Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea 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 3.1 in Papua New Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.89	6.02
1961	6.92	6.07
1962	6.95	6.14
1963	6.98	6.15
1964	6.99	6.19
1965	6.99	6.2
1966	6.99	6.23
1967	6.98	6.24
1968	6.97	6.25
1969	6.95	6.26
1970	6.94	6.25
1971	6.91	6.23
1972	6.89	6.2
1973	6.86	6.16
1974	6.82	6.11
1975	6.77	6.07
1976	6.71	6.02
1977	6.65	5.96
1978	6.56	5.88
1979	6.47	5.79
1980	6.38	5.71
1981	6.27	5.65
1982	6.17	5.59
1983	6.07	5.56
1984	5.97	5.51
1985	5.92	5.47
1986	5.81	5.42
1987	5.68	5.36
1988	5.55	5.3
1989	5.45	5.24
1990	5.36	5.18
1991	5.26	5.11
1992	5.12	5.03
1993	4.95	4.96
1994	4.72	4.87
1995	4.49	4.78
1996	4.26	4.73
1997	4.05	4.68
1998	3.9	4.63
1999	3.73	4.59
2000	3.55	4.53
2001	3.37	4.47
2002	3.19	4.42
2003	3.03	4.36
2004	2.9	4.28
2005	2.73	4.22
2006	2.56	4.15
2007	2.41	4.08
2008	2.3	4.01
2009	2.25	3.94
2010	2.33	3.88
2011	2.33	3.82
2012	2.15	3.75
2013	2.07	3.68
2014	2.03	3.63
2015	1.97	3.56
2016	1.97	3.5
2017	1.93	3.43
2018	1.8	3.38
2019	1.7	3.32
2020	1.59	3.27
2021	1.55	3.22
2022	1.53	3.17
2023	1.52	3.1
2024	1.51	3.07
2025	1.5	3.03
2026	1.49	2.99
2027	1.48	2.95
2028	1.47	2.92
2029	1.47	2.88
2030	1.47	2.84
2031	1.47	2.81
2032	1.47	2.78
2033	1.47	2.75
2034	1.47	2.73
2035	1.47	2.69
2036	1.47	2.67
2037	1.47	2.64
2038	1.47	2.61
2039	1.48	2.59
2040	1.48	2.56
2041	1.48	2.54
2042	1.48	2.51
2043	1.49	2.49
2044	1.49	2.48
2045	1.49	2.46
2046	1.49	2.44
2047	1.49	2.42
2048	1.5	2.4
2049	1.5	2.38
2050	1.5	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Papua New Guinea
1960	43.6%	43.4%
1961	44.3%	43.7%
1962	45.1%	43.9%
1963	45.6%	44.2%
1964	46%	44.4%
1965	46.2%	44.6%
1966	46.2%	44.9%
1967	46.1%	45.1%
1968	45.9%	45.3%
1969	45.5%	45.6%
1970	45.2%	45.8%
1971	45%	46%
1972	45%	46%
1973	45%	45.9%
1974	44.9%	45.8%
1975	45.3%	45.5%
1976	45.9%	45.2%
1977	46.5%	44.9%
1978	46.9%	44.4%
1979	47.3%	44%
1980	47.4%	43.5%
1981	47.3%	43.2%
1982	47%	43%
1983	46.8%	42.9%
1984	46.6%	42.8%
1985	46.4%	42.6%
1986	46.2%	42.5%
1987	46.1%	42.4%
1988	45.9%	42.4%
1989	45.8%	42.3%
1990	45.7%	42.1%
1991	45.6%	41.9%
1992	45.5%	41.7%
1993	45.2%	41.5%
1994	44.9%	41.2%
1995	44.6%	41%
1996	44.2%	40.8%
1997	43.7%	40.6%
1998	43.2%	40.4%
1999	42.5%	40.2%
2000	41.8%	40%
2001	40.9%	39.8%
2002	39.9%	39.5%
2003	38.9%	39.3%
2004	37.9%	39%
2005	36.9%	38.8%
2006	36%	38.5%
2007	35%	38.3%
2008	34.1%	38%
2009	33.1%	37.7%
2010	32.2%	37.5%
2011	31.3%	37.2%
2012	30.4%	37%
2013	29.8%	36.7%
2014	29.2%	36.5%
2015	28.8%	36.2%
2016	28.5%	35.9%
2017	28.4%	35.6%
2018	28.4%	35.3%
2019	28.4%	35%
2020	28.4%	34.7%
2021	28%	34.4%
2022	27.2%	34.1%
2023	26.4%	33.8%
2024	25.5%	33.5%
2025	24.7%	33.1%
2026	23.8%	32.8%
2027	23%	32.5%
2028	22.2%	32.1%
2029	21.4%	31.8%
2030	20.6%	31.4%
2031	19.8%	31.1%
2032	19%	30.7%
2033	18.2%	30.4%
2034	17.5%	30.1%
2035	16.9%	29.7%
2036	16.6%	29.4%
2037	16.5%	29.1%
2038	16.4%	28.8%
2039	16.4%	28.5%
2040	16.3%	28.3%
2041	16.2%	28%
2042	16.2%	27.8%
2043	16.1%	27.5%
2044	16.1%	27.3%
2045	16%	27.1%
2046	16%	26.9%
2047	15.9%	26.7%
2048	15.8%	26.5%
2049	15.7%	26.3%
