Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Peru, 2014

Peru
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.27 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 553,109 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
553,109
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
30,115,826
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
10-142.70.6%3,624
15-1957.012.5%76,251
20-24103.422.7%138,128
25-29107.123.5%135,862
30-3493.720.6%107,124
35-3963.714.0%66,512
40-4424.75.4%23,218
45-492.90.6%2,358
50-540.00.0%34