Fertility in Peru, 2015

Peru
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.23 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 546,658 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.23
Births
546,658
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
30,457,600
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
10-142.50.6%3,467
15-1955.112.3%73,339
20-24100.722.6%134,444
25-29105.223.6%135,046
30-3492.520.7%107,631
35-3963.214.2%66,878
40-4424.45.5%23,479
45-492.80.6%2,342
50-540.00.0%29