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How many babies are born in Cape Verde?

6.33 thousand babies born in Cape Verde in 2026. That is 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 176th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Cape Verde: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Cape Verde’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1800 ~2.48K ~55.7K 44.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~6.88K ~151K 45.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 8.63K 185K 46.7 UN estimate
2000 12.6K 453K 27.9 UN estimate
2023 6.44K 522K 12.3 UN estimate
2026 6.33K 530K 12.0 UN projection
2050 5.55K 566K 9.8 UN projection
2075 4.04K 519K 7.8 UN projection
2100 2.93K 417K 7.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Cape Verde among estimates through 2023 were in 1992, at about 15.3K. That is roughly 32 times the estimated ~474 births a year in 1600.

At 1.49 children per woman, fertility in Cape Verde is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Cape Verde each year?

An estimated 6.33 thousand babies are born in Cape Verde in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 17 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Cape Verde?

Cape Verde has an estimated 12.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.49 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.