Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Yemen

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.89	7.99
1961	6.92	8
1962	6.95	8.01
1963	6.98	8.03
1964	6.99	8.07
1965	6.99	8.1
1966	6.99	8.14
1967	6.98	8.17
1968	6.97	8.19
1969	6.95	8.22
1970	6.94	8.23
1971	6.91	8.26
1972	6.89	8.27
1973	6.86	8.29
1974	6.82	8.33
1975	6.77	8.37
1976	6.71	8.42
1977	6.65	8.47
1978	6.56	8.5
1979	6.47	8.67
1980	6.38	8.71
1981	6.27	8.75
1982	6.17	8.79
1983	6.07	8.83
1984	5.97	8.85
1985	5.92	8.86
1986	5.81	8.86
1987	5.68	8.83
1988	5.55	8.79
1989	5.45	8.71
1990	5.36	8.61
1991	5.26	8.46
1992	5.12	8.27
1993	4.95	8.05
1994	4.72	7.8
1995	4.49	7.53
1996	4.26	7
1997	4.05	6.82
1998	3.9	6.64
1999	3.73	6.49
2000	3.55	6.32
2001	3.37	6.14
2002	3.19	5.97
2003	3.03	5.84
2004	2.9	5.71
2005	2.73	5.56
2006	2.56	5.41
2007	2.41	5.26
2008	2.3	5.11
2009	2.25	5
2010	2.33	4.81
2011	2.33	4.63
2012	2.15	4.63
2013	2.07	4.62
2014	2.03	4.62
2015	1.97	4.62
2016	1.97	4.61
2017	1.93	4.61
2018	1.8	4.61
2019	1.7	4.6
2020	1.59	4.6
2021	1.55	4.6
2022	1.53	4.59
2023	1.52	4.59
2024	1.51	4.5
2025	1.5	4.41
2026	1.49	4.33
2027	1.48	4.23
2028	1.47	4.14
2029	1.47	4.06
2030	1.47	3.97
2031	1.47	3.87
2032	1.47	3.8
2033	1.47	3.73
2034	1.47	3.66
2035	1.47	3.59
2036	1.47	3.51
2037	1.47	3.44
2038	1.47	3.38
2039	1.48	3.32
2040	1.48	3.26
2041	1.48	3.21
2042	1.48	3.16
2043	1.49	3.12
2044	1.49	3.07
2045	1.49	3.02
2046	1.49	2.97
2047	1.49	2.93
2048	1.5	2.89
2049	1.5	2.85
2050	1.5	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Yemen
1960	43.6%	40.3%
1961	44.3%	40.4%
1962	45.1%	40.4%
1963	45.6%	40.6%
1964	46%	40.9%
1965	46.2%	41.3%
1966	46.2%	41.8%
1967	46.1%	42.3%
1968	45.9%	42.8%
1969	45.5%	43.3%
1970	45.2%	43.8%
1971	45%	44.3%
1972	45%	44.8%
1973	45%	45.3%
1974	44.9%	45.7%
1975	45.3%	46.2%
1976	45.9%	46.6%
1977	46.5%	47%
1978	46.9%	47.5%
1979	47.3%	47.9%
1980	47.4%	48.3%
1981	47.3%	48.7%
1982	47%	49.1%
1983	46.8%	49.4%
1984	46.6%	49.7%
1985	46.4%	50%
1986	46.2%	50.3%
1987	46.1%	50.5%
1988	45.9%	50.7%
1989	45.8%	50.9%
1990	45.7%	51.1%
1991	45.6%	51.2%
1992	45.5%	51.2%
1993	45.2%	51.2%
1994	44.9%	51.1%
1995	44.6%	50.9%
1996	44.2%	50.6%
1997	43.7%	50.3%
1998	43.2%	49.9%
1999	42.5%	49.5%
2000	41.8%	49%
2001	40.9%	48.6%
2002	39.9%	48.1%
2003	38.9%	47.6%
2004	37.9%	47.1%
2005	36.9%	46.5%
2006	36%	45.9%
2007	35%	45.3%
2008	34.1%	44.7%
2009	33.1%	44.1%
2010	32.2%	43.5%
2011	31.3%	43%
2012	30.4%	42.7%
2013	29.8%	42.3%
2014	29.2%	42.1%
2015	28.8%	41.8%
2016	28.5%	41.7%
2017	28.4%	41.6%
2018	28.4%	41.5%
2019	28.4%	41.4%
2020	28.4%	41.4%
2021	28%	41.4%
2022	27.2%	41.3%
2023	26.4%	41.2%
2024	25.5%	41.1%
2025	24.7%	41%
2026	23.8%	40.9%
2027	23%	40.8%
2028	22.2%	40.6%
2029	21.4%	40.3%
2030	20.6%	40%
2031	19.8%	39.6%
2032	19%	39.2%
2033	18.2%	38.7%
2034	17.5%	38.2%
2035	16.9%	37.7%
2036	16.6%	37.1%
2037	16.5%	36.5%
2038	16.4%	36%
2039	16.4%	35.4%
2040	16.3%	34.8%
2041	16.2%	34.3%
2042	16.2%	33.8%
2043	16.1%	33.4%
2044	16.1%	33%
2045	16%	32.6%
2046	16%	32.3%
2047	15.9%	32%
2048	15.8%	31.7%
