Fertility rate: births per woman in Peru
Peru: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.98 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Peru, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Peru recorded 1.98 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Peru peaked at 6.96 live births per woman in 1956 and was at its lowest, 1.98 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Peru 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.95 live births per woman | 6.94 live births per woman | 6.96 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.74 live births per woman | 6.42 live births per woman | 6.94 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.76 live births per woman | 5.17 live births per woman | 6.32 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.52 live births per woman | 4.03 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.39 live births per woman | 2.92 live births per woman | 3.91 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.65 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 2.85 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.09 live births per woman | 2.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.02 live births per woman | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.06 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More reference data data for Peru
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0283 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.794 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.5058 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 48.26 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 57.65 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.0456 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.6544 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 54.72 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Peru?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Peru was 1.98 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 6.96 live births per woman in 1956.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.98 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Peru rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Peru ranks 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.