# Total fertility rate in Cape Verde

Total fertility rate in Cape Verde was 1.51 children per woman in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `fertility_rate`
- Place id: `cv`
- Unit: children per woman
- Definition: Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.
- Source: World Bank, Fertility rate, total, births per woman (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Fertility rate, total, births per woman (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/fertility-rate/cape-verde
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/fertility-rate/cape-verde.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=fertility_rate&place=cv

| Period | children per woman |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1.51 |
| 2023 | 1.52 |
| 2022 | 1.53 |
| 2021 | 1.55 |
| 2020 | 1.59 |
| 2019 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 1.93 |
| 2016 | 1.97 |
| 2015 | 1.97 |
| 2014 | 2.03 |
| 2013 | 2.07 |
| 2012 | 2.15 |
| 2011 | 2.33 |
| 2010 | 2.33 |
| 2009 | 2.25 |
| 2008 | 2.3 |
| 2007 | 2.41 |
| 2006 | 2.56 |
| 2005 | 2.73 |
| 2004 | 2.9 |
| 2003 | 3.03 |
| 2002 | 3.19 |
| 2001 | 3.37 |
| 2000 | 3.55 |
| 1999 | 3.73 |
| 1998 | 3.9 |
| 1997 | 4.05 |
| 1996 | 4.26 |
| 1995 | 4.49 |
| 1994 | 4.72 |
| 1993 | 4.95 |
| 1992 | 5.12 |
| 1991 | 5.26 |
| 1990 | 5.36 |
| 1989 | 5.45 |
| 1988 | 5.55 |
| 1987 | 5.68 |
| 1986 | 5.81 |
| 1985 | 5.92 |
| 1984 | 5.97 |
| 1983 | 6.07 |
| 1982 | 6.17 |
| 1981 | 6.27 |
| 1980 | 6.38 |
| 1979 | 6.47 |
| 1978 | 6.56 |
| 1977 | 6.65 |
| 1976 | 6.71 |
| 1975 | 6.77 |
| 1974 | 6.82 |
| 1973 | 6.86 |
| 1972 | 6.89 |
| 1971 | 6.91 |
| 1970 | 6.94 |
| 1969 | 6.95 |
| 1968 | 6.97 |
| 1967 | 6.98 |
| 1966 | 6.99 |
| 1965 | 6.99 |
| 1964 | 6.99 |
| 1963 | 6.98 |
| 1962 | 6.95 |
| 1961 | 6.92 |
| 1960 | 6.89 |