Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Senegal

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	6.89	7
1961	6.92	7.04
1962	6.95	7.08
1963	6.98	7.12
1964	6.99	7.16
1965	6.99	7.19
1966	6.99	7.22
1967	6.98	7.24
1968	6.97	7.25
1969	6.95	7.26
1970	6.94	7.26
1971	6.91	7.26
1972	6.89	7.26
1973	6.86	7.26
1974	6.82	7.25
1975	6.77	7.25
1976	6.71	7.26
1977	6.65	7.27
1978	6.56	7.28
1979	6.47	7.29
1980	6.38	7.29
1981	6.27	7.28
1982	6.17	7.25
1983	6.07	7.19
1984	5.97	7.11
1985	5.92	7.01
1986	5.81	6.9
1987	5.68	6.79
1988	5.55	6.58
1989	5.45	6.48
1990	5.36	6.4
1991	5.26	6.27
1992	5.12	6.15
1993	4.95	6.05
1994	4.72	5.92
1995	4.49	5.82
1996	4.26	5.72
1997	4.05	5.64
1998	3.9	5.58
1999	3.73	5.57
2000	3.55	5.5
2001	3.37	5.4
2002	3.19	5.3
2003	3.03	5.25
2004	2.9	5.19
2005	2.73	5.13
2006	2.56	5.06
2007	2.41	5.02
2008	2.3	5.02
2009	2.25	5.03
2010	2.33	5.06
2011	2.33	5.1
2012	2.15	5.13
2013	2.07	5.05
2014	2.03	4.88
2015	1.97	4.75
2016	1.97	4.65
2017	1.93	4.49
2018	1.8	4.29
2019	1.7	4.1
2020	1.59	4
2021	1.55	3.94
2022	1.53	3.86
2023	1.52	3.82
2024	1.51	3.76
2025	1.5	3.71
2026	1.49	3.66
2027	1.48	3.61
2028	1.47	3.57
2029	1.47	3.53
2030	1.47	3.49
2031	1.47	3.44
2032	1.47	3.4
2033	1.47	3.35
2034	1.47	3.32
2035	1.47	3.28
2036	1.47	3.24
2037	1.47	3.22
2038	1.47	3.17
2039	1.48	3.15
2040	1.48	3.11
2041	1.48	3.08
2042	1.48	3.05
2043	1.49	3.02
2044	1.49	2.99
2045	1.49	2.96
2046	1.49	2.93
2047	1.49	2.9
2048	1.5	2.87
2049	1.5	2.85
2050	1.5	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Senegal
1960	43.6%	44.2%
1961	44.3%	44.3%
1962	45.1%	44.3%
1963	45.6%	44.3%
1964	46%	44.3%
1965	46.2%	44.3%
1966	46.2%	44.3%
1967	46.1%	44.3%
1968	45.9%	44.2%
1969	45.5%	44.2%
1970	45.2%	44.2%
1971	45%	44.2%
1972	45%	44.2%
1973	45%	44.3%
1974	44.9%	44.4%
1975	45.3%	44.6%
1976	45.9%	44.8%
1977	46.5%	45.2%
1978	46.9%	45.6%
1979	47.3%	46%
1980	47.4%	46.4%
1981	47.3%	46.7%
1982	47%	46.9%
1983	46.8%	47.1%
1984	46.6%	47.2%
1985	46.4%	47.3%
1986	46.2%	47.3%
1987	46.1%	47.2%
1988	45.9%	47%
1989	45.8%	46.9%
1990	45.7%	46.6%
1991	45.6%	46.4%
1992	45.5%	46.1%
1993	45.2%	45.8%
1994	44.9%	45.4%
1995	44.6%	45.1%
1996	44.2%	44.9%
1997	43.7%	44.6%
1998	43.2%	44.4%
1999	42.5%	44.2%
2000	41.8%	43.9%
2001	40.9%	43.7%
2002	39.9%	43.5%
2003	38.9%	43.2%
2004	37.9%	43.1%
2005	36.9%	42.9%
2006	36%	42.8%
2007	35%	42.7%
2008	34.1%	42.7%
2009	33.1%	42.7%
2010	32.2%	42.7%
2011	31.3%	42.7%
2012	30.4%	42.7%
2013	29.8%	42.7%
2014	29.2%	42.6%
2015	28.8%	42.4%
2016	28.5%	42.1%
2017	28.4%	41.8%
2018	28.4%	41.3%
2019	28.4%	40.9%
2020	28.4%	40.3%
2021	28%	39.8%
2022	27.2%	39.2%
2023	26.4%	38.6%
2024	25.5%	38.2%
2025	24.7%	37.7%
2026	23.8%	37.3%
2027	23%	36.9%
2028	22.2%	36.6%
2029	21.4%	36.2%
2030	20.6%	35.9%
2031	19.8%	35.6%
2032	19%	35.4%
2033	18.2%	35.1%
2034	17.5%	34.9%
2035	16.9%	34.6%
2036	16.6%	34.4%
2037	16.5%	34.1%
2038	16.4%	33.9%
2039	16.4%	33.5%
2040	16.3%	33.2%
2041	16.2%	32.9%
2042	16.2%	32.6%
2043	16.1%	32.2%
2044	16.1%	31.9%
2045	16%	31.5%
2046	16%	31.2%
2047	15.9%	30.8%
