Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Netherlands 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 1.43 in the Netherlands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs the Netherlands 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	Netherlands
1960	6.89	3.12
1961	6.92	3.22
1962	6.95	3.18
1963	6.98	3.19
1964	6.99	3.17
1965	6.99	3.04
1966	6.99	2.9
1967	6.98	2.81
1968	6.97	2.72
1969	6.95	2.75
1970	6.94	2.57
1971	6.91	2.36
1972	6.89	2.15
1973	6.86	1.9
1974	6.82	1.77
1975	6.77	1.66
1976	6.71	1.63
1977	6.65	1.58
1978	6.56	1.58
1979	6.47	1.56
1980	6.38	1.6
1981	6.27	1.56
1982	6.17	1.5
1983	6.07	1.47
1984	5.97	1.49
1985	5.92	1.51
1986	5.81	1.55
1987	5.68	1.56
1988	5.55	1.55
1989	5.45	1.55
1990	5.36	1.62
1991	5.26	1.61
1992	5.12	1.59
1993	4.95	1.57
1994	4.72	1.57
1995	4.49	1.53
1996	4.26	1.53
1997	4.05	1.56
1998	3.9	1.63
1999	3.73	1.65
2000	3.55	1.72
2001	3.37	1.71
2002	3.19	1.73
2003	3.03	1.75
2004	2.9	1.72
2005	2.73	1.71
2006	2.56	1.72
2007	2.41	1.72
2008	2.3	1.77
2009	2.25	1.79
2010	2.33	1.79
2011	2.33	1.76
2012	2.15	1.72
2013	2.07	1.68
2014	2.03	1.71
2015	1.97	1.66
2016	1.97	1.66
2017	1.93	1.62
2018	1.8	1.59
2019	1.7	1.57
2020	1.59	1.54
2021	1.55	1.62
2022	1.53	1.49
2023	1.52	1.43
2024	1.51	1.43
2025	1.5	1.44
2026	1.49	1.44
2027	1.48	1.45
2028	1.47	1.45
2029	1.47	1.45
2030	1.47	1.46
2031	1.47	1.46
2032	1.47	1.47
2033	1.47	1.47
2034	1.47	1.48
2035	1.47	1.48
2036	1.47	1.48
2037	1.47	1.48
2038	1.47	1.48
2039	1.48	1.49
2040	1.48	1.49
2041	1.48	1.49
2042	1.48	1.5
2043	1.49	1.5
2044	1.49	1.5
2045	1.49	1.5
2046	1.49	1.5
2047	1.49	1.51
2048	1.5	1.51
2049	1.5	1.51
2050	1.5	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Netherlands
1960	43.6%	30%
1961	44.3%	29.7%
1962	45.1%	29.1%
1963	45.6%	28.7%
1964	46%	28.5%
1965	46.2%	28.3%
1966	46.2%	28.1%
1967	46.1%	27.8%
1968	45.9%	27.6%
1969	45.5%	27.5%
1970	45.2%	27.3%
1971	45%	27.1%
1972	45%	26.8%
1973	45%	26.4%
1974	44.9%	25.9%
1975	45.3%	25.3%
1976	45.9%	24.8%
1977	46.5%	24.2%
1978	46.9%	23.5%
1979	47.3%	22.9%
1980	47.4%	22.3%
1981	47.3%	21.8%
1982	47%	21.3%
1983	46.8%	20.7%
1984	46.6%	20.1%
1985	46.4%	19.5%
1986	46.2%	19.1%
1987	46.1%	18.7%
1988	45.9%	18.5%
1989	45.8%	18.4%
1990	45.7%	18.4%
1991	45.6%	18.4%
1992	45.5%	18.5%
1993	45.2%	18.5%
1994	44.9%	18.6%
1995	44.6%	18.6%
1996	44.2%	18.6%
1997	43.7%	18.6%
1998	43.2%	18.6%
1999	42.5%	18.7%
2000	41.8%	18.8%
2001	40.9%	18.8%
2002	39.9%	18.8%
2003	38.9%	18.7%
2004	37.9%	18.6%
2005	36.9%	18.5%
2006	36%	18.3%
2007	35%	18.1%
2008	34.1%	17.9%
2009	33.1%	17.7%
2010	32.2%	17.6%
2011	31.3%	17.4%
2012	30.4%	17.3%
2013	29.8%	17.1%
2014	29.2%	16.9%
2015	28.8%	16.6%
2016	28.5%	16.4%
2017	28.4%	16.2%
2018	28.4%	16%
2019	28.4%	15.8%
2020	28.4%	15.6%
2021	28%	15.5%
2022	27.2%	15.4%
2023	26.4%	15.2%
2024	25.5%	15%
2025	24.7%	14.9%
2026	23.8%	14.9%
2027	23%	14.8%
2028	22.2%	14.8%
2029	21.4%	14.8%
2030	20.6%	14.8%
2031	19.8%	14.8%
2032	19%	14.7%
2033	18.2%	14.7%
2034	17.5%	14.7%
2035	16.9%	14.7%
2036	16.6%	14.7%
2037	16.5%	14.6%
2038	16.4%	14.6%
2039	16.4%	14.6%
2040	16.3%	14.5%
2041	16.2%	14.5%
2042	16.2%	14.4%
2043	16.1%	14.4%
2044	16.1%	14.3%
2045	16%	14.2%
