Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.89	6.78
1961	6.92	6.73
1962	6.95	6.67
1963	6.98	6.62
1964	6.99	6.57
1965	6.99	6.52
1966	6.99	6.51
1967	6.98	6.51
1968	6.97	6.46
1969	6.95	6.41
1970	6.94	6.35
1971	6.91	6.29
1972	6.89	6.23
1973	6.86	6.15
1974	6.82	6.06
1975	6.77	5.98
1976	6.71	5.89
1977	6.65	5.81
1978	6.56	5.77
1979	6.47	5.73
1980	6.38	5.69
1981	6.27	5.65
1982	6.17	5.6
1983	6.07	5.55
1984	5.97	5.49
1985	5.92	5.43
1986	5.81	5.38
1987	5.68	5.33
1988	5.55	5.27
1989	5.45	5.21
1990	5.36	5.17
1991	5.26	5.13
1992	5.12	5.09
1993	4.95	5.02
1994	4.72	4.94
1995	4.49	4.85
1996	4.26	4.75
1997	4.05	4.66
1998	3.9	4.6
1999	3.73	4.56
2000	3.55	4.54
2001	3.37	4.5
2002	3.19	4.38
2003	3.03	4.29
2004	2.9	4.21
2005	2.73	4.13
2006	2.56	4.1
2007	2.41	4.12
2008	2.3	4.16
2009	2.25	4.16
2010	2.33	4.13
2011	2.33	4.09
2012	2.15	4.06
2013	2.07	4.04
2014	2.03	4
2015	1.97	3.95
2016	1.97	3.92
2017	1.93	3.88
2018	1.8	3.83
2019	1.7	3.79
2020	1.59	3.74
2021	1.55	3.7
2022	1.53	3.65
2023	1.52	3.6
2024	1.51	3.57
2025	1.5	3.53
2026	1.49	3.5
2027	1.48	3.46
2028	1.47	3.42
2029	1.47	3.39
2030	1.47	3.35
2031	1.47	3.32
2032	1.47	3.28
2033	1.47	3.25
2034	1.47	3.21
2035	1.47	3.18
2036	1.47	3.15
2037	1.47	3.13
2038	1.47	3.1
2039	1.48	3.08
2040	1.48	3.05
2041	1.48	3.03
2042	1.48	3
2043	1.49	2.97
2044	1.49	2.94
2045	1.49	2.92
2046	1.49	2.9
2047	1.49	2.88
2048	1.5	2.85
2049	1.5	2.83
2050	1.5	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Vanuatu
1960	43.6%	44.6%
1961	44.3%	44.8%
1962	45.1%	45.1%
1963	45.6%	45.2%
1964	46%	45.4%
1965	46.2%	45.5%
1966	46.2%	45.7%
1967	46.1%	45.8%
1968	45.9%	45.8%
1969	45.5%	45.8%
1970	45.2%	45.7%
1971	45%	45.7%
1972	45%	45.6%
1973	45%	45.5%
1974	44.9%	45.5%
1975	45.3%	45.4%
1976	45.9%	45.2%
1977	46.5%	45.1%
1978	46.9%	45%
1979	47.3%	44.5%
1980	47.4%	44%
1981	47.3%	43.9%
1982	47%	44%
1983	46.8%	44%
1984	46.6%	44.1%
1985	46.4%	44.2%
1986	46.2%	44.2%
1987	46.1%	44.1%
1988	45.9%	44.1%
1989	45.8%	44%
1990	45.7%	43.9%
1991	45.6%	43.9%
1992	45.5%	44.1%
1993	45.2%	44.8%
1994	44.9%	45.2%
1995	44.6%	45%
1996	44.2%	44.8%
1997	43.7%	44.4%
1998	43.2%	44%
1999	42.5%	43.5%
2000	41.8%	42.9%
2001	40.9%	42.4%
2002	39.9%	41.8%
2003	38.9%	41.3%
2004	37.9%	40.7%
2005	36.9%	40.2%
2006	36%	39.6%
2007	35%	39.2%
2008	34.1%	38.8%
2009	33.1%	38.5%
2010	32.2%	38.2%
2011	31.3%	38.1%
2012	30.4%	38.2%
2013	29.8%	38.2%
2014	29.2%	38.4%
2015	28.8%	38.5%
2016	28.5%	38.7%
2017	28.4%	38.8%
2018	28.4%	38.9%
2019	28.4%	39%
2020	28.4%	39%
2021	28%	39%
2022	27.2%	38.8%
2023	26.4%	38.6%
2024	25.5%	38.3%
2025	24.7%	38%
2026	23.8%	37.6%
2027	23%	37.1%
2028	22.2%	36.7%
2029	21.4%	36.2%
2030	20.6%	35.8%
2031	19.8%	35.3%
2032	19%	34.9%
2033	18.2%	34.5%
2034	17.5%	34.1%
2035	16.9%	33.7%
2036	16.6%	33.4%
2037	16.5%	33.2%
2038	16.4%	32.9%
2039	16.4%	32.7%
2040	16.3%	32.5%
2041	16.2%	32.3%
2042	16.2%	32.2%
2043	16.1%	32%
2044	16.1%	31.8%
2045	16%	31.6%
2046	16%	31.5%
