Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Uganda

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	6.89	6.91
1961	6.92	6.93
1962	6.95	6.96
1963	6.98	6.98
1964	6.99	7.01
1965	6.99	7.04
1966	6.99	7.07
1967	6.98	7.1
1968	6.97	7.13
1969	6.95	7.12
1970	6.94	7.15
1971	6.91	7.18
1972	6.89	7.19
1973	6.86	7.19
1974	6.82	7.19
1975	6.77	7.2
1976	6.71	7.19
1977	6.65	7.18
1978	6.56	7.16
1979	6.47	7.14
1980	6.38	7.11
1981	6.27	7.12
1982	6.17	7.11
1983	6.07	7.07
1984	5.97	7.02
1985	5.92	7.04
1986	5.81	7.08
1987	5.68	7.12
1988	5.55	7.1
1989	5.45	7.05
1990	5.36	7.01
1991	5.26	6.94
1992	5.12	6.91
1993	4.95	6.89
1994	4.72	6.9
1995	4.49	6.87
1996	4.26	6.84
1997	4.05	6.86
1998	3.9	6.84
1999	3.73	6.83
2000	3.55	6.79
2001	3.37	6.76
2002	3.19	6.74
2003	3.03	6.67
2004	2.9	6.61
2005	2.73	6.53
2006	2.56	6.43
2007	2.41	6.33
2008	2.3	6.2
2009	2.25	6.12
2010	2.33	6.02
2011	2.33	5.89
2012	2.15	5.73
2013	2.07	5.56
2014	2.03	5.41
2015	1.97	5.25
2016	1.97	5.11
2017	1.93	4.99
2018	1.8	4.87
2019	1.7	4.74
2020	1.59	4.62
2021	1.55	4.51
2022	1.53	4.39
2023	1.52	4.28
2024	1.51	4.16
2025	1.5	4.06
2026	1.49	3.97
2027	1.48	3.87
2028	1.47	3.79
2029	1.47	3.69
2030	1.47	3.61
2031	1.47	3.53
2032	1.47	3.45
2033	1.47	3.38
2034	1.47	3.31
2035	1.47	3.25
2036	1.47	3.19
2037	1.47	3.14
2038	1.47	3.09
2039	1.48	3.04
2040	1.48	2.99
2041	1.48	2.94
2042	1.48	2.9
2043	1.49	2.86
2044	1.49	2.82
2045	1.49	2.78
2046	1.49	2.74
2047	1.49	2.71
2048	1.5	2.67
2049	1.5	2.64
2050	1.5	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Uganda
1960	43.6%	46.3%
1961	44.3%	46.6%
1962	45.1%	46.8%
1963	45.6%	46.9%
1964	46%	46.8%
1965	46.2%	46.7%
1966	46.2%	46.6%
1967	46.1%	46.6%
1968	45.9%	46.5%
1969	45.5%	46.5%
1970	45.2%	46.5%
1971	45%	46.7%
1972	45%	46.9%
1973	45%	47.1%
1974	44.9%	47.3%
1975	45.3%	47.4%
1976	45.9%	47.5%
1977	46.5%	47.5%
1978	46.9%	47.6%
1979	47.3%	47.7%
1980	47.4%	47.9%
1981	47.3%	48%
1982	47%	48%
1983	46.8%	48.1%
1984	46.6%	48%
1985	46.4%	48%
1986	46.2%	48%
1987	46.1%	48%
1988	45.9%	48.1%
1989	45.8%	48.1%
1990	45.7%	48.2%
1991	45.6%	48.3%
1992	45.5%	48.4%
1993	45.2%	48.5%
1994	44.9%	48.6%
1995	44.6%	49.1%
1996	44.2%	49.4%
1997	43.7%	49.7%
1998	43.2%	49.9%
1999	42.5%	50%
2000	41.8%	50.1%
2001	40.9%	50.1%
2002	39.9%	50.1%
2003	38.9%	50.1%
2004	37.9%	50.1%
2005	36.9%	50.1%
2006	36%	50%
2007	35%	50%
2008	34.1%	49.8%
2009	33.1%	49.7%
2010	32.2%	49.5%
2011	31.3%	49.3%
2012	30.4%	49.1%
2013	29.8%	48.8%
2014	29.2%	48.5%
2015	28.8%	48.1%
2016	28.5%	47.5%
2017	28.4%	46.9%
2018	28.4%	46.3%
2019	28.4%	45.8%
2020	28.4%	45.2%
2021	28%	44.7%
2022	27.2%	44.3%
2023	26.4%	43.9%
2024	25.5%	43.5%
2025	24.7%	43.1%
2026	23.8%	42.7%
2027	23%	42.2%
2028	22.2%	41.8%
2029	21.4%	41.3%
2030	20.6%	40.9%
2031	19.8%	40.5%
2032	19%	40%
2033	18.2%	39.5%
2034	17.5%	39%
2035	16.9%	38.4%
2036	16.6%	37.8%
2037	16.5%	37.3%
2038	16.4%	36.7%
2039	16.4%	36.1%
2040	16.3%	35.6%
2041	16.2%	35.1%
2042	16.2%	34.6%
2043	16.1%	34.1%
2044	16.1%	33.6%
2045	16%	33.1%
2046	16%	32.7%
2047	15.9%	32.3%
2048	15.8%	31.8%
