Cape Verde vs Portugal: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Cape Verde
1.51 live births per woman
in 2024
Portugal
1.51 live births per woman
in 2024
Cape Verde rank
168th
Portugal rank
167th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Cape Verde
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1.51 live births per woman against 1.51 live births per woman in Cape Verde, a difference of 0 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 168th and Portugal ranks 167th of 236 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.65 live births per woman | 3.11 live births per woman | 3.54 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1960s | 6.96 live births per woman | 3.17 live births per woman | 3.79 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 6.76 live births per woman | 2.73 live births per woman | 4.03 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 5.93 live births per woman | 1.85 live births per woman | 4.08 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 4.58 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | 3.09 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 2.83 live births per woman | 1.42 live births per woman | 1.41 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 2.03 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | 0.6964 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 1.54 live births per woman | 1.44 live births per woman | 0.1006 live births per woman | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Cape Verde or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 1.51 live births per woman against 1.51 live births per woman in Cape Verde as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Cape Verde and Portugal?
- 0 live births per woman, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Portugal?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Cape Verde and Portugal rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Cape Verde ranks 168th and Portugal ranks 167th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.