Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Tanzania 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 4.61 in Tanzania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Tanzania 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	Tanzania
1960	6.89	6.54
1961	6.92	6.56
1962	6.95	6.61
1963	6.98	6.65
1964	6.99	6.68
1965	6.99	6.73
1966	6.99	6.8
1967	6.98	6.86
1968	6.97	6.9
1969	6.95	6.95
1970	6.94	7
1971	6.91	7.04
1972	6.89	7.05
1973	6.86	7.06
1974	6.82	7.12
1975	6.77	7.1
1976	6.71	7.09
1977	6.65	7.07
1978	6.56	7.06
1979	6.47	7.04
1980	6.38	6.99
1981	6.27	6.93
1982	6.17	6.87
1983	6.07	6.81
1984	5.97	6.72
1985	5.92	6.6
1986	5.81	6.49
1987	5.68	6.41
1988	5.55	6.38
1989	5.45	6.3
1990	5.36	6.2
1991	5.26	6.14
1992	5.12	6.08
1993	4.95	6
1994	4.72	5.89
1995	4.49	5.82
1996	4.26	5.83
1997	4.05	5.84
1998	3.9	5.81
1999	3.73	5.75
2000	3.55	5.67
2001	3.37	5.62
2002	3.19	5.57
2003	3.03	5.58
2004	2.9	5.6
2005	2.73	5.58
2006	2.56	5.51
2007	2.41	5.4
2008	2.3	5.32
2009	2.25	5.26
2010	2.33	5.23
2011	2.33	5.14
2012	2.15	5.14
2013	2.07	5.16
2014	2.03	5.12
2015	1.97	5.03
2016	1.97	5.01
2017	1.93	4.99
2018	1.8	4.93
2019	1.7	4.87
2020	1.59	4.8
2021	1.55	4.73
2022	1.53	4.67
2023	1.52	4.61
2024	1.51	4.54
2025	1.5	4.47
2026	1.49	4.41
2027	1.48	4.34
2028	1.47	4.28
2029	1.47	4.22
2030	1.47	4.16
2031	1.47	4.11
2032	1.47	4.04
2033	1.47	3.98
2034	1.47	3.94
2035	1.47	3.88
2036	1.47	3.83
2037	1.47	3.76
2038	1.47	3.72
2039	1.48	3.67
2040	1.48	3.63
2041	1.48	3.57
2042	1.48	3.54
2043	1.49	3.49
2044	1.49	3.46
2045	1.49	3.4
2046	1.49	3.39
2047	1.49	3.35
2048	1.5	3.31
2049	1.5	3.25
2050	1.5	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Tanzania
1960	43.6%	44.9%
1961	44.3%	44.8%
1962	45.1%	44.8%
1963	45.6%	44.8%
1964	46%	45%
1965	46.2%	45.2%
1966	46.2%	45.4%
1967	46.1%	45.6%
1968	45.9%	45.8%
1969	45.5%	45.9%
1970	45.2%	46%
1971	45%	46.1%
1972	45%	46.1%
1973	45%	46.2%
1974	44.9%	46.3%
1975	45.3%	46.4%
1976	45.9%	46.5%
1977	46.5%	46.6%
1978	46.9%	46.7%
1979	47.3%	46.9%
1980	47.4%	47.2%
1981	47.3%	47.4%
1982	47%	47.5%
1983	46.8%	47.6%
1984	46.6%	47.5%
1985	46.4%	47.4%
1986	46.2%	47.2%
1987	46.1%	46.9%
1988	45.9%	46.7%
1989	45.8%	46.5%
1990	45.7%	46.3%
1991	45.6%	46.2%
1992	45.5%	46%
1993	45.2%	45.5%
1994	44.9%	44.9%
1995	44.6%	44.5%
1996	44.2%	44.7%
1997	43.7%	44.8%
1998	43.2%	44.7%
1999	42.5%	44.7%
2000	41.8%	44.6%
2001	40.9%	44.5%
2002	39.9%	44.6%
2003	38.9%	44.6%
2004	37.9%	44.7%
2005	36.9%	44.8%
2006	36%	44.9%
2007	35%	45%
2008	34.1%	45.1%
2009	33.1%	45.3%
2010	32.2%	45.3%
2011	31.3%	45.2%
2012	30.4%	45.1%
2013	29.8%	44.9%
2014	29.2%	44.8%
2015	28.8%	44.5%
2016	28.5%	44.2%
2017	28.4%	44%
2018	28.4%	43.8%
2019	28.4%	43.6%
2020	28.4%	43.4%
2021	28%	43.1%
2022	27.2%	42.9%
2023	26.4%	42.7%
2024	25.5%	42.5%
2025	24.7%	42.3%
2026	23.8%	42.1%
2027	23%	41.9%
2028	22.2%	41.7%
2029	21.4%	41.4%
2030	20.6%	41.1%
2031	19.8%	40.9%
2032	19%	40.5%
2033	18.2%	40.2%
2034	17.5%	39.8%
2035	16.9%	39.5%
2036	16.6%	39.1%
2037	16.5%	38.8%
2038	16.4%	38.4%
2039	16.4%	38.1%
2040	16.3%	37.8%
2041	16.2%	37.5%
2042	16.2%	37.1%
2043	16.1%	36.8%
2044	16.1%	36.5%
2045	16%	36.2%
2046	16%	35.9%
2047	15.9%	35.6%
2048	15.8%	35.4%
2049	15.7%	35.1%