2050	15.6%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2% in Papua New Guinea. 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	6,098	56,326
1961	6,247	58,151
1962	6,468	59,974
1963	6,589	62,260
1964	6,725	64,558
1965	6,877	66,693
1966	7,039	69,206
1967	7,214	71,519
1968	7,408	73,983
1969	7,625	76,454
1970	7,878	78,712
1971	8,359	80,599
1972	8,716	82,672
1973	9,003	83,821
1974	9,295	84,829
1975	9,601	85,809
1976	9,833	86,965
1977	10,036	87,954
1978	10,152	88,747
1979	10,223	89,330
1980	10,276	90,266
1981	10,470	91,767
1982	10,597	93,522
1983	10,736	95,982
1984	10,835	98,103
1985	11,105	100,333
1986	11,295	102,346
1987	11,426	104,367
1988	11,523	106,256
1989	11,608	108,199
1990	11,738	110,033
1991	11,899	111,453
1992	11,915	114,818
1993	11,805	118,668
1994	11,410	122,113
1995	10,764	125,410
1996	10,613	129,802
1997	10,323	134,458
1998	10,187	136,677
1999	9,989	143,592
2000	9,752	147,496
2001	9,510	151,431
2002	9,278	155,091
2003	9,037	158,611
2004	8,825	161,023
2005	8,428	163,888
2006	7,980	166,540
2007	7,559	169,306
2008	7,313	172,823
2009	7,216	175,421
2010	7,746	178,998
2011	7,874	181,842
2012	7,157	183,658
2013	6,780	185,790
2014	6,622	187,592
2015	6,314	188,600
2016	6,238	189,281
2017	5,993	189,715
2018	5,282	190,662
2019	4,773	190,662
2020	3,734	189,130
2021	3,575	183,766
2022	3,864	186,861
2023	3,798	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea

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 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Papua New Guinea
1985	420	393
1986	394	386
1987	366	379
1988	346	377
1989	322	369
1990	298	360
1991	277	354
1992	255	340
1993	233	333
1994	214	324
1995	196	318
1996	167	316
1997	147	316
1998	134	325
1999	122	321
2000	110	323
2001	101	325
2002	92	329
2003	86	328
2004	80	326
2005	75	326
2006	76	325
2007	73	326
2008	68	315
2009	62	302
2010	61	289
2011	55	271
2012	51	257
2013	50	243
2014	48	232
2015	46	221
2016	44	214
2017	43	207
2018	43	205
2019	41	199
2020	56	194
2021	56	223
2022	42	189
2023	40	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 4.03% in Papua New Guinea. 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	Papua New Guinea
1960	17.2%	19.8%
1961	16.9%	19.2%
1962	16.6%	18.6%
1963	16.2%	18%
1964	15.9%	17.4%
1965	15.4%	16.9%
1966	15%	16.3%
1967	14.5%	15.8%
1968	14%	15.2%
1969	13.4%	14.7%
1970	12.8%	14.2%
1971	12.1%	13.7%
1972	11.5%	13.3%
1973	10.8%	12.9%
1974	10.2%	12.4%
1975	9.6%	12.1%
1976	9.09%	11.7%
1977	8.65%	11.3%
1978	8.27%	11%
1979	8%	10.7%
1980	7.82%	10.4%
1981	7.72%	10.2%
1982	7.65%	9.94%
1983	7.59%	9.71%
1984	7.46%	9.5%
1985	7.25%	9.3%
1986	6.95%	9.12%
1987	6.59%	8.96%
1988	6.21%	8.78%
1989	5.88%	8.63%
1990	5.64%	8.47%
1991	5.5%	8.31%
1992	5.46%	8.17%
1993	5.46%	8.03%
1994	5.45%	7.89%
1995	5.37%	7.77%
1996	5.17%	7.64%
1997	4.84%	7.52%
1998	4.44%	7.41%
1999	4%	7.3%
2000	3.6%	7.19%
2001	3.28%	7.08%
2002	3.05%	6.96%
2003	2.9%	6.84%
2004	2.82%	6.71%
2005	2.8%	6.58%
2006	2.8%	6.44%
2007	2.8%	6.31%
2008	2.79%	6.16%
2009	2.75%	6.02%
2010	2.67%	5.88%
2011	2.56%	5.73%
2012	2.42%	5.59%
2013	2.26%	5.44%
2014	2.09%	5.3%
2015	1.91%	5.17%
2016	1.76%	5.02%
2017	1.62%	4.87%
2018	1.51%	4.72%
2019	1.41%	4.59%
2020	1.33%	4.45%
2021	1.27%	4.31%
2022	1.21%	4.17%
2023	1.16%	4.03%