Fertility in Peru, 2016

Peru
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.19
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.19 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 542,161 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.19
Births
542,161
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
30,866,494
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
10-142.40.5%3,315
15-1953.212.1%70,844
20-2499.022.6%132,139
25-29103.523.6%134,443
30-3490.820.7%107,927
35-3962.814.3%67,485
40-4424.05.5%23,650
45-492.70.6%2,330
50-540.00.0%25