Fertility in Peru, 2019

Peru
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 2.09 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 546,866 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
546,866
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
32,449,303
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%3,064
15-1947.311.3%65,018
20-2491.521.9%126,382
25-29100.224.0%138,194
30-3488.821.3%115,340
35-3962.414.9%72,344
40-4422.95.5%24,091
45-492.60.6%2,407
50-540.00.0%24