Fertility in Peru, 2008

Peru
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.53 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 600,453 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
600,453
Births per 1,000 people
20.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
28,719,041
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
10-143.10.6%4,480
15-1965.312.9%93,396
20-24120.323.8%160,745
25-29119.723.6%143,522
30-34100.319.8%108,721
35-3966.813.2%64,319
40-4427.45.4%22,682
45-493.60.7%2,531
50-540.10.0%53