Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Qatar

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Qatar 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 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Qatar 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	Qatar
1960	6.89	6.53
1961	6.92	6.53
1962	6.95	6.53
1963	6.98	6.53
1964	6.99	6.53
1965	6.99	6.53
1966	6.99	6.52
1967	6.98	6.46
1968	6.97	6.39
1969	6.95	6.31
1970	6.94	6.23
1971	6.91	6.15
1972	6.89	6.07
1973	6.86	6.01
1974	6.82	5.94
1975	6.77	5.86
1976	6.71	5.78
1977	6.65	5.69
1978	6.56	5.58
1979	6.47	5.46
1980	6.38	5.33
1981	6.27	5.2
1982	6.17	5.04
1983	6.07	4.9
1984	5.97	4.76
1985	5.92	4.64
1986	5.81	4.57
1987	5.68	4.54
1988	5.55	4.51
1989	5.45	4.41
1990	5.36	4.23
1991	5.26	3.99
1992	5.12	3.85
1993	4.95	3.77
1994	4.72	3.67
1995	4.49	3.56
1996	4.26	3.44
1997	4.05	3.33
1998	3.9	3.21
1999	3.73	3.12
2000	3.55	3.07
2001	3.37	3.08
2002	3.19	3.01
2003	3.03	2.93
2004	2.9	2.79
2005	2.73	2.64
2006	2.56	2.51
2007	2.41	2.44
2008	2.3	2.37
2009	2.25	2.25
2010	2.33	2.14
2011	2.33	2.07
2012	2.15	2.04
2013	2.07	2.03
2014	2.03	2.03
2015	1.97	1.98
2016	1.97	1.86
2017	1.93	1.83
2018	1.8	1.76
2019	1.7	1.73
2020	1.59	1.68
2021	1.55	1.61
2022	1.53	1.74
2023	1.52	1.73
2024	1.51	1.72
2025	1.5	1.7
2026	1.49	1.69
2027	1.48	1.68
2028	1.47	1.67
2029	1.47	1.66
2030	1.47	1.66
2031	1.47	1.65
2032	1.47	1.64
2033	1.47	1.64
2034	1.47	1.64
2035	1.47	1.63
2036	1.47	1.63
2037	1.47	1.63
2038	1.47	1.63
2039	1.48	1.63
2040	1.48	1.63
2041	1.48	1.63
2042	1.48	1.63
2043	1.49	1.63
2044	1.49	1.63
2045	1.49	1.63
2046	1.49	1.63
2047	1.49	1.63
2048	1.5	1.63
2049	1.5	1.62
2050	1.5	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Qatar
1960	43.6%	44.2%
1961	44.3%	42.5%
1962	45.1%	40.5%
1963	45.6%	38.7%
1964	46%	37.2%
1965	46.2%	36.2%
1966	46.2%	35.3%
1967	46.1%	34.7%
1968	45.9%	34.2%
1969	45.5%	33.9%
1970	45.2%	35.1%
1971	45%	36.9%
1972	45%	37.5%
1973	45%	37.4%
1974	44.9%	36.7%
1975	45.3%	35.7%
1976	45.9%	34.6%
1977	46.5%	33.3%
1978	46.9%	32.1%
1979	47.3%	31%
1980	47.4%	30%
1981	47.3%	29.2%
1982	47%	28.6%
1983	46.8%	28.1%
1984	46.6%	27.6%
1985	46.4%	27.2%
1986	46.2%	27%
1987	46.1%	27.2%
1988	45.9%	27.2%
1989	45.8%	27.1%
1990	45.7%	27%
1991	45.6%	26.8%
1992	45.5%	26.6%
1993	45.2%	26.4%
1994	44.9%	26.2%
1995	44.6%	26.1%
1996	44.2%	25.9%
1997	43.7%	25.5%
1998	43.2%	24.8%
1999	42.5%	24.1%
2000	41.8%	23.5%
2001	40.9%	23%
2002	39.9%	22.5%
2003	38.9%	22.2%
2004	37.9%	22.2%
2005	36.9%	22.5%
2006	36%	20.2%
2007	35%	16.4%
2008	34.1%	14.6%
2009	33.1%	14%
2010	32.2%	13.9%
2011	31.3%	14.2%
2012	30.4%	14.5%
2013	29.8%	14.6%
2014	29.2%	14.4%
2015	28.8%	13.9%
2016	28.5%	13.7%
2017	28.4%	13.7%
2018	28.4%	14%
2019	28.4%	14.6%
2020	28.4%	15.4%
2021	28%	15.5%
2022	27.2%	15.2%
2023	26.4%	15.2%
2024	25.5%	15.1%
2025	24.7%	15%
2026	23.8%	15%
2027	23%	15%
2028	22.2%	15.1%
2029	21.4%	15.2%
2030	20.6%	15.3%
2031	19.8%	15.4%
2032	19%	15.5%
2033	18.2%	15.6%
2034	17.5%	15.7%
2035	16.9%	15.9%
2036	16.6%	16.1%
2037	16.5%	16.2%
2038	16.4%	16.4%
2039	16.4%	16.5%
2040	16.3%	16.7%
2041	16.2%	16.8%
