Nepal vs Peru: Fertility rate, total
Nepal
1.96 births per woman
in 2024
Peru
1.97 births per woman
in 2024
Nepal rank
106th
Peru rank
103rd
Fertility rate, total over time
- Nepal
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 1.97 births per woman against 1.96 births per woman in Nepal, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Peru ahead.
Nepal ranks 106th and Peru ranks 103rd of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 4 and Peru in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.01 births per woman | 6.74 births per woman | 0.7267 births per woman | Peru |
| 1970s | 5.74 births per woman | 5.76 births per woman | 0.0199 births per woman | Peru |
| 1980s | 5.45 births per woman | 4.52 births per woman | 0.9319 births per woman | Nepal |
| 1990s | 4.78 births per woman | 3.39 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman | Nepal |
| 2000s | 3.24 births per woman | 2.65 births per woman | 0.5936 births per woman | Nepal |
| 2010s | 2.3 births per woman | 2.26 births per woman | 0.0422 births per woman | Nepal |
| 2020s | 2 births per woