Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.89	7.63
1961	6.92	7.63
1962	6.95	7.64
1963	6.98	7.65
1964	6.99	7.67
1965	6.99	7.66
1966	6.99	7.66
1967	6.98	7.66
1968	6.97	7.63
1969	6.95	7.6
1970	6.94	7.58
1971	6.91	7.56
1972	6.89	7.54
1973	6.86	7.48
1974	6.82	7.43
1975	6.77	7.37
1976	6.71	7.33
1977	6.65	7.3
1978	6.56	7.26
1979	6.47	7.23
1980	6.38	7.15
1981	6.27	7.07
1982	6.17	6.98
1983	6.07	6.88
1984	5.97	6.78
1985	5.92	6.65
1986	5.81	6.52
1987	5.68	6.34
1988	5.55	6.15
1989	5.45	5.98
1990	5.36	5.8
1991	5.26	5.64
1992	5.12	5.49
1993	4.95	5.33
1994	4.72	5.16
1995	4.49	4.99
1996	4.26	4.81
1997	4.05	4.66
1998	3.9	4.52
1999	3.73	4.35
2000	3.55	4.21
2001	3.37	3.96
2002	3.19	3.71
2003	3.03	3.47
2004	2.9	3.26
2005	2.73	3.16
2006	2.56	3.18
2007	2.41	3.19
2008	2.3	3.07
2009	2.25	2.95
2010	2.33	2.81
2011	2.33	2.8
2012	2.15	2.78
2013	2.07	2.67
2014	2.03	2.68
2015	1.97	2.63
2016	1.97	2.65
2017	1.93	2.67
2018	1.8	2.67
2019	1.7	2.49
2020	1.59	2.27
2021	1.55	2.17
2022	1.53	2.14
2023	1.52	2.28
2024	1.51	2.31
2025	1.5	2.29
2026	1.49	2.27
2027	1.48	2.25
2028	1.47	2.22
2029	1.47	2.2
2030	1.47	2.17
2031	1.47	2.15
2032	1.47	2.13
2033	1.47	2.11
2034	1.47	2.09
2035	1.47	2.07
2036	1.47	2.05
2037	1.47	2.03
2038	1.47	2.01
2039	1.48	1.99
2040	1.48	1.98
2041	1.48	1.97
2042	1.48	1.95
2043	1.49	1.94
2044	1.49	1.93
2045	1.49	1.92
2046	1.49	1.91
2047	1.49	1.9
2048	1.5	1.89
2049	1.5	1.88
2050	1.5	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Saudi Arabia
1960	43.6%	43.4%
1961	44.3%	43.6%
1962	45.1%	43.9%
1963	45.6%	44.3%
1964	46%	44.6%
1965	46.2%	44.8%
1966	46.2%	45.1%
1967	46.1%	45.3%
1968	45.9%	45.4%
1969	45.5%	45.5%
1970	45.2%	45.5%
1971	45%	45.5%
1972	45%	45.3%
1973	45%	45.2%
1974	44.9%	45%
1975	45.3%	44.8%
1976	45.9%	44.6%
1977	46.5%	44.5%
1978	46.9%	44.3%
1979	47.3%	44.2%
1980	47.4%	44.1%
1981	47.3%	43.9%
1982	47%	43.8%
1983	46.8%	43.7%
1984	46.6%	43.6%
1985	46.4%	43.6%
1986	46.2%	43.5%
1987	46.1%	43.4%
1988	45.9%	43.3%
1989	45.8%	43.2%
1990	45.7%	43%
1991	45.6%	42.7%
1992	45.5%	42.4%
1993	45.2%	42.1%
1994	44.9%	41.7%
1995	44.6%	41.2%
1996	44.2%	40.7%
1997	43.7%	40.1%
1998	43.2%	39.5%
1999	42.5%	38.9%
2000	41.8%	38.3%
2001	40.9%	37.7%
2002	39.9%	36.8%
2003	38.9%	35.7%
2004	37.9%	34.5%
2005	36.9%	33.2%
2006	36%	31.9%
2007	35%	30.6%
2008	34.1%	29.5%
2009	33.1%	28.5%
2010	32.2%	27.6%
2011	31.3%	26.9%
2012	30.4%	26.3%
2013	29.8%	25.8%
2014	29.2%	25.4%
2015	28.8%	25.1%
2016	28.5%	24.9%
2017	28.4%	25.2%
2018	28.4%	25.7%
2019	28.4%	25.8%
2020	28.4%	25.5%
2021	28%	25.2%
2022	27.2%	24.6%
2023	26.4%	24.1%
2024	25.5%	23.8%
2025	24.7%	23.6%
2026	23.8%	23.4%
2027	23%	23.3%
2028	22.2%	23.1%
2029	21.4%	22.9%
2030	20.6%	22.8%
2031	19.8%	22.6%
2032	19%	22.5%
2033	18.2%	22.4%
2034	17.5%	22.3%
2035	16.9%	22.2%
2036	16.6%	22.2%
2037	16.5%	22.1%
2038	16.4%	22%
2039	16.4%	21.9%
2040	16.3%	21.7%
2041	16.2%	21.5%
2042	16.2%	21.3%
2043	16.1%	21.2%
2044	16.1%	21%
