Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Sudan

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs 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 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs 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	Sudan
1960	6.89	6.66
1961	6.92	6.66
1962	6.95	6.7
1963	6.98	6.76
1964	6.99	6.8
1965	6.99	6.84
1966	6.99	6.88
1967	6.98	6.91
1968	6.97	6.95
1969	6.95	6.97
1970	6.94	6.99
1971	6.91	7.02
1972	6.89	6.98
1973	6.86	6.94
1974	6.82	6.91
1975	6.77	6.87
1976	6.71	6.82
1977	6.65	6.78
1978	6.56	6.72
1979	6.47	6.65
1980	6.38	6.59
1981	6.27	6.53
1982	6.17	6.47
1983	6.07	6.41
1984	5.97	6.34
1985	5.92	6.28
1986	5.81	6.23
1987	5.68	6.18
1988	5.55	6.13
1989	5.45	6.11
1990	5.36	6.07
1991	5.26	6.05
1992	5.12	6.02
1993	4.95	5.97
1994	4.72	5.91
1995	4.49	5.86
1996	4.26	5.79
1997	4.05	5.72
1998	3.9	5.65
1999	3.73	5.62
2000	3.55	5.6
2001	3.37	5.56
2002	3.19	5.53
2003	3.03	5.49
2004	2.9	5.46
2005	2.73	5.4
2006	2.56	5.33
2007	2.41	5.27
2008	2.3	5.21
2009	2.25	5.17
2010	2.33	5.14
2011	2.33	5.09
2012	2.15	5.03
2013	2.07	4.97
2014	2.03	4.91
2015	1.97	4.9
2016	1.97	4.83
2017	1.93	4.76
2018	1.8	4.68
2019	1.7	4.62
2020	1.59	4.54
2021	1.55	4.46
2022	1.53	4.38
2023	1.52	4.32
2024	1.51	4.26
2025	1.5	4.19
2026	1.49	4.13
2027	1.48	4.06
2028	1.47	4
2029	1.47	3.95
2030	1.47	3.88
2031	1.47	3.82
2032	1.47	3.77
2033	1.47	3.7
2034	1.47	3.66
2035	1.47	3.6
2036	1.47	3.54
2037	1.47	3.49
2038	1.47	3.45
2039	1.48	3.4
2040	1.48	3.36
2041	1.48	3.32
2042	1.48	3.28
2043	1.49	3.24
2044	1.49	3.2
2045	1.49	3.17
2046	1.49	3.13
2047	1.49	3.1
2048	1.5	3.07
2049	1.5	3.03
2050	1.5	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Sudan
1960	43.6%	46.5%
1961	44.3%	46.6%
1962	45.1%	46.6%
1963	45.6%	46.7%
1964	46%	46.9%
1965	46.2%	47%
1966	46.2%	47.1%
1967	46.1%	47.2%
1968	45.9%	47.3%
1969	45.5%	47.4%
1970	45.2%	47.5%
1971	45%	47.6%
1972	45%	47.7%
1973	45%	47.9%
1974	44.9%	48.1%
1975	45.3%	48%
1976	45.9%	47.8%
1977	46.5%	47.7%
1978	46.9%	47.4%
1979	47.3%	47.1%
1980	47.4%	46.8%
1981	47.3%	46.6%
1982	47%	46.4%
1983	46.8%	46.3%
1984	46.6%	46.2%
1985	46.4%	46.1%
1986	46.2%	46.1%
1987	46.1%	46%
1988	45.9%	46%
1989	45.8%	46.1%
1990	45.7%	46.1%
1991	45.6%	46.2%
1992	45.5%	46.3%
1993	45.2%	46.3%
1994	44.9%	46.3%
1995	44.6%	46.3%
1996	44.2%	46.2%
1997	43.7%	46.2%
1998	43.2%	46.1%
1999	42.5%	45.9%
2000	41.8%	45.8%
2001	40.9%	45.7%
2002	39.9%	45.6%
2003	38.9%	45.6%
2004	37.9%	45.5%
2005	36.9%	45.4%
2006	36%	45.3%
2007	35%	45.1%
2008	34.1%	44.9%
2009	33.1%	44.7%
2010	32.2%	44.6%
2011	31.3%	44.6%
2012	30.4%	44.5%
2013	29.8%	44.4%
2014	29.2%	44%
2015	28.8%	43.6%
2016	28.5%	43.1%
2017	28.4%	42.6%
2018	28.4%	42%
2019	28.4%	41.7%
2020	28.4%	41.4%
2021	28%	41.2%
2022	27.2%	40.9%
2023	26.4%	40.6%
2024	25.5%	40.5%
2025	24.7%	40.2%
2026	23.8%	39.8%
2027	23%	39.5%
2028	22.2%	39.3%
2029	21.4%	39.1%
2030	20.6%	38.9%
2031	19.8%	38.6%
2032	19%	38.3%
2033	18.2%	37.9%
2034	17.5%	37.5%
2035	16.9%	37.1%
2036	16.6%	36.7%
2037	16.5%	36.3%
2038	16.4%	35.9%
2039	16.4%	35.5%
2040	16.3%	35.1%
2041	16.2%	34.7%
2042	16.2%	34.3%
2043	16.1%	33.9%
2044	16.1%	33.6%
2045	16%	33.2%
2046	16%	32.8%
2047	15.9%	32.5%
2048	15.8%	32.2%
2049	15.7%	31.9%
