Fertility in Peru, 2022

Peru
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 2.00 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 541,718 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.00
Births
541,718
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
33,475,438
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
10-142.00.5%2,798
15-1943.910.9%62,094
20-2486.921.6%120,244
25-2996.724.1%135,495
30-3486.421.5%118,109
35-3961.015.2%76,239
40-4422.15.5%24,473
45-492.20.6%2,257
50-540.00.0%11