Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Oman

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Oman 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 2.53 in Oman in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Oman 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	Oman
1960	6.89	7.28
1961	6.92	7.29
1962	6.95	7.32
1963	6.98	7.33
1964	6.99	7.37
1965	6.99	7.39
1966	6.99	7.41
1967	6.98	7.44
1968	6.97	7.46
1969	6.95	7.49
1970	6.94	7.52
1971	6.91	7.56
1972	6.89	7.59
1973	6.86	7.63
1974	6.82	7.67
1975	6.77	7.71
1976	6.71	7.74
1977	6.65	7.78
1978	6.56	7.82
1979	6.47	7.85
1980	6.38	7.89
1981	6.27	7.9
1982	6.17	7.84
1983	6.07	7.75
1984	5.97	7.64
1985	5.92	7.51
1986	5.81	7.35
1987	5.68	7.18
1988	5.55	6.95
1989	5.45	6.72
1990	5.36	6.46
1991	5.26	6.2
1992	5.12	5.92
1993	4.95	5.64
1994	4.72	5.36
1995	4.49	5.07
1996	4.26	4.79
1997	4.05	4.52
1998	3.9	4.27
1999	3.73	4.06
2000	3.55	3.85
2001	3.37	3.66
2002	3.19	3.51
2003	3.03	3.37
2004	2.9	3.2
2005	2.73	3.03
2006	2.56	2.88
2007	2.41	2.76
2008	2.3	2.76
2009	2.25	2.83
2010	2.33	2.97
2011	2.33	2.96
2012	2.15	2.93
2013	2.07	2.95
2014	2.03	2.97
2015	1.97	2.97
2016	1.97	2.95
2017	1.93	2.92
2018	1.8	2.81
2019	1.7	2.7
2020	1.59	2.64
2021	1.55	2.59
2022	1.53	2.45
2023	1.52	2.53
2024	1.51	2.51
2025	1.5	2.48
2026	1.49	2.44
2027	1.48	2.41
2028	1.47	2.37
2029	1.47	2.33
2030	1.47	2.29
2031	1.47	2.26
2032	1.47	2.22
2033	1.47	2.19
2034	1.47	2.16
2035	1.47	2.14
2036	1.47	2.11
2037	1.47	2.09
2038	1.47	2.07
2039	1.48	2.05
2040	1.48	2.03
2041	1.48	2.01
2042	1.48	2
2043	1.49	1.98
2044	1.49	1.97
2045	1.49	1.96
2046	1.49	1.95
2047	1.49	1.93
2048	1.5	1.92
2049	1.5	1.92
2050	1.5	1.91

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Oman
1960	43.6%	41.5%
1961	44.3%	41.6%
1962	45.1%	41.7%
1963	45.6%	42%
1964	46%	42.6%
1965	46.2%	43.2%
1966	46.2%	43.8%
1967	46.1%	44.3%
1968	45.9%	44.8%
1969	45.5%	45.3%
1970	45.2%	45.9%
1971	45%	46.4%
1972	45%	46.8%
1973	45%	47.3%
1974	44.9%	47.5%
1975	45.3%	47.5%
1976	45.9%	47.5%
1977	46.5%	47.4%
1978	46.9%	47.3%
1979	47.3%	47.2%
1980	47.4%	47.1%
1981	47.3%	47.1%
1982	47%	47.1%
1983	46.8%	47.2%
1984	46.6%	47.2%
1985	46.4%	47%
1986	46.2%	46.5%
1987	46.1%	45.9%
1988	45.9%	45.1%
1989	45.8%	44.3%
1990	45.7%	43.4%
1991	45.6%	42.5%
1992	45.5%	41.5%
1993	45.2%	40.5%
1994	44.9%	39.9%
1995	44.6%	39.7%
1996	44.2%	39.3%
1997	43.7%	38.7%
1998	43.2%	38%
1999	42.5%	37.3%
2000	41.8%	36.6%
2001	40.9%	35.8%
2002	39.9%	35%
2003	38.9%	34.2%
2004	37.9%	33.2%
2005	36.9%	32.1%
2006	36%	30.9%
2007	35%	29.9%
2008	34.1%	29.1%
2009	33.1%	28.4%
2010	32.2%	27.9%
2011	31.3%	25.5%
2012	30.4%	22.8%
2013	29.8%	21.9%
2014	29.2%	22.1%
2015	28.8%	22.2%
2016	28.5%	22.1%
2017	28.4%	22.3%
2018	28.4%	22.9%
2019	28.4%	24%
2020	28.4%	25.6%
2021	28%	26.7%
2022	27.2%	26.2%
2023	26.4%	25.2%
2024	25.5%	24.7%
2025	24.7%	24.3%
2026	23.8%	24%
2027	23%	23.8%
2028	22.2%	23.6%
2029	21.4%	23.3%
2030	20.6%	23%
2031	19.8%	22.7%
2032	19%	22.4%
2033	18.2%	22.1%
2034	17.5%	21.8%
2035	16.9%	21.6%
2036	16.6%	21.4%
2037	16.5%	21.3%
2038	16.4%	21.3%
2039	16.4%	21.2%
2040	16.3%	21%
2041	16.2%	20.8%
2042	16.2%	20.7%
2043	16.1%	20.5%
2044	16.1%	20.4%
2045	16%	20.3%
2046	16%	20.2%
2047	15.9%	20.1%
2048	15.8%	20.1%
2049	15.7%	20%
2050	15.6%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 24.7% in Oman in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 43.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Oman compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Oman by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.7% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	6,098	12,034
1961	6,247	12,690
1962	6,468	13,485
1963	6,589	14,283
1964	6,725	15,205
1965	6,877	16,103
1966	7,039	17,030
1967	7,214	17,990
1968	7,408	18,962
1969	7,625	19,949
1970	7,878	20,893
1971	8,359	21,973
1972	8,716	22,968
1973	9,003	24,195
1974	9,295	25,543
1975	9,601	27,699
1976	9,833	30,032
1977	10,036	32,342
1978	10,152	35,141
1979	10,223	38,022
1980	10,276	41,109
1981	10,470	44,176
1982	10,597	46,939
1983	10,736	49,646
1984	10,835	52,253
1985	11,105	54,609
1986	11,295	55,324
1987	11,426	55,933
1988	11,523	56,142
1989	11,608	56,202
1990	11,738	56,000
1991	11,899	55,382
1992	11,915	54,471
1993	11,805	53,439
1994	11,410	52,337
1995	10,764	51,139
1996	10,613	50,362
1997	10,323	49,510
1998	10,187	48,654
1999	9,989	48,053
2000	9,752	47,208
2001	9,510	46,651
2002	9,278	46,397
2003	9,037	46,273
2004	8,825	45,651
2005	8,428	44,688
2006	7,980	43,969
2007	7,559	44,207
2008	7,313	47,146
2009	7,216	52,007
2010	7,746	57,619
2011	7,874	59,689
2012	7,157	65,572
2013	6,780	71,905
2014	6,622	76,258
2015	6,314	79,241
2016	6,238	81,350
2017	5,993	82,408
2018	5,282	79,438
2019	4,773	77,394
2020	3,734	74,224
2021	3,575	69,991
2022	3,864	67,278
2023	3,798	75,467