2050	15.6%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.79% in 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	Sudan
1960	6,098	262,235
1961	6,247	272,562
1962	6,468	287,317
1963	6,589	302,132
1964	6,725	315,166
1965	6,877	327,799
1966	7,039	342,118
1967	7,214	356,599
1968	7,408	370,917
1969	7,625	385,712
1970	7,878	401,013
1971	8,359	417,641
1972	8,716	428,340
1973	9,003	439,201
1974	9,295	444,456
1975	9,601	454,813
1976	9,833	470,019
1977	10,036	483,089
1978	10,152	497,987
1979	10,223	524,942
1980	10,276	552,930
1981	10,470	585,087
1982	10,597	606,362
1983	10,736	570,198
1984	10,835	577,405
1985	11,105	583,382
1986	11,295	649,649
1987	11,426	658,416
1988	11,523	672,604
1989	11,608	683,743
1990	11,738	699,953
1991	11,899	714,612
1992	11,915	731,177
1993	11,805	743,249
1994	11,410	764,645
1995	10,764	780,700
1996	10,613	792,926
1997	10,323	802,245
1998	10,187	814,752
1999	9,989	835,840
2000	9,752	858,536
2001	9,510	880,284
2002	9,278	897,965
2003	9,037	898,226
2004	8,825	889,382
2005	8,428	907,017
2006	7,980	963,740
2007	7,559	992,819
2008	7,313	1,001,826
2009	7,216	1,041,810
2010	7,746	1,068,381
2011	7,874	1,070,888
2012	7,157	1,073,062
2013	6,780	1,078,446
2014	6,622	1,097,962
2015	6,314	1,145,259
2016	6,238	1,174,422
2017	5,993	1,208,046
2018	5,282	1,257,387
2019	4,773	1,291,747
2020	3,734	1,295,781
2021	3,575	1,293,817
2022	3,864	1,333,992
2023	3,798	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs 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 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Sudan
1985	420	980
1986	394	938
1987	366	914
1988	346	877
1989	322	881
1990	298	840
1991	277	873
1992	255	863
1993	233	839
1994	214	775
1995	196	730
1996	167	712
1997	147	681
1998	134	669
1999	122	662
2000	110	645
2001	101	616
2002	92	588
2003	86	593
2004	80	536
2005	75	506
2006	76	485
2007	73	445
2008	68	426
2009	62	382
2010	61	370
2011	55	357
2012	51	340
2013	50	327
2014	48	309
2015	46	298
2016	44	288
2017	43	277
2018	43	268
2019	41	262
2020	56	273
2021	56	305
2022	42	263
2023	40	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 5.01% in 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	Sudan
1960	17.2%	17.8%
1961	16.9%	17.5%
1962	16.6%	17.2%
1963	16.2%	17%
1964	15.9%	16.7%
1965	15.4%	16.5%
1966	15%	16.3%
1967	14.5%	16.2%
1968	14%	16%
1969	13.4%	15.9%
1970	12.8%	15.8%
1971	12.1%	15.7%
1972	11.5%	15.6%
1973	10.8%	15.5%
1974	10.2%	15.4%
1975	9.6%	15.3%
1976	9.09%	15.2%
1977	8.65%	15.1%
1978	8.27%	15%
1979	8%	14.9%
1980	7.82%	14.8%
1981	7.72%	14.6%
1982	7.65%	14.5%
1983	7.59%	18.2%
1984	7.46%	18%
1985	7.25%	17.8%
1986	6.95%	14%
1987	6.59%	13.8%
1988	6.21%	13.6%
1989	5.88%	13.4%
1990	5.64%	13.2%
1991	5.5%	13%
1992	5.46%	12.7%
1993	5.46%	12.5%
1994	5.45%	12.2%
1995	5.37%	11.9%
1996	5.17%	11.6%
1997	4.84%	11.3%
1998	4.44%	11%
1999	4%	10.7%
2000	3.6%	10.3%
2001	3.28%	9.99%
2002	3.05%	9.65%
2003	2.9%	9.31%
2004	2.82%	10.3%
2005	2.8%	10%
2006	2.8%	8.4%
2007	2.8%	8.13%
2008	2.79%	7.88%
2009	2.75%	7.64%
2010	2.67%	7.42%
2011	2.56%	7.22%
2012	2.42%	7.02%
2013	2.26%	6.83%
2014	2.09%	6.64%
2015	1.91%	6.45%
2016	1.76%	6.26%
2017	1.62%	6.07%
2018	1.51%	5.89%
2019	1.41%	5.71%
2020	1.33%	5.53%
2021	1.27%	5.36%
2022	1.21%	5.18%
2023	1.16%	5.01%