Editing Demographics of Cape Verde (section)

==Vital statistics==
Vital events of Cape Verde are not (yet) available for recent years. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.<ref name="WPP 2010"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70pt"|Period
! width="70pt"|Live births per year
! width="70pt"|Deaths per year
! width="70pt"|Natural change per year
! width="70pt"|CBR*
! width="70pt"|CDR*
! width="70pt"|NC*
! width="70pt"|TFR*
! width="70pt"|IMR*
|-
| 1950–1955 || 9 000|| 4 000|| 5 000||49.0||22.6||26.3||6.57||139
|-
| 1955–1960 || 10 000|| 4 000|| 5 000||48.0||21.1||26.9||6.76||132
|-
| 1960–1965 || 10 000|| 4 000|| 6 000||45.0||18.7||26.3||6.97||125
|-
| 1965–1970 || 11 000|| 4 000|| 6 000||41.4||16.4||25.0||6.97||117
|-
| 1970–1975 || 12 000|| 4 000|| 8 000||41.1||13.4||27.7||6.86||96
|-
| 1975–1980 || 13 000|| 4 000|| 9 000||41.6||11.6||30.0||6.62||78
|-
| 1980–1985 || 13 000|| 3 000|| 10 000||41.3||10.3||31.0||6.10||65
|-
| 1985–1990 || 14 000|| 3 000|| 11 000||40.9||9.2||31.7||5.63||54
|-
| 1990–1995 || 14 000|| 3 000|| 11 000||36.5||7.9||28.6||4.93||44
|-
| 1995–2000 || 13 000|| 3 000|| 10 000||31.6||6.7||24.9||4.15||37
|-
| 2000–2005 || 12 000|| 3 000|| 9 000||26.2||5.8||20.5||3.28||28
|-
| 2005–2010 || 11 000|| 3 000|| 8 000||21.9||5.2||16.7||2.60||21
|-
|align="left" colspan="9" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}