2046	16%	14.1%
2047	15.9%	14.1%
2048	15.8%	14%
2049	15.7%	13.9%
2050	15.6%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.08% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	6,098	151,623
1961	6,247	159,450
1962	6,468	153,474
1963	6,589	154,361
1964	6,725	157,653
1965	6,877	146,308
1966	7,039	138,265
1967	7,214	138,580
1968	7,408	132,389
1969	7,625	139,082
1970	7,878	129,082
1971	8,359	116,112
1972	8,716	101,297
1973	9,003	84,668
1974	9,295	75,853
1975	9,601	64,232
1976	9,833	63,361
1977	10,036	63,739
1978	10,152	61,344
1979	10,223	63,172
1980	10,276	66,504
1981	10,470	62,688
1982	10,597	54,388
1983	10,736	51,722
1984	10,835	54,812
1985	11,105	55,069
1986	11,295	59,746
1987	11,426	64,526
1988	11,523	61,993
1989	11,608	59,396
1990	11,738	68,777
1991	11,899	69,321
1992	11,915	66,811
1993	11,805	58,103
1994	11,410	61,532
1995	10,764	54,106
1996	10,613	51,251
1997	10,323	56,198
1998	10,187	61,258
1999	9,989	60,086
2000	9,752	66,887
2001	9,510	62,580
2002	9,278	59,751
2003	9,037	58,411
2004	8,825	56,987
2005	8,428	50,592
2006	7,980	49,038
2007	7,559	49,145
2008	7,313	49,337
2009	7,216	51,244
2010	7,746	48,184
2011	7,874	45,072
2012	7,157	35,186
2013	6,780	30,248
2014	6,622	35,417
2015	6,314	23,716
2016	6,238	23,843
2017	5,993	18,844
2018	5,282	15,508
2019	4,773	17,345
2020	3,734	0
2021	3,575	7,014
2022	3,864	-1,770
2023	3,798	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Netherlands

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 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Netherlands
1985	420	12
1986	394	12
1987	366	12
1988	346	12
1989	322	12
1990	298	12
1991	277	12
1992	255	12
1993	233	12
1994	214	12
1995	196	12
1996	167	12
1997	147	13
1998	134	12
1999	122	13
2000	110	13
2001	101	13
2002	92	13
2003	86	12
2004	80	11
2005	75	10
2006	76	9
2007	73	8
2008	68	8
2009	62	7
2010	61	6
2011	55	7
2012	51	6
2013	50	6
2014	48	5
2015	46	5
2016	44	5
2017	43	5
2018	43	5
2019	41	5
2020	56	4
2021	56	5
2022	42	4
2023	40	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.4% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	17.2%	2.08%
1961	16.9%	2.03%
1962	16.6%	1.97%
1963	16.2%	1.92%
1964	15.9%	1.88%
1965	15.4%	1.83%
1966	15%	1.79%
1967	14.5%	1.74%
1968	14%	1.69%
1969	13.4%	1.64%
1970	12.8%	1.58%
1971	12.1%	1.53%
1972	11.5%	1.47%
1973	10.8%	1.41%
1974	10.2%	1.36%
1975	9.6%	1.31%
1976	9.09%	1.26%
1977	8.65%	1.21%
1978	8.27%	1.16%
1979	8%	1.12%
1980	7.82%	1.09%
1981	7.72%	1.06%
1982	7.65%	1.04%
1983	7.59%	1.02%
1984	7.46%	0.99%
1985	7.25%	0.97%
1986	6.95%	0.95%
1987	6.59%	0.92%
1988	6.21%	0.89%
1989	5.88%	0.86%
1990	5.64%	0.83%
1991	5.5%	0.8%
1992	5.46%	0.77%
1993	5.46%	0.74%
1994	5.45%	0.71%
1995	5.37%	0.69%
1996	5.17%	0.67%
1997	4.84%	0.66%
1998	4.44%	0.64%
1999	4%	0.63%
2000	3.6%	0.62%
2001	3.28%	0.61%
2002	3.05%	0.59%
2003	2.9%	0.57%
2004	2.82%	0.55%
2005	2.8%	0.53%
2006	2.8%	0.51%
2007	2.8%	0.49%
2008	2.79%	0.47%
2009	2.75%	0.46%
2010	2.67%	0.44%
2011	2.56%	0.43%
2012	2.42%	0.42%
2013	2.26%	0.42%
2014	2.09%	0.41%
2015	1.91%	0.41%
2016	1.76%	0.41%
2017	1.62%	0.4%
2018	1.51%	0.4%
2019	1.41%	0.4%
2020	1.33%	0.4%
2021	1.27%	0.4%
2022	1.21%	0.4%
2023	1.16%	0.4%