2045	16%	20.8%
2046	16%	20.7%
2047	15.9%	20.5%
2048	15.8%	20.4%
2049	15.7%	20.2%
2050	15.6%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	6,098	74,143
1961	6,247	77,743
1962	6,468	81,393
1963	6,589	85,480
1964	6,725	89,776
1965	6,877	93,820
1966	7,039	98,361
1967	7,214	103,343
1968	7,408	108,281
1969	7,625	113,859
1970	7,878	120,440
1971	8,359	127,600
1972	8,716	136,360
1973	9,003	145,450
1974	9,295	155,478
1975	9,601	166,223
1976	9,833	178,024
1977	10,036	191,103
1978	10,152	205,331
1979	10,223	220,186
1980	10,276	234,372
1981	10,470	249,156
1982	10,597	264,831
1983	10,736	280,616
1984	10,835	296,615
1985	11,105	310,558
1986	11,295	322,340
1987	11,426	333,088
1988	11,523	342,865
1989	11,608	349,399
1990	11,738	355,495
1991	11,899	361,329
1992	11,915	366,763
1993	11,805	372,621
1994	11,410	377,351
1995	10,764	380,231
1996	10,613	382,248
1997	10,323	385,033
1998	10,187	389,499
1999	9,989	390,112
2000	9,752	392,407
2001	9,510	382,153
2002	9,278	372,099
2003	9,037	364,520
2004	8,825	362,843
2005	8,428	375,938
2006	7,980	399,333
2007	7,559	425,199
2008	7,313	433,457
2009	7,216	438,557
2010	7,746	418,641
2011	7,874	443,675
2012	7,157	465,649
2013	6,780	475,299
2014	6,622	493,431
2015	6,314	511,023
2016	6,238	537,829
2017	5,993	546,751
2018	5,282	528,767
2019	4,773	474,407
2020	3,734	447,036
2021	3,575	409,032
2022	3,864	406,920
2023	3,798	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Saudi Arabia
1985	420	40
1986	394	38
1987	366	36
1988	346	34
1989	322	32
1990	298	30
1991	277	29
1992	255	27
1993	233	26
1994	214	25
1995	196	24
1996	167	23
1997	147	23
1998	134	22
1999	122	21
2000	110	20
2001	101	19
2002	92	18
2003	86	16
2004	80	16
2005	75	15
2006	76	14
2007	73	13
2008	68	12
2009	62	11
2010	61	11
2011	55	10
2012	51	9
2013	50	9
2014	48	8
2015	46	8
2016	44	8
2017	43	8
2018	43	8
2019	41	8
2020	56	11
2021	56	12
2022	42	9
2023	40	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
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%	-
1970	12.8%	-
1971	12.1%	-
1972	11.5%	16%
1973	10.8%	14.9%
1974	10.2%	14%
1975	9.6%	13.1%
1976	9.09%	12.2%
1977	8.65%	11.4%
1978	8.27%	10.7%
1979	8%	9.99%
1980	7.82%	9.34%
1981	7.72%	8.71%
1982	7.65%	8.12%
1983	7.59%	7.56%
1984	7.46%	7.04%
1985	7.25%	6.55%
1986	6.95%	6.07%
1987	6.59%	5.62%
1988	6.21%	5.19%
1989	5.88%	4.8%
1990	5.64%	4.44%
1991	5.5%	4.11%
1992	5.46%	3.81%
1993	5.46%	3.54%
1994	5.45%	3.29%
1995	5.37%	3.06%
1996	5.17%	2.86%
1997	4.84%	2.67%
1998	4.44%	2.5%
1999	4%	2.35%
2000	3.6%	2.21%
2001	3.28%	2.08%
2002	3.05%	1.96%
2003	2.9%	1.85%
2004	2.82%	1.75%
2005	2.8%	1.65%
2006	2.8%	1.56%
2007	2.8%	1.47%
2008	2.79%	1.38%
2009	2.75%	1.3%
2010	2.67%	1.22%
2011	2.56%	1.15%
2012	2.42%	1.08%
2013	2.26%	1.02%
2014	2.09%	0.96%
2015	1.91%	0.9%
2016	1.76%	0.85%
2017	1.62%	0.8%
2018	1.51%	0.76%
2019	1.41%	0.72%
2020	1.33%	0.69%
2021	1.27%	0.66%
2022	1.21%	0.64%
2023	1.16%	0.62%