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Oman

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 13 deaths in Oman.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Oman
1985	420	43
1986	394	40
1987	366	37
1988	346	34
1989	322	32
1990	298	29
1991	277	28
1992	255	26
1993	233	25
1994	214	23
1995	196	22
1996	167	21
1997	147	20
1998	134	20
1999	122	19
2000	110	19
2001	101	18
2002	92	18
2003	86	18
2004	80	18
2005	75	18
2006	76	18
2007	73	18
2008	68	18
2009	62	17
2010	61	17
2011	55	16
2012	51	16
2013	50	15
2014	48	15
2015	46	15
2016	44	14
2017	43	14
2018	43	14
2019	41	14
2020	56	32
2021	56	74
2022	42	13
2023	40	13

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.04% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	17.2%	37.5%
1961	16.9%	35.8%
1962	16.6%	34.2%
1963	16.2%	32.7%
1964	15.9%	31.2%
1965	15.4%	29.8%
1966	15%	28.4%
1967	14.5%	27.1%
1968	14%	25.7%
1969	13.4%	24.4%
1970	12.8%	23.1%
1971	12.1%	21.8%
1972	11.5%	20.5%
1973	10.8%	19.3%
1974	10.2%	18.1%
1975	9.6%	16.9%
1976	9.09%	15.7%
1977	8.65%	14.5%
1978	8.27%	13.4%
1979	8%	12.2%
1980	7.82%	11.1%
1981	7.72%	10.1%
1982	7.65%	9.1%
1983	7.59%	8.18%
1984	7.46%	7.34%
1985	7.25%	6.58%
1986	6.95%	5.9%
1987	6.59%	5.3%
1988	6.21%	4.78%
1989	5.88%	4.32%
1990	5.64%	3.91%
1991	5.5%	3.54%
1992	5.46%	3.2%
1993	5.46%	2.9%
1994	5.45%	2.64%
1995	5.37%	2.41%
1996	5.17%	2.22%
1997	4.84%	2.04%
1998	4.44%	1.89%
1999	4%	1.76%
2000	3.6%	1.64%
2001	3.28%	1.54%
2002	3.05%	1.45%
2003	2.9%	1.38%
2004	2.82%	1.32%
2005	2.8%	1.28%
2006	2.8%	1.24%
2007	2.8%	1.22%
2008	2.79%	1.2%
2009	2.75%	1.19%
2010	2.67%	1.17%
2011	2.56%	1.16%
2012	2.42%	1.15%
2013	2.26%	1.13%
2014	2.09%	1.12%
2015	1.91%	1.12%
2016	1.76%	1.11%
2017	1.62%	1.1%
2018	1.51%	1.09%
2019	1.41%	1.08%
2020	1.33%	1.07%
2021	1.27%	1.06%
2022	1.21%	1.05%
2023	1.16%	1.04%