===Registered births and deaths===
<ref name="unstats.un.org">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.minsaude.gov.cv/index.php/documentosite/-1| title = Relatório Estatístico| date = 31 May 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 1948
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,756
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1949
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,904
| align="right" | 3,641
| align="right" | 263
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1950
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 5,322
| align="right" | 2,562
| align="right" | 2,760
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1951
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,367
| align="right" | 2,377
| align="right" | 4,990
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1952
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,647
| align="right" | 2,455
| align="right" | 5,192
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1953
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,597
| align="right" | 2,866
| align="right" | 4,731
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1954
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,697
| align="right" | 3,305
| align="right" | 5,392
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1955
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,547
| align="right" | 2,220
| align="right" | 6,327
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1956
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,377
| align="right" | 2,200
| align="right" | 6,177
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1957
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,237
| align="right" | 2,790
| align="right" | 5,447
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1958
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,026
| align="right" | 2,552
| align="right" | 6,474
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1959
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,609
| align="right" | 2,382
| align="right" | 7,227
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1960
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,954
| align="right" | 3,127
| align="right" | 5,827
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1961
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,319
| align="right" | 2,543
| align="right" | 5,776
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1962
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,952
| align="right" | 2,452
| align="right" | 6,500
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1963
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,671
| align="right" | 2,996
| align="right" | 6,675
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1964
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,783
| align="right" | 2,315
| align="right" | 7,468
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1965
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,638
| align="right" | 2,377
| align="right" | 7,261
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1966
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,621
| align="right" | 2,167
| align="right" | 7,454
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1967
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,190
| align="right" | 2,593
| align="right" | 7,597
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1968
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,131
| align="right" | 2,397
| align="right" | 7,734
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1969
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,671
| align="right" | 3,452
| align="right" | 6,219
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1970
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,379
| align="right" | 2,883
| align="right" | 6,496
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1971
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,493
| align="right" | 4,147
| align="right" | 5,346
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1972
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,966
| align="right" | 2,779
| align="right" | 6,187
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1973
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,418
| align="right" | 3,513
| align="right" | 4,905
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1974
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,492
| align="right" | 2,576
| align="right" | 5,916
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1975
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,210
| align="right" | 2,796
| align="right" | 5,414
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1976
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,863
| align="right" | 2,869
| align="right" | 6,994
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1977
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,965
| align="right" | 2,564
| align="right" | 7,401
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1978
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,060
| align="right" | 3,207
| align="right" | 6,853
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1979
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,289
| align="right" | 2,469
| align="right" | 5,820
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1980
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,650
| align="right" | 2,080
| align="right" | 7,570
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1981
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,580
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1982
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,066
| align="right" | 2,169
| align="right" | 8,897
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1983
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,438
| align="right" | 2,649
| align="right" | 8,789
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1984
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,696
| align="right" | 2,863
| align="right" | 8,833
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1985
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,282
| align="right" | 2,735
| align="right" | 8,547
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1986
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,636
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1987
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,771
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1988
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,443
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1989
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1990
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,669
| align="right" | 2,505
| align="right" | 7,164
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1991
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 12,289
| align="right" | 2,616
| align="right" | 9,673
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1992
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9,671
| align="right" | 2,843
| align="right" | 6,828
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1993
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,821
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1994
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1995
| align="right" | 386,813
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,520
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1996
| align="right" | 393,478
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,715
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1997
| align="right" | 406,267
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,047
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7.5
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1998
| align="right" | 413,382
| align="right" | 15,460
| align="right" | 2,811
| align="right" | 12,649
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 1999
| align="right" | 426,061
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,812
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2000
| align="right" | 436,821
| align="right" | 12,746
| align="right" | 2,433
| align="right" | 10,313
| align="right" | 29.2
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 23.6
| align="right" | 4.00
|-
| align="right" | 2001
| align="right" | 445,035
| align="right" | 12,550
| align="right" | 2,396
| align="right" | 10,154
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 22.8
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2002
| align="right" | 452,198
| align="right" | 12,345
| align="right" | 2,395
| align="right" | 9,950
| align="right" | 27.3
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 22.0
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2003
| align="right" | 460,837
| align="right" | 12,120
| align="right" | 2,600
| align="right" | 9,520
| align="right" | 26.3
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 20.7
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2004
| align="right" | 468,854
| align="right" | 11,862
| align="right" | 2,522
| align="right" | 9,340
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 19.9
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2005
| align="right" | 478,163
| align="right" | 11,554
| align="right" | 2,423
| align="right" | 9,131
| align="right" | 24.3
| align="right" | 5.1
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2006
| align="right" | 487,121
| align="right" | 9,765
| align="right" | 2,612
| align="right" | 7,153
| align="right" | 20.7
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 15.3
| align="right" | 2.443
|-
| align="right" | 2007
| align="right" | 491,419
| align="right" | 10,421
| align="right" | 2,484
| align="right" | 7,937
| align="right" | 21.8
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 2.575
|-
| align="right" | 2008
| align="right" | 499,796
| align="right" | 10,165
| align="right" | 2,683
| align="right" | 7,482
| align="right" | 21.0
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 15.5
| align="right" | 2.429
|-
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" | 485,677
| align="right" | 9,962
| align="right" | 2,583
| align="right" | 7,379
| align="right" | 20.4
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 2.334
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 477,859
| align="right" | 10,568
| align="right" | 2,352
| align="right" | 8,216
| align="right" | 22.1
| align="right" | 4.9
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 2.535
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 480,577
| align="right" | 10,777
| align="right" | 2,488
| align="right" | 8,289
| align="right" | 22.4
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 2.589
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 483,285
| align="right" | 10,050
| align="right" | 2,610
| align="right" | 7,440
| align="right" | 20.8
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 15.4
| align="right" | 2.419
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 485,996
| align="right" | 9,845
| align="right" | 2,518
| align="right" | 7,327
| align="right" | 20.3
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 2.358
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 488,719
| align="right" | 9,868
| align="right" | 2,528
| align="right" | 7,340
| align="right" | 20.2
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 15.0
| align="right" | 2.356
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 491,436
| align="right" | 9,794
| align="right" | 2,761
| align="right" | 7,033
| align="right" | 19.9
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 2.330
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 493,465
| align="right" | 9,980
| align="right" | 2,591
| align="right" | 7,389
| align="right" | 20.2
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 14.9
| align="right" | 2.389
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 495,522
| align="right" | 9,943
| align="right" | 2,497
| align="right" | 7,446
| align="right" | 20.1
| align="right" | 5.0
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 2.401
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 497,558
| align="right" | 9,551
| align="right" | 2,836
| align="right" | 6,715
| align="right" | 19.2
| align="right" | 5.7
| align="right" | 13.5
| align="right" | 2.327
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 499,609
| align="right" | 9,284
| align="right" | 2,771
| align="right" | 6,513
| align="right" | 18.6
| align="right" | 5.5
| align="right" | 13.1
| align="right" | 2.286
|-
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 501,657
| align="right" | 9,211
| align="right" | 2,959
| align="right" | 6,252
| align="right" | 18.4
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 2.280
|-
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" | 504,125
| align="right" | 8,607
| align="right" | 3,178
| align="right" | 5,429
| align="right" | 17.1
| align="right" | 6.3
| align="right" | 10.8
| align="right" | 2.147
|-
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" | 506,595
| align="right" | 7,981
| align="right" | 3,032
| align="right" | 4,949
| align="right" | 15.8
| align="right" | 6.0
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 2.008
|-
| align="right" | 2023
| align="right" | 509,078
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2024
| align="right" | 511,534
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total fertility rate (TFR) (wanted fertility rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1363|title=Server Error|website=microdata.worldbank.org|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215720/http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1363|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Rural)
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;"| 22
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,9 (2,8)
| style="text-align:right;"| 23
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,7 (2,7)
| style="text-align:right;"| 22
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,1 (3,0)
|-
|}

Fertility data from 2005 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR203/FR203.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR203/FR203.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva (IDSR-II)|website=Dhsprogram.com|date=2005|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
|-
| Santo Antão || 2.9 || 3.8 || 6.0
|-
| São Vicente || 2.0 || 3.4 || 4.0
|-
| São Nicolau || 3.3 || 4.4 || 4.2
|-
| Sal || 3.2 || 7.0 || 3.9
|-
| Boa Vista || 2.4 || 10.0 || 4.4
|-
| Maio || 2.6 || 1.7 || 4.3
|-
| Santiago || 3.1 || 5.4 || 4.5
|-
| Praia Urbano || 3.2 || 5.1 || 4.5
|-
| Santiago Norte || 2.7 || 6.2 || 4.3
|-
| Resto Santiago || 3.3 || 4.6 || 4.8
|-
| Fogo || 3.1 || 6.3 || 5.6
|-
| Brava || 2.8 || 7.0 || 5.0
|}

=== Life expectancy ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|48.08
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 48.77  
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 49.45  
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 52.43  
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 55.25 
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 60.52  
|-
|1980–1985
|{{increase}} 62.37 
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 64.10 
|-
|1990–1995
|{{increase}} 65.73   
|-
|1995–2000
|{{increase}} 67.94  
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 71.27   
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 71.77 
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 72.14  
|}