Belize vs Peru: Fertility rate, total

Belize
2.02 births per woman
in 2024
Peru
1.97 births per woman
in 2024
Belize rank
101st
Peru rank
103rd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Belize
  • Peru
246196019922024

How they compare

Belize currently reports 2.02 births per woman against 1.97 births per woman in Peru, a difference of 0.05 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Peru ahead.

Belize ranks 101st and Peru ranks 103rd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 5 and Peru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belize Peru Difference Ahead
1960s 6.41 births per woman 6.74 births per woman 0.3298 births per woman Peru
1970s 6.23 births per woman 5.76 births per woman 0.4644 births per woman Belize
1980s 5.2 births per woman 4.52 births per woman 0.6779 births per woman Belize
1990s 4.09 births per woman 3.39 births per woman 0.6952 births per woman Belize
2000s 3.17 births per woman 2.65 births per woman 0.5225 births per woman Belize
2010s 2.42 births per woman 2.26 births per woman 0.1695 births per woman Belize
2020s 1.97 births per woman 2.01 births per woman 0.036 births per woman Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Belize or Peru?
Belize, at 2.02 births per woman against 1.97 births per woman in Peru as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Belize and Peru?
0.05 births per woman, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Peru?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Belize and Peru rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Belize ranks 101st and Peru ranks 103rd of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.