Fertility in Peru, 2026

Peru
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Peru is projected at 1.93 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 532,846 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
532,846
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
34,922,148
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
10-141.80.5%2,494
15-1941.310.7%58,407
20-2481.321.1%114,206
25-2993.224.2%129,878
30-3484.621.9%118,642
35-3960.215.6%81,119
40-4421.35.5%25,914
45-492.00.5%2,182
50-540.00.0%5