Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs South Sudan 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	South Sudan
1960	6.89	7.16
1961	6.92	7.18
1962	6.95	7.2
1963	6.98	7.2
1964	6.99	7.22
1965	6.99	7.22
1966	6.99	7.25
1967	6.98	7.26
1968	6.97	7.26
1969	6.95	7.28
1970	6.94	7.29
1971	6.91	7.3
1972	6.89	7.31
1973	6.86	7.31
1974	6.82	7.31
1975	6.77	7.33
1976	6.71	7.33
1977	6.65	7.33
1978	6.56	7.33
1979	6.47	7.32
1980	6.38	7.33
1981	6.27	7.33
1982	6.17	7.34
1983	6.07	7.34
1984	5.97	7.35
1985	5.92	7.36
1986	5.81	7.38
1987	5.68	7.39
1988	5.55	7.38
1989	5.45	7.37
1990	5.36	7.38
1991	5.26	7.38
1992	5.12	7.37
1993	4.95	7.36
1994	4.72	7.35
1995	4.49	7.34
1996	4.26	7.32
1997	4.05	7.2
1998	3.9	7.08
1999	3.73	6.94
2000	3.55	6.8
2001	3.37	6.65
2002	3.19	6.52
2003	3.03	6.35
2004	2.9	6.19
2005	2.73	6.02
2006	2.56	5.85
2007	2.41	5.7
2008	2.3	5.57
2009	2.25	5.45
2010	2.33	5.32
2011	2.33	5.19
2012	2.15	5.06
2013	2.07	4.94
2014	2.03	4.82
2015	1.97	4.7
2016	1.97	4.58
2017	1.93	4.48
2018	1.8	4.37
2019	1.7	4.26
2020	1.59	4.16
2021	1.55	4.05
2022	1.53	3.96
2023	1.52	3.86
2024	1.51	3.79
2025	1.5	3.71
2026	1.49	3.63
2027	1.48	3.56
2028	1.47	3.49
2029	1.47	3.43
2030	1.47	3.37
2031	1.47	3.31
2032	1.47	3.26
2033	1.47	3.2
2034	1.47	3.15
2035	1.47	3.1
2036	1.47	3.06
2037	1.47	3.01
2038	1.47	2.96
2039	1.48	2.92
2040	1.48	2.88
2041	1.48	2.84
2042	1.48	2.8
2043	1.49	2.76
2044	1.49	2.73
2045	1.49	2.69
2046	1.49	2.66
2047	1.49	2.63
2048	1.5	2.6
2049	1.5	2.58
2050	1.5	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	South Sudan
1960	43.6%	42.5%
1961	44.3%	42.6%
1962	45.1%	42.6%
1963	45.6%	42.8%
1964	46%	43%
1965	46.2%	43.3%
1966	46.2%	43.5%
1967	46.1%	43.8%
1968	45.9%	44%
1969	45.5%	44.3%
1970	45.2%	44.5%
1971	45%	44.7%
1972	45%	44.8%
1973	45%	45%
1974	44.9%	45.1%
1975	45.3%	45.2%
1976	45.9%	45.3%
1977	46.5%	45.4%
1978	46.9%	45.5%
1979	47.3%	45.7%
1980	47.4%	45.8%
1981	47.3%	46%
1982	47%	46.2%
1983	46.8%	46.3%
1984	46.6%	46.5%
1985	46.4%	46.6%
1986	46.2%	46.7%
1987	46.1%	46.9%
1988	45.9%	46.2%
1989	45.8%	45.4%
1990	45.7%	45.4%
1991	45.6%	45.5%
1992	45.5%	45.6%
1993	45.2%	45.7%
1994	44.9%	45.8%
1995	44.6%	45.8%
1996	44.2%	46%
1997	43.7%	46%
1998	43.2%	45.8%
1999	42.5%	45.6%
2000	41.8%	45.5%
2001	40.9%	45.5%
2002	39.9%	45.7%
2003	38.9%	45.9%
2004	37.9%	45.8%
2005	36.9%	45.3%
2006	36%	44.8%
2007	35%	44.3%
2008	34.1%	43.8%
2009	33.1%	43.4%
2010	32.2%	42.8%
2011	31.3%	42.2%
2012	30.4%	41.9%
2013	29.8%	41.9%
2014	29.2%	42.5%
2015	28.8%	43.1%
2016	28.5%	43.7%
2017	28.4%	45%
2018	28.4%	44.9%
2019	28.4%	43.6%
2020	28.4%	42.4%
2021	28%	41.6%
2022	27.2%	40.9%
2023	26.4%	39.9%
2024	25.5%	38.9%
2025	24.7%	38%
2026	23.8%	37.1%
2027	23%	36.2%
2028	22.2%	35.5%
2029	21.4%	35%
2030	20.6%	34.7%
2031	19.8%	34.5%
2032	19%	34.4%
2033	18.2%	34.3%
2034	17.5%	34.3%
2035	16.9%	34.2%
2036	16.6%	34.1%
2037	16.5%	34%
2038	16.4%	33.8%
2039	16.4%	33.7%
2040	16.3%	33.4%
2041	16.2%	33.2%
2042	16.2%	32.9%
2043	16.1%	32.5%
2044	16.1%	32.2%
2045	16%	31.8%
2046	16%	31.4%
2047	15.9%	31%
2048	15.8%	30.5%
