Cape Verde vs Denmark: Fertility rate: births per woman

Cape Verde

1.52 live births per woman

in 2023

Denmark

1.51 live births per woman

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

165th

Denmark rank

166th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

Cape Verde
Denmark

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 1.52 live births per woman against 1.51 live births per woman in Denmark, a difference of 0.011 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 165th and Denmark ranks 166th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.