Fertility in Cabo Verde, 2005

Cabo Verde
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cabo Verde was 2.73 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 11,059 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.73
Births
11,059
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
485,116
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.60.3%51
15-1987.216.0%2,526
20-24138.625.4%3,313
25-29122.222.4%2,324
30-3496.217.6%1,502
35-3964.011.7%902
40-4431.75.8%399
45-494.10.7%42
50-540.10.0%0