Fertility in Peru, 2001

Peru
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.74 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 620,939 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
620,939
Births per 1,000 people
23.0
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
26,964,601
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
10-143.30.6%4,996
15-1969.612.7%97,975
20-24133.124.2%171,969
25-29128.023.3%149,829
30-34104.919.1%106,202
35-3974.513.6%64,021
40-4430.85.6%22,646
45-495.10.9%3,207
50-540.20.0%96