2047	15.9%	31.3%
2048	15.8%	31.1%
2049	15.7%	30.9%
2050	15.6%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	6,098	1,796
1961	6,247	1,872
1962	6,468	1,947
1963	6,589	2,025
1964	6,725	2,098
1965	6,877	2,180
1966	7,039	2,278
1967	7,214	2,384
1968	7,408	2,470
1969	7,625	2,529
1970	7,878	2,597
1971	8,359	2,685
1972	8,716	2,775
1973	9,003	2,876
1974	9,295	2,968
1975	9,601	3,074
1976	9,833	3,174
1977	10,036	3,285
1978	10,152	3,428
1979	10,223	3,590
1980	10,276	3,383
1981	10,470	3,592
1982	10,597	3,778
1983	10,736	3,944
1984	10,835	4,088
1985	11,105	4,219
1986	11,295	4,360
1987	11,426	4,427
1988	11,523	4,577
1989	11,608	4,656
1990	11,738	4,762
1991	11,899	4,859
1992	11,915	4,941
1993	11,805	4,973
1994	11,410	4,973
1995	10,764	4,945
1996	10,613	4,897
1997	10,323	4,854
1998	10,187	4,866
1999	9,989	4,871
2000	9,752	5,026
2001	9,510	5,144
2002	9,278	5,181
2003	9,037	5,258
2004	8,825	5,353
2005	8,428	5,454
2006	7,980	5,606
2007	7,559	5,842
2008	7,313	6,138
2009	7,216	6,362
2010	7,746	6,548
2011	7,874	6,715
2012	7,157	6,877
2013	6,780	7,036
2014	6,622	7,143
2015	6,314	7,220
2016	6,238	7,315
2017	5,993	7,371
2018	5,282	7,379
2019	4,773	7,364
2020	3,734	7,233
2021	3,575	7,199
2022	3,864	7,358
2023	3,798	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Vanuatu
1985	420	211
1986	394	194
1987	366	200
1988	346	172
1989	322	162
1990	298	151
1991	277	140
1992	255	140
1993	233	133
1994	214	131
1995	196	131
1996	167	129
1997	147	131
1998	134	134
1999	122	146
2000	110	133
2001	101	132
2002	92	128
2003	86	131
2004	80	131
2005	75	127
2006	76	123
2007	73	120
2008	68	117
2009	62	114
2010	61	114
2011	55	112
2012	51	109
2013	50	110
2014	48	110
2015	46	109
2016	44	107
2017	43	107
2018	43	108
2019	41	105
2020	56	107
2021	56	124
2022	42	105
2023	40	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	17.2%	15.2%
1961	16.9%	14.7%
1962	16.6%	14.3%
1963	16.2%	13.8%
1964	15.9%	13.4%
1965	15.4%	12.9%
1966	15%	12.4%
1967	14.5%	12%
1968	14%	11.5%
1969	13.4%	11%
1970	12.8%	10.6%
1971	12.1%	10.2%
1972	11.5%	9.73%
1973	10.8%	9.34%
1974	10.2%	8.95%
1975	9.6%	8.58%
1976	9.09%	8.21%
1977	8.65%	7.84%
1978	8.27%	7.45%
1979	8%	7.07%
1980	7.82%	6.67%
1981	7.72%	6.27%
1982	7.65%	5.87%
1983	7.59%	5.48%
1984	7.46%	5.12%
1985	7.25%	4.78%
1986	6.95%	4.47%
1987	6.59%	4.2%
1988	6.21%	3.96%
1989	5.88%	3.76%
1990	5.64%	3.58%
1991	5.5%	3.43%
1992	5.46%	3.29%
1993	5.46%	3.18%
1994	5.45%	3.08%
1995	5.37%	3%
1996	5.17%	2.92%
1997	4.84%	2.86%
1998	4.44%	2.79%
1999	4%	2.74%
2000	3.6%	2.68%
2001	3.28%	2.63%
2002	3.05%	2.58%
2003	2.9%	2.54%
2004	2.82%	2.5%
2005	2.8%	2.45%
2006	2.8%	2.4%
2007	2.8%	2.34%
2008	2.79%	2.27%
2009	2.75%	2.2%
2010	2.67%	2.12%
2011	2.56%	2.05%
2012	2.42%	1.99%
2013	2.26%	1.94%
2014	2.09%	1.9%
2015	1.91%	1.87%
2016	1.76%	1.84%
2017	1.62%	1.82%
2018	1.51%	1.8%
2019	1.41%	1.78%
2020	1.33%	1.77%
2021	1.27%	1.74%
2022	1.21%	1.71%
2023	1.16%	1.68%