Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Panama

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Panama 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 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	6.89	5.83
1961	6.92	5.87
1962	6.95	5.87
1963	6.98	5.87
1964	6.99	5.81
1965	6.99	5.73
1966	6.99	5.65
1967	6.98	5.53
1968	6.97	5.41
1969	6.95	5.29
1970	6.94	5.18
1971	6.91	5.05
1972	6.89	4.91
1973	6.86	4.74
1974	6.82	4.58
1975	6.77	4.41
1976	6.71	4.26
1977	6.65	4.12
1978	6.56	3.98
1979	6.47	3.88
1980	6.38	3.8
1981	6.27	3.72
1982	6.17	3.66
1983	6.07	3.6
1984	5.97	3.52
1985	5.92	3.43
1986	5.81	3.34
1987	5.68	3.25
1988	5.55	3.17
1989	5.45	3.12
1990	5.36	3.07
1991	5.26	3
1992	5.12	2.95
1993	4.95	2.91
1994	4.72	2.88
1995	4.49	2.85
1996	4.26	2.83
1997	4.05	2.81
1998	3.9	2.79
1999	3.73	2.77
2000	3.55	2.74
2001	3.37	2.72
2002	3.19	2.7
2003	3.03	2.68
2004	2.9	2.68
2005	2.73	2.64
2006	2.56	2.62
2007	2.41	2.61
2008	2.3	2.61
2009	2.25	2.59
2010	2.33	2.59
2011	2.33	2.6
2012	2.15	2.59
2013	2.07	2.57
2014	2.03	2.55
2015	1.97	2.53
2016	1.97	2.5
2017	1.93	2.46
2018	1.8	2.4
2019	1.7	2.29
2020	1.59	2.18
2021	1.55	2.15
2022	1.53	2.14
2023	1.52	2.12
2024	1.51	2.11
2025	1.5	2.09
2026	1.49	2.07
2027	1.48	2.06
2028	1.47	2.04
2029	1.47	2.02
2030	1.47	2.01
2031	1.47	2
2032	1.47	1.99
2033	1.47	1.97
2034	1.47	1.96
2035	1.47	1.95
2036	1.47	1.95
2037	1.47	1.94
2038	1.47	1.93
2039	1.48	1.92
2040	1.48	1.91
2041	1.48	1.91
2042	1.48	1.9
2043	1.49	1.89
2044	1.49	1.89
2045	1.49	1.88
2046	1.49	1.88
2047	1.49	1.87
2048	1.5	1.87
2049	1.5	1.86
2050	1.5	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Panama
1960	43.6%	44.2%
1961	44.3%	44.3%
1962	45.1%	44.5%
1963	45.6%	44.6%
1964	46%	44.7%
1965	46.2%	44.8%
1966	46.2%	44.8%
1967	46.1%	44.8%
1968	45.9%	44.7%
1969	45.5%	44.6%
1970	45.2%	44.5%
1971	45%	44.3%
1972	45%	44.1%
1973	45%	43.9%
1974	44.9%	43.6%
1975	45.3%	43.3%
1976	45.9%	42.9%
1977	46.5%	42.4%
1978	46.9%	41.9%
1979	47.3%	41.4%
1980	47.4%	40.8%
1981	47.3%	40.3%
1982	47%	39.8%
1983	46.8%	39.3%
1984	46.6%	38.8%
1985	46.4%	38.3%
1986	46.2%	37.8%
1987	46.1%	37.4%
1988	45.9%	36.9%
1989	45.8%	36.5%
1990	45.7%	36.1%
1991	45.6%	35.7%
1992	45.5%	35.3%
1993	45.2%	34.9%
1994	44.9%	34.6%
1995	44.6%	34.2%
1996	44.2%	33.9%
1997	43.7%	33.5%
1998	43.2%	33.1%
1999	42.5%	32.8%
2000	41.8%	32.4%
2001	40.9%	32%
2002	39.9%	31.6%
2003	38.9%	31.3%
2004	37.9%	31%
2005	36.9%	30.6%
2006	36%	30.3%
2007	35%	30%
2008	34.1%	29.7%
2009	33.1%	29.5%
2010	32.2%	29.2%
2011	31.3%	28.9%
2012	30.4%	28.7%
2013	29.8%	28.4%
2014	29.2%	28.2%
2015	28.8%	27.9%
2016	28.5%	27.6%
2017	28.4%	27.4%
2018	28.4%	27.1%
2019	28.4%	26.7%
2020	28.4%	26.4%
2021	28%	26%
2022	27.2%	25.7%
2023	26.4%	25.3%
2024	25.5%	24.9%
2025	24.7%	24.5%
2026	23.8%	24.1%
2027	23%	23.8%
2028	22.2%	23.4%
2029	21.4%	23%
2030	20.6%	22.6%
2031	19.8%	22.2%
2032	19%	21.9%
2033	18.2%	21.6%
2034	17.5%	21.3%
2035	16.9%	21%
2036	16.6%	20.9%
2037	16.5%	20.7%
2038	16.4%	20.5%
2039	16.4%	20.3%
2040	16.3%	20.1%
2041	16.2%	20%
