Fertility in Peru, 2023

Peru
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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

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The total fertility rate of Peru was 1.98 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 539,623 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
539,623
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
33,845,617
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%2,733
15-1943.611.0%62,026
20-2485.721.6%118,668
25-2995.624.1%133,857
30-3485.621.6%118,281
35-3960.315.2%77,151
40-4421.85.5%24,678
45-492.20.5%2,221
50-540.00.0%8