Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cabo Verde, 2012

Cabo Verde
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cabo Verde was 2.15 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 9,782 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
9,782
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
511,955
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
10-140.90.2%24
15-1965.715.2%1,911
20-24107.024.7%2,957
25-2998.322.7%2,289
30-3482.819.1%1,510
35-3954.212.5%781
40-4421.55.0%283
45-492.30.5%30
50-540.00.0%0