Fertility in Peru, 2020

Peru
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.06 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 545,443 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
545,443
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
32,838,580
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
10-142.10.5%2,926
15-1945.411.0%62,952
20-2489.721.8%124,193
25-2999.224.1%137,967
30-3488.121.4%116,728
35-3962.215.1%74,006
40-4422.75.5%24,287
45-492.40.6%2,364
50-540.00.0%19