2049	15.7%	31.4%
2050	15.6%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	6,098	122,994
1961	6,247	129,787
1962	6,468	131,262
1963	6,589	133,781
1964	6,725	147,299
1965	6,877	155,398
1966	7,039	164,091
1967	7,214	173,637
1968	7,408	182,518
1969	7,625	196,305
1970	7,878	207,613
1971	8,359	219,095
1972	8,716	229,322
1973	9,003	240,235
1974	9,295	252,737
1975	9,601	266,815
1976	9,833	281,078
1977	10,036	296,115
1978	10,152	312,439
1979	10,223	336,378
1980	10,276	355,767
1981	10,470	374,482
1982	10,597	392,302
1983	10,736	414,823
1984	10,835	434,674
1985	11,105	455,576
1986	11,295	464,665
1987	11,426	493,337
1988	11,523	513,296
1989	11,608	530,464
1990	11,738	549,654
1991	11,899	565,837
1992	11,915	582,072
1993	11,805	595,459
1994	11,410	602,363
1995	10,764	607,966
1996	10,613	588,786
1997	10,323	604,443
1998	10,187	615,488
1999	9,989	633,166
2000	9,752	646,694
2001	9,510	658,704
2002	9,278	672,494
2003	9,037	694,457
2004	8,825	710,493
2005	8,428	726,708
2006	7,980	750,082
2007	7,559	764,780
2008	7,313	779,123
2009	7,216	798,911
2010	7,746	803,246
2011	7,874	806,359
2012	7,157	845,645
2013	6,780	884,929
2014	6,622	920,330
2015	6,314	939,922
2016	6,238	975,697
2017	5,993	1,006,725
2018	5,282	1,020,238
2019	4,773	1,056,432
2020	3,734	1,086,322
2021	3,575	1,103,622
2022	3,864	1,153,375
2023	3,798	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Yemen
1985	420	430
1986	394	430
1987	366	400
1988	346	388
1989	322	371
1990	298	359
1991	277	341
1992	255	330
1993	233	319
1994	214	311
1995	196	296
1996	167	282
1997	147	271
1998	134	260
1999	122	250
2000	110	241
2001	101	231
2002	92	218
2003	86	205
2004	80	194
2005	75	181
2006	76	171
2007	73	161
2008	68	153
2009	62	149
2010	61	144
2011	55	140
2012	51	137
2013	50	135
2014	48	134
2015	46	135
2016	44	134
2017	43	142
2018	43	134
2019	41	131
2020	56	135
2021	56	156
2022	42	125
2023	40	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	17.2%	42.9%
1961	16.9%	42.2%
1962	16.6%	41.5%
1963	16.2%	40.8%
1964	15.9%	40%
1965	15.4%	39%
1966	15%	38%
1967	14.5%	36.8%
1968	14%	35.6%
1969	13.4%	34.3%
1970	12.8%	33%
1971	12.1%	31.8%
1972	11.5%	30.6%
1973	10.8%	29.5%
1974	10.2%	28.4%
1975	9.6%	27.2%
1976	9.09%	26%
1977	8.65%	24.7%
1978	8.27%	23.4%
1979	8%	22.1%
1980	7.82%	20.8%
1981	7.72%	19.6%
1982	7.65%	18.4%
1983	7.59%	17.2%
1984	7.46%	16.2%
1985	7.25%	15.3%
1986	6.95%	14.6%
1987	6.59%	14%
1988	6.21%	13.4%
1989	5.88%	12.9%
1990	5.64%	12.5%
1991	5.5%	12.1%
1992	5.46%	11.8%
1993	5.46%	11.6%
1994	5.45%	11.3%
1995	5.37%	11.1%
1996	5.17%	10.8%
1997	4.84%	10.5%
1998	4.44%	10.2%
1999	4%	9.77%
2000	3.6%	9.32%
2001	3.28%	8.84%
2002	3.05%	8.36%
2003	2.9%	7.9%
2004	2.82%	7.47%
2005	2.8%	7.06%
2006	2.8%	6.68%
2007	2.8%	6.33%
2008	2.79%	6.02%
2009	2.75%	5.74%
2010	2.67%	5.49%
2011	2.56%	5.3%
2012	2.42%	5.14%
2013	2.26%	4.95%
2014	2.09%	4.84%
2015	1.91%	4.9%
2016	1.76%	4.77%
2017	1.62%	4.66%
2018	1.51%	4.7%
2019	1.41%	4.59%
2020	1.33%	4.32%
2021	1.27%	4.24%
2022	1.21%	4.08%
2023	1.16%	3.93%