2049	15.7%	31.5%
2050	15.6%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	6,098	225,080
1961	6,247	232,894
1962	6,468	241,513
1963	6,589	250,885
1964	6,725	260,733
1965	6,877	271,830
1966	7,039	282,225
1967	7,214	296,692
1968	7,408	309,725
1969	7,625	320,486
1970	7,878	333,202
1971	8,359	328,294
1972	8,716	335,935
1973	9,003	340,780
1974	9,295	345,773
1975	9,601	354,278
1976	9,833	359,458
1977	10,036	365,216
1978	10,152	371,930
1979	10,223	381,626
1980	10,276	370,287
1981	10,470	380,028
1982	10,597	390,820
1983	10,736	404,940
1984	10,835	421,241
1985	11,105	462,534
1986	11,295	487,693
1987	11,426	527,397
1988	11,523	547,759
1989	11,608	565,367
1990	11,738	587,291
1991	11,899	602,740
1992	11,915	627,139
1993	11,805	650,032
1994	11,410	675,092
1995	10,764	697,218
1996	10,613	699,707
1997	10,323	727,523
1998	10,187	741,175
1999	9,989	775,166
2000	9,752	803,069
2001	9,510	836,751
2002	9,278	868,756
2003	9,037	901,374
2004	8,825	938,623
2005	8,428	969,096
2006	7,980	999,958
2007	7,559	1,029,893
2008	7,313	1,055,935
2009	7,216	1,090,600
2010	7,746	1,121,564
2011	7,874	1,147,263
2012	7,157	1,167,473
2013	6,780	1,184,250
2014	6,622	1,201,599
2015	6,314	1,224,839
2016	6,238	1,249,565
2017	5,993	1,290,658
2018	5,282	1,332,600
2019	4,773	1,367,044
2020	3,734	1,397,288
2021	3,575	1,423,377
2022	3,864	1,455,576
2023	3,798	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Uganda
1985	420	842
1986	394	781
1987	366	709
1988	346	655
1989	322	609
1990	298	575
1991	277	549
1992	255	530
1993	233	515
1994	214	507
1995	196	514
1996	167	513
1997	147	522
1998	134	523
1999	122	504
2000	110	475
2001	101	440
2002	92	416
2003	86	395
2004	80	384
2005	75	417
2006	76	409
2007	73	345
2008	68	324
2009	62	322
2010	61	304
2011	55	295
2012	51	285
2013	50	308
2014	48	311
2015	46	299
2016	44	272
2017	43	246
2018	43	232
2019	41	219
2020	56	209
2021	56	216
2022	42	184
2023	40	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	17.2%	22.3%
1961	16.9%	21.9%
1962	16.6%	21.6%
1963	16.2%	21.3%
1964	15.9%	20.9%
1965	15.4%	20.6%
1966	15%	20.3%
1967	14.5%	19.9%
1968	14%	19.7%
1969	13.4%	19.4%
1970	12.8%	19.3%
1971	12.1%	19.3%
1972	11.5%	19.4%
1973	10.8%	19.6%
1974	10.2%	19.9%
1975	9.6%	20.3%
1976	9.09%	20.7%
1977	8.65%	21.2%
1978	8.27%	21.6%
1979	8%	21.8%
1980	7.82%	22%
1981	7.72%	21.9%
1982	7.65%	21.4%
1983	7.59%	20.9%
1984	7.46%	20.3%
1985	7.25%	19.9%
1986	6.95%	19.5%
1987	6.59%	19.2%
1988	6.21%	18.9%
1989	5.88%	18.7%
1990	5.64%	18.3%
1991	5.5%	17.9%
1992	5.46%	17.4%
1993	5.46%	17%
1994	5.45%	16.7%
1995	5.37%	16.5%
1996	5.17%	16.2%
1997	4.84%	16%
1998	4.44%	15.6%
1999	4%	15.2%
2000	3.6%	14.6%
2001	3.28%	13.9%
2002	3.05%	13.1%
2003	2.9%	12.3%
2004	2.82%	11.5%
2005	2.8%	10.7%
2006	2.8%	9.97%
2007	2.8%	9.3%
2008	2.79%	8.69%
2009	2.75%	8.14%
2010	2.67%	7.61%
2011	2.56%	7.1%
2012	2.42%	6.67%
2013	2.26%	6.24%
2014	2.09%	5.91%
2015	1.91%	5.58%
2016	1.76%	5.25%
2017	1.62%	4.98%
2018	1.51%	4.74%
2019	1.41%	4.53%
2020	1.33%	4.35%
2021	1.27%	4.18%
2022	1.21%	4.05%
2023	1.16%	3.88%