Fertility in Cabo Verde, 2026

Cabo Verde
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cabo Verde is projected at 1.49 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (69 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 6,330 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
6,330
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
529,630
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
10-140.40.1%8
15-1936.012.1%844
20-2460.020.1%1,268
25-2968.923.1%1,318
30-3467.922.8%1,520
35-3946.215.5%1,032
40-4416.85.7%314
45-491.70.6%24
50-540.00.0%0