Fertility in Peru, 2018

Peru
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.12 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 540,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
540,020
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
31,897,584
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
10-142.20.5%3,158
15-1949.111.6%66,309
20-2493.622.1%126,375
25-29101.323.9%135,760
30-3489.521.1%111,994
35-3962.614.7%70,134
40-4423.35.5%23,864
45-492.60.6%2,400
50-540.00.0%26