2042	16.2%	17%
2043	16.1%	17.1%
2044	16.1%	17.3%
2045	16%	17.4%
2046	16%	17.5%
2047	15.9%	17.6%
2048	15.8%	17.7%
2049	15.7%	17.7%
2050	15.6%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.92% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
1960	6,098	1,220
1961	6,247	1,357
1962	6,468	1,589
1963	6,589	1,854
1964	6,725	2,150
1965	6,877	2,472
1966	7,039	2,811
1967	7,214	3,167
1968	7,408	3,547
1969	7,625	3,941
1970	7,878	4,346
1971	8,359	4,433
1972	8,716	4,581
1973	9,003	4,780
1974	9,295	5,015
1975	9,601	5,289
1976	9,833	5,598
1977	10,036	5,925
1978	10,152	6,246
1979	10,223	6,579
1980	10,276	6,894
1981	10,470	7,202
1982	10,597	7,489
1983	10,736	7,765
1984	10,835	7,997
1985	11,105	8,212
1986	11,295	8,439
1987	11,426	8,806
1988	11,523	9,198
1989	11,608	9,407
1990	11,738	9,388
1991	11,899	9,182
1992	11,915	9,189
1993	11,805	9,250
1994	11,410	9,257
1995	10,764	9,186
1996	10,613	9,049
1997	10,323	8,846
1998	10,187	9,055
1999	9,989	9,431
2000	9,752	9,974
2001	9,510	10,683
2002	9,278	11,062
2003	9,037	11,291
2004	8,825	11,242
2005	8,428	11,392
2006	7,980	10,225
2007	7,559	11,351
2008	7,313	14,062
2009	7,216	15,595
2010	7,746	16,225
2011	7,874	16,543
2012	7,157	17,681
2013	6,780	19,669
2014	6,622	21,699
2015	6,314	22,568
2016	6,238	22,416
2017	5,993	23,244
2018	5,282	23,340
2019	4,773	24,112
2020	3,734	25,128
2021	3,575	21,297
2022	3,864	24,360
2023	3,798	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Qatar

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 Qatar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Qatar
1985	420	17
1986	394	16
1987	366	15
1988	346	15
1989	322	14
1990	298	13
1991	277	13
1992	255	13
1993	233	13
1994	214	13
1995	196	13
1996	167	13
1997	147	13
1998	134	12
1999	122	12
2000	110	11
2001	101	12
2002	92	11
2003	86	11
2004	80	11
2005	75	11
2006	76	10
2007	73	9
2008	68	9
2009	62	8
2010	61	8
2011	55	7
2012	51	7
2013	50	6
2014	48	6
2015	46	6
2016	44	5
2017	43	5
2018	43	5
2019	41	5
2020	56	6
2021	56	7
2022	42	8
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 0.6% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
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%	7.07%
1970	12.8%	6.6%
1971	12.1%	6.16%
1972	11.5%	5.77%
1973	10.8%	5.4%
1974	10.2%	5.06%
1975	9.6%	4.75%
1976	9.09%	4.48%
1977	8.65%	4.24%
1978	8.27%	4.02%
1979	8%	3.81%
1980	7.82%	3.62%
1981	7.72%	3.45%
1982	7.65%	3.29%
1983	7.59%	3.13%
1984	7.46%	2.98%
1985	7.25%	2.82%
1986	6.95%	2.68%
1987	6.59%	2.52%
1988	6.21%	2.37%
1989	5.88%	2.23%
1990	5.64%	2.08%
1991	5.5%	1.94%
1992	5.46%	1.82%
1993	5.46%	1.71%
1994	5.45%	1.61%
1995	5.37%	1.53%
1996	5.17%	1.46%
1997	4.84%	1.4%
1998	4.44%	1.34%
1999	4%	1.29%
2000	3.6%	1.25%
2001	3.28%	1.2%
2002	3.05%	1.16%
2003	2.9%	1.12%
2004	2.82%	1.08%
2005	2.8%	1.04%
2006	2.8%	1.01%
2007	2.8%	0.98%
2008	2.79%	0.96%
2009	2.75%	0.93%
2010	2.67%	0.91%
2011	2.56%	0.89%
2012	2.42%	0.87%
2013	2.26%	0.84%
2014	2.09%	0.82%
2015	1.91%	0.79%
2016	1.76%	0.75%
2017	1.62%	0.72%
2018	1.51%	0.69%
2019	1.41%	0.67%
2020	1.33%	0.64%
2021	1.27%	0.63%
2022	1.21%	0.61%
2023	1.16%	0.6%