Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Cape Verde

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Cape Verde was 76.06 years. A difference of +0.15 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Cape Verde were 72.86 years and 79.21 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Cape Verde for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Cape Verde (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Cape Verde (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	48.71	47.32	49.88
1961	49.42	48.07	50.55
1962	50.24	48.93	51.34
1963	51.15	49.87	52.24
1964	52.09	50.85	53.17
1965	53.04	51.84	54.11
1966	53.92	52.76	54.98
1967	54.72	53.61	55.75
1968	55.43	54.37	56.42
1969	56.04	55.02	57.02
1970	56.56	55.54	57.56
1971	57.03	55.97	58.08
1972	57.49	56.35	58.63
1973	57.98	56.7	59.27
1974	58.43	57	59.88
1975	58.98	57.37	60.58
1976	59.4	57.62	61.14
1977	59.99	58.02	61.88
1978	60.38	58.27	62.38
1979	60.73	58.47	62.82
1980	61.03	58.62	63.2
1981	61.3	58.74	63.57
1982	61.52	58.84	63.9
1983	61.77	58.95	64.27
1984	61.83	58.93	64.4
1985	62.28	59.2	65.02
1986	62.58	59.37	65.45
1987	62.91	59.56	65.9
1988	63.24	59.75	66.36
1989	63.57	59.94	66.82
1990	63.87	60.1	67.26
1991	64.07	60.13	67.64
1992	64.25	60.16	68.01
1993	64.46	60.22	68.38
1994	64.65	60.29	68.72
1995	63.69	59.37	67.76
1996	65.52	60.99	69.82
1997	66.08	61.5	70.44
1998	66.71	62.17	71.05
1999	67.41	62.92	71.68
2000	68.12	63.73	72.28
2001	68.71	64.47	72.71
2002	69.45	65.36	73.26
2003	70.01	66	73.73
2004	70.5	66.61	74.11
2005	70.94	66.98	74.63
2006	71.34	67.43	75.01
2007	71.49	67.55	75.21
2008	71.89	67.93	75.64
2009	72.14	68.16	75.94
2010	72.51	68.71	76.12
2011	72.91	69.1	76.57
2012	73.32	69.55	76.92
2013	73.48	69.74	77.09
2014	73.79	70.1	77.34
2015	74.1	70.44	77.62
2016	74.35	70.76	77.83
2017	74.71	71.2	78.11
2018	74.84	71.34	78.24
2019	75.45	72.13	78.69
2020	73.82	69.78	78.01
2021	74.42	71.01	77.88
2022	75.91	72.69	79.06
2023	76.06	72.86	79.21