Fertility in Peru, 1960

Peru
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 6.94 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (323 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 477,302 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.94
Births
477,302
Births per 1,000 people
46.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
10,174,127
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-145.60.4%3,345
15-19124.39.0%59,549
20-24298.421.5%125,532
25-29323.023.3%118,108
30-34283.420.4%86,454
35-39210.215.1%54,218
40-44116.08.4%24,900
45-4925.81.9%4,965
50-541.40.1%233