45.7%	41.2%
1991	45.6%	42.1%
1992	45.5%	42.5%
1993	45.2%	42.5%
1994	44.9%	42.1%
1995	44.6%	41.7%
1996	44.2%	41.1%
1997	43.7%	40.5%
1998	43.2%	39.9%
1999	42.5%	39.4%
2000	41.8%	38.9%
2001	40.9%	38.5%
2002	39.9%	38.2%
2003	38.9%	37.7%
2004	37.9%	37.1%
2005	36.9%	36.6%
2006	36%	36.1%
2007	35%	35.7%
2008	34.1%	35.6%
2009	33.1%	35.8%
2010	32.2%	36.3%
2011	31.3%	37.1%
2012	30.4%	37.7%
2013	29.8%	38%
2014	29.2%	38.2%
2015	28.8%	38.2%
2016	28.5%	38.2%
2017	28.4%	38%
2018	28.4%	37.6%
2019	28.4%	37.6%
2020	28.4%	38%
2021	28%	38.3%
2022	27.2%	38.3%
2023	26.4%	38.2%
2024	25.5%	37.8%
2025	24.7%	37.1%
2026	23.8%	36.4%
2027	23%	35.7%
2028	22.2%	35%
2029	21.4%	34.3%
2030	20.6%	33.7%
2031	19.8%	33.1%
2032	19%	32.7%
2033	18.2%	32.4%
2034	17.5%	32.1%
2035	16.9%	31.9%
2036	16.6%	31.6%
2037	16.5%	31.3%
2038	16.4%	31.1%
2039	16.4%	31%
2040	16.3%	31%
2041	16.2%	30.9%
2042	16.2%	30.9%
2043	16.1%	30.9%
2044	16.1%	30.9%
2045	16%	30.8%
2046	16%	30.7%
2047	15.9%	30.6%
2048	15.8%	30.4%
2049	15.7%	30.2%
2050	15.6%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 37.8% in Nauru in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Nauru compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Nauru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.28% in Nauru. 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	Nauru
1960	6,098	72
1961	6,247	70
1962	6,468	75
1963	6,589	88
1964	6,725	100
1965	6,877	113
1966	7,039	123
1967	7,214	117
1968	7,408	116
1969	7,625	71
1970	7,878	49
1971	8,359	50
1972	8,716	53
1973	9,003	57
1974	9,295	63
1975	9,601	70
1976	9,833	79
1977	10,036	89
1978	10,152	111
1979	10,223	130
1980	10,276	145
1981	10,470	157
1982	10,597	162
1983	10,736	163
1984	10,835	166
1985	11,105	171
1986	11,295	178
1987	11,426	186
1988	11,523	195
1989	11,608	204
1990	11,738	214
1991	11,899	225
1992	11,915	237
1993	11,805	235
1994	11,410	229
1995	10,764	225
1996	10,613	221
1997	10,323	218
1998	10,187	214
1999	9,989	212
2000	9,752	207
2001	9,510	203
2002	9,278	200
2003	9,037	201
2004	8,825	202
2005	8,428	204
2006	7,980	209
2007	7,559	222
2008	7,313	240
2009	7,216	261
2010	7,746	281
2011	7,874	291
2012	7,157	292
2013	6,780	291
2014	6,622	290
2015	6,314	291
2016	6,238	289
2017	5,993	279
2018	5,282	265
2019	4,773	255
2020	3,734	246
2021	3,575	236
2022	3,864	226
2023	3,798	213

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Nauru

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 273 deaths in Nauru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Nauru
1985	420	191
1986	394	209
1987	366	206
1988	346	202
1989	322	198
1990	298	195
1991	277	216
1992	255	217
1993	233	219
1994	214	220
1995	196	219
1996	167	218
1997	147	218
1998	134	257
1999	122	277
2000	110	278
2001	101	299
2002	92	321
2003	86	323
2004	80	324
2005	75	328
2006	76	304
2007	73	303
2008	68	302
2009	62	300
2010	61	297
2011	55	260
2012	51	255
2013	50	247
2014	48	240
2015	46	253
2016	44	248
2017	43	259
2018	43	269
2019	41	267
2020	56	309
2021	56	266
2022	42	317
2023	40	273

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.89% in Nauru. 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	Nauru
1960	17.2%	-
1961	16.9%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	16.2%	-
1964	15.9%	-
1965	15.4%	-
1966	15%	-
1967	14.5%	-
1968	14%	-
1969	13.4%	-
1970	12.8%	-
1971	12.1%	-
1972	11.5%	-
1973	10.8%	-
1974	10.2%	-
1975	9.6%	-
1976	9.09%	-
1977	8.65%	-
1978	8.27%	-
1979	8%	-
1980	7.82%	-
1981	7.72%	-
1982	7.65%	-
1983	7.59%	-
1984	7.46%	-
1985	7.25%	8.62%
1986	6.95%	8.2%
1987	6.59%	7.81%
1988	6.21%	7.43%
1989	5.88%	7.08%
1990	5.64%	6.74%
1991	5.5%	6.41%
1992	5.46%	6.09%
1993	5.46%	5.78%
1994	5.45%	5.49%
1995	5.37%	5.22%
1996	5.17%	4.97%
1997	4.84%	4.74%
1998	4.44%	4.52%
1999	4%	4.32%
2000	3.6%	4.13%
2001	3.28%	3.96%
2002	3.05%	3.81%
2003	2.9%	3.66%
2004	2.82%	3.53%
2005	2.8%	3.41%
2006	2.8%	3.29%
2007	2.8%	3.15%
2008	2.79%	3%
2009	2.75%	2.84%
2010	2.67%	2.66%
2011	2.56%	2.48%
2012	2.42%	2.29%
2013	2.26%	2.11%
2014	2.09%	1.93%
2015	1.91%	1.76%
2016	1.76%	1.61%
2017	1.62%	1.47%
2018	1.51%	1.34%
2019	1.41%	1.22%
2020	1.33%	1.11%
2021	1.27%	1.02%
2022	1.21%	0.95%
2023	1.16%	0.89%