Fertility in Cabo Verde, 2021

Cabo Verde
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Cabo Verde was 1.55 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (72 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 6,494 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.55
Births
6,494
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
516,649
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
10-140.50.2%10
15-1938.912.5%841
20-2466.621.4%1,311
25-2972.023.2%1,642
30-3467.921.8%1,544
35-3945.914.8%871
40-4417.35.6%255
45-491.80.6%21
50-540.00.0%0