Fertility in Peru, 2009

Peru
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.48 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 590,770 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
590,770
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
28,896,811
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
10-142.90.6%4,093
15-1962.712.6%88,712
20-24118.823.9%159,038
25-29117.623.7%141,726
30-3498.719.9%107,578
35-3966.013.3%64,586
40-4426.75.4%22,516
45-493.40.7%2,470
50-540.10.0%52