2048	15.8%	30.5%
2049	15.7%	30.2%
2050	15.6%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	6,098	84,735
1961	6,247	87,322
1962	6,468	89,937
1963	6,589	92,264
1964	6,725	94,797
1965	6,877	97,912
1966	7,039	101,359
1967	7,214	104,824
1968	7,408	108,240
1969	7,625	112,393
1970	7,878	117,264
1971	8,359	122,511
1972	8,716	128,024
1973	9,003	133,834
1974	9,295	139,974
1975	9,601	147,311
1976	9,833	154,776
1977	10,036	161,636
1978	10,152	167,744
1979	10,223	173,425
1980	10,276	179,707
1981	10,470	185,917
1982	10,597	191,309
1983	10,736	197,673
1984	10,835	203,125
1985	11,105	208,218
1986	11,295	212,887
1987	11,426	218,522
1988	11,523	221,772
1989	11,608	227,797
1990	11,738	234,155
1991	11,899	237,713
1992	11,915	241,482
1993	11,805	245,742
1994	11,410	249,115
1995	10,764	252,552
1996	10,613	255,418
1997	10,323	261,200
1998	10,187	267,404
1999	9,989	277,944
2000	9,752	283,946
2001	9,510	289,690
2002	9,278	298,842
2003	9,037	308,856
2004	8,825	317,286
2005	8,428	323,908
2006	7,980	331,364
2007	7,559	339,963
2008	7,313	351,661
2009	7,216	362,238
2010	7,746	372,934
2011	7,874	387,290
2012	7,157	402,243
2013	6,780	406,582
2014	6,622	405,019
2015	6,314	407,008
2016	6,238	411,480
2017	5,993	410,366
2018	5,282	405,454
2019	4,773	399,436
2020	3,734	400,910
2021	3,575	403,019
2022	3,864	415,507
2023	3,798	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Senegal
1985	420	899
1986	394	820
1987	366	760
1988	346	709
1989	322	662
1990	298	640
1991	277	616
1992	255	598
1993	233	589
1994	214	579
1995	196	586
1996	167	601
1997	147	599
1998	134	605
1999	122	602
2000	110	581
2001	101	560
2002	92	531
2003	86	520
2004	80	501
2005	75	488
2006	76	462
2007	73	457
2008	68	463
2009	62	441
2010	61	436
2011	55	415
2012	51	405
2013	50	385
2014	48	373
2015	46	357
2016	44	345
2017	43	325
2018	43	305
2019	41	286
2020	56	252
2021	56	263
2022	42	228
2023	40	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	17.2%	29.3%
1961	16.9%	29.4%
1962	16.6%	29.5%
1963	16.2%	29.6%
1964	15.9%	29.7%
1965	15.4%	29.7%
1966	15%	29.7%
1967	14.5%	29.6%
1968	14%	29.4%
1969	13.4%	29.2%
1970	12.8%	28.8%
1971	12.1%	28.4%
1972	11.5%	27.8%
1973	10.8%	27%
1974	10.2%	26.2%
1975	9.6%	25.3%
1976	9.09%	24.2%
1977	8.65%	23.1%
1978	8.27%	22.1%
1979	8%	21.2%
1980	7.82%	20.4%
1981	7.72%	19.7%
1982	7.65%	19.1%
1983	7.59%	18.5%
1984	7.46%	17.9%
1985	7.25%	17.1%
1986	6.95%	16.3%
1987	6.59%	15.4%
1988	6.21%	14.7%
1989	5.88%	14.1%
1990	5.64%	13.7%
1991	5.5%	13.6%
1992	5.46%	13.5%
1993	5.46%	13.6%
1994	5.45%	13.7%
1995	5.37%	13.8%
1996	5.17%	13.8%
1997	4.84%	13.9%
1998	4.44%	13.7%
1999	4%	13.4%
2000	3.6%	12.9%
2001	3.28%	12.2%
2002	3.05%	11.4%
2003	2.9%	10.5%
2004	2.82%	9.59%
2005	2.8%	8.8%
2006	2.8%	8.11%
2007	2.8%	7.52%
2008	2.79%	7.03%
2009	2.75%	6.63%
2010	2.67%	6.3%
2011	2.56%	6.01%
2012	2.42%	5.77%
2013	2.26%	5.57%
2014	2.09%	5.39%
2015	1.91%	5.24%
2016	1.76%	5.11%
2017	1.62%	4.97%
2018	1.51%	4.82%
2019	1.41%	4.65%
2020	1.33%	4.46%
2021	1.27%	4.25%
2022	1.21%	4.04%
2023	1.16%	3.85%