2050	15.6%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +3.05% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	6,098	275,814
1961	6,247	286,839
1962	6,468	300,663
1963	6,589	314,644
1964	6,725	328,527
1965	6,877	343,456
1966	7,039	360,229
1967	7,214	374,763
1968	7,408	389,467
1969	7,625	408,322
1970	7,878	427,988
1971	8,359	449,014
1972	8,716	467,305
1973	9,003	488,429
1974	9,295	515,152
1975	9,601	533,906
1976	9,833	553,617
1977	10,036	574,938
1978	10,152	595,024
1979	10,223	613,388
1980	10,276	629,444
1981	10,470	645,496
1982	10,597	662,627
1983	10,736	679,720
1984	10,835	687,435
1985	11,105	697,867
1986	11,295	705,677
1987	11,426	718,580
1988	11,523	736,551
1989	11,608	743,854
1990	11,738	750,825
1991	11,899	762,011
1992	11,915	767,961
1993	11,805	778,044
1994	11,410	803,953
1995	10,764	838,980
1996	10,613	868,524
1997	10,323	882,544
1998	10,187	920,806
1999	9,989	948,659
2000	9,752	985,185
2001	9,510	1,026,242
2002	9,278	1,063,195
2003	9,037	1,118,435
2004	8,825	1,175,379
2005	8,428	1,224,165
2006	7,980	1,257,927
2007	7,559	1,278,285
2008	7,313	1,303,728
2009	7,216	1,332,015
2010	7,746	1,363,477
2011	7,874	1,384,886
2012	7,157	1,439,325
2013	6,780	1,509,008
2014	6,622	1,565,630
2015	6,314	1,592,882
2016	6,238	1,659,502
2017	5,993	1,726,909
2018	5,282	1,777,852
2019	4,773	1,816,669
2020	3,734	1,861,377
2021	3,575	1,880,137
2022	3,864	1,927,960
2023	3,798	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Tanzania

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 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Tanzania
1985	420	980
1986	394	971
1987	366	964
1988	346	949
1989	322	927
1990	298	900
1991	277	873
1992	255	864
1993	233	851
1994	214	816
1995	196	797
1996	167	775
1997	147	777
1998	134	739
1999	122	635
2000	110	568
2001	101	493
2002	92	454
2003	86	397
2004	80	365
2005	75	350
2006	76	366
2007	73	453
2008	68	511
2009	62	502
2010	61	486
2011	55	475
2012	51	448
2013	50	479
2014	48	454
2015	46	433
2016	44	396
2017	43	345
2018	43	319
2019	41	292
2020	56	160
2021	56	162
2022	42	152
2023	40	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.89% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	17.2%	24.2%
1961	16.9%	24%
1962	16.6%	23.8%
1963	16.2%	23.6%
1964	15.9%	23.4%
1965	15.4%	23.1%
1966	15%	22.8%
1967	14.5%	22.5%
1968	14%	22.2%
1969	13.4%	21.9%
1970	12.8%	21.6%
1971	12.1%	21.2%
1972	11.5%	20.9%
1973	10.8%	20.5%
1974	10.2%	20.1%
1975	9.6%	19.6%
1976	9.09%	19.2%
1977	8.65%	18.8%
1978	8.27%	18.4%
1979	8%	18.1%
1980	7.82%	17.9%
1981	7.72%	17.8%
1982	7.65%	17.8%
1983	7.59%	17.8%
1984	7.46%	17.8%
1985	7.25%	17.7%
1986	6.95%	17.6%
1987	6.59%	17.4%
1988	6.21%	17.2%
1989	5.88%	16.9%
1990	5.64%	16.7%
1991	5.5%	16.5%
1992	5.46%	16.3%
1993	5.46%	16.1%
1994	5.45%	15.9%
1995	5.37%	15.6%
1996	5.17%	15.2%
1997	4.84%	14.8%
1998	4.44%	14.2%
1999	4%	13.6%
2000	3.6%	12.8%
2001	3.28%	12.1%
2002	3.05%	11.3%
2003	2.9%	10.5%
2004	2.82%	9.86%
2005	2.8%	9.24%
2006	2.8%	8.69%
2007	2.8%	8.16%
2008	2.79%	7.7%
2009	2.75%	7.24%
2010	2.67%	6.86%
2011	2.56%	6.5%
2012	2.42%	6.21%
2013	2.26%	5.95%
2014	2.09%	5.67%
2015	1.91%	5.48%
2016	1.76%	5.25%
2017	1.62%	5.02%
2018	1.51%	4.8%
2019	1.41%	4.6%
2020	1.33%	4.42%
2021	1.27%	4.22%
2022	1.21%	4.05%
2023	1.16%	3.89%