2042	16.2%	19.8%
2043	16.1%	19.6%
2044	16.1%	19.4%
2045	16%	19.3%
2046	16%	19.1%
2047	15.9%	18.9%
2048	15.8%	18.8%
2049	15.7%	18.6%
2050	15.6%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	6,098	35,431
1961	6,247	37,100
1962	6,468	38,537
1963	6,589	39,872
1964	6,725	40,806
1965	6,877	41,604
1966	7,039	42,457
1967	7,214	43,054
1968	7,408	43,641
1969	7,625	44,278
1970	7,878	45,075
1971	8,359	45,867
1972	8,716	46,311
1973	9,003	46,540
1974	9,295	46,932
1975	9,601	47,149
1976	9,833	47,307
1977	10,036	47,438
1978	10,152	47,694
1979	10,223	48,362
1980	10,276	49,077
1981	10,470	50,018
1982	10,597	50,858
1983	10,736	51,880
1984	10,835	52,436
1985	11,105	52,573
1986	11,295	52,681
1987	11,426	52,690
1988	11,523	52,767
1989	11,608	52,295
1990	11,738	53,451
1991	11,899	53,079
1992	11,915	53,186
1993	11,805	53,591
1994	11,410	53,845
1995	10,764	54,069
1996	10,613	54,512
1997	10,323	55,060
1998	10,187	55,482
1999	9,989	55,911
2000	9,752	56,236
2001	9,510	56,654
2002	9,278	57,011
2003	9,037	57,458
2004	8,825	58,281
2005	8,428	58,014
2006	7,980	58,067
2007	7,559	58,454
2008	7,313	58,961
2009	7,216	59,168
2010	7,746	59,418
2011	7,874	60,411
2012	7,157	60,471
2013	6,780	60,295
2014	6,622	60,227
2015	6,314	59,896
2016	6,238	59,454
2017	5,993	58,607
2018	5,282	57,508
2019	4,773	54,420
2020	3,734	46,599
2021	3,575	46,747
2022	3,864	50,556
2023	3,798	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Panama
1985	420	95
1986	394	94
1987	366	93
1988	346	93
1989	322	96
1990	298	89
1991	277	87
1992	255	85
1993	233	81
1994	214	78
1995	196	77
1996	167	73
1997	147	70
1998	134	68
1999	122	65
2000	110	64
2001	101	62
2002	92	59
2003	86	58
2004	80	57
2005	75	57
2006	76	56
2007	73	55
2008	68	55
2009	62	55
2010	61	56
2011	55	55
2012	51	53
2013	50	52
2014	48	49
2015	46	48
2016	44	47
2017	43	47
2018	43	43
2019	41	41
2020	56	74
2021	56	59
2022	42	40
2023	40	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	17.2%	9.31%
1961	16.9%	9.04%
1962	16.6%	8.78%
1963	16.2%	8.52%
1964	15.9%	8.28%
1965	15.4%	8.05%
1966	15%	7.83%
1967	14.5%	7.62%
1968	14%	7.38%
1969	13.4%	7.1%
1970	12.8%	6.78%
1971	12.1%	6.43%
1972	11.5%	6.07%
1973	10.8%	5.72%
1974	10.2%	5.41%
1975	9.6%	5.15%
1976	9.09%	4.93%
1977	8.65%	4.76%
1978	8.27%	4.61%
1979	8%	4.47%
1980	7.82%	4.34%
1981	7.72%	4.19%
1982	7.65%	4.05%
1983	7.59%	3.9%
1984	7.46%	3.75%
1985	7.25%	3.61%
1986	6.95%	3.47%
1987	6.59%	3.35%
1988	6.21%	3.24%
1989	5.88%	3.14%
1990	5.64%	3.05%
1991	5.5%	2.97%
1992	5.46%	2.91%
1993	5.46%	2.87%
1994	5.45%	2.83%
1995	5.37%	2.8%
1996	5.17%	2.77%
1997	4.84%	2.73%
1998	4.44%	2.68%
1999	4%	2.63%
2000	3.6%	2.56%
2001	3.28%	2.49%
2002	3.05%	2.41%
2003	2.9%	2.33%
2004	2.82%	2.25%
2005	2.8%	2.17%
2006	2.8%	2.1%
2007	2.8%	2.03%
2008	2.79%	1.97%
2009	2.75%	1.91%
2010	2.67%	1.86%
2011	2.56%	1.81%
2012	2.42%	1.77%
2013	2.26%	1.75%
2014	2.09%	1.73%
2015	1.91%	1.72%
2016	1.76%	1.7%
2017	1.62%	1.68%
2018	1.51%	1.65%
2019	1.41%	1.59%
2020	1.33%	1.52%
2021	1.27%	1.45%
2022	1.21%	1.39%
2023	1.16%	1.33%