2049	15.7%	30.1%
2050	15.6%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	6,098	42,945
1961	6,247	45,186
1962	6,468	47,406
1963	6,589	46,333
1964	6,725	64,786
1965	6,877	51,682
1966	7,039	38,523
1967	7,214	41,357
1968	7,408	44,213
1969	7,625	42,015
1970	7,878	44,776
1971	8,359	72,308
1972	8,716	74,803
1973	9,003	94,765
1974	9,295	97,181
1975	9,601	99,882
1976	9,833	102,346
1977	10,036	104,886
1978	10,152	107,352
1979	10,223	109,540
1980	10,276	112,307
1981	10,470	115,163
1982	10,597	118,641
1983	10,736	104,107
1984	10,835	90,970
1985	11,105	95,342
1986	11,295	99,502
1987	11,426	5,756
1988	11,523	-125,447
1989	11,608	83,735
1990	11,738	82,900
1991	11,899	87,873
1992	11,915	28,874
1993	11,805	32,779
1994	11,410	165,407
1995	10,764	110,417
1996	10,613	116,728
1997	10,323	121,454
1998	10,187	-12,157
1999	9,989	180,721
2000	9,752	196,055
2001	9,510	204,108
2002	9,278	212,014
2003	9,037	225,822
2004	8,825	231,877
2005	8,428	239,272
2006	7,980	246,706
2007	7,559	256,546
2008	7,313	268,268
2009	7,216	278,859
2010	7,746	287,409
2011	7,874	303,181
2012	7,157	312,974
2013	6,780	315,983
2014	6,622	227,611
2015	6,314	148,542
2016	6,238	110,553
2017	5,993	72,193
2018	5,282	168,497
2019	4,773	209,708
2020	3,734	212,332
2021	3,575	213,567
2022	3,864	211,166
2023	3,798	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	South Sudan
1985	420	3,845
1986	394	3,720
1987	366	8,045
1988	346	5,535
1989	322	5,103
1990	298	4,877
1991	277	4,764
1992	255	7,597
1993	233	7,537
1994	214	1,666
1995	196	4,430
1996	167	4,357
1997	147	4,172
1998	134	7,514
1999	122	2,048
2000	110	1,658
2001	101	1,580
2002	92	1,521
2003	86	1,199
2004	80	1,150
2005	75	1,074
2006	76	1,005
2007	73	933
2008	68	858
2009	62	823
2010	61	776
2011	55	770
2012	51	755
2013	50	771
2014	48	1,216
2015	46	1,436
2016	44	1,629
2017	43	1,662
2018	43	913
2019	41	745
2020	56	729
2021	56	749
2022	42	704
2023	40	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	17.2%	35.5%
1961	16.9%	35.2%
1962	16.6%	34.9%
1963	16.2%	34.6%
1964	15.9%	34.3%
1965	15.4%	34%
1966	15%	33.6%
1967	14.5%	33.3%
1968	14%	32.9%
1969	13.4%	32.6%
1970	12.8%	32.3%
1971	12.1%	31.9%
1972	11.5%	31.6%
1973	10.8%	31.3%
1974	10.2%	30.9%
1975	9.6%	30.6%
1976	9.09%	30.2%
1977	8.65%	29.9%
1978	8.27%	29.5%
1979	8%	29.2%
1980	7.82%	28.9%
1981	7.72%	28.5%
1982	7.65%	28.2%
1983	7.59%	27.8%
1984	7.46%	27.5%
1985	7.25%	27.1%
1986	6.95%	26.7%
1987	6.59%	36%
1988	6.21%	76.7%
1989	5.88%	30.7%
1990	5.64%	30.3%
1991	5.5%	29.7%
1992	5.46%	33.8%
1993	5.46%	33.1%
1994	5.45%	23%
1995	5.37%	27%
1996	5.17%	26.1%
1997	4.84%	25.2%
1998	4.44%	42.6%
1999	4%	19.2%
2000	3.6%	18.3%
2001	3.28%	17.4%
2002	3.05%	16.5%
2003	2.9%	15.7%
2004	2.82%	14.8%
2005	2.8%	14.1%
2006	2.8%	13.4%
2007	2.8%	12.7%
2008	2.79%	12.1%
2009	2.75%	11.5%
2010	2.67%	10.9%
2011	2.56%	10.5%
2012	2.42%	10.1%
2013	2.26%	9.92%
2014	2.09%	18.2%
2015	1.91%	23.7%
2016	1.76%	26.4%
2017	1.62%	27.8%
2018	1.51%	13.2%
2019	1.41%	9.87%
2020	1.33%	9.87%
2021	1.27%	9.87%
2022	1.21%	9.87%
2023	1.16%	9.87%