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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Peru would have about 1.93 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.10 children per woman. About 533 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 15.3 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.92, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 28.9 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 11% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.69 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.93 children/woman
Birth rate
15.3 per 1,000 people
Total births
532.8K
Mean age at birth
28.9 years
Peru's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 7.0 children per woman in 1956 to 1.93 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 11% of births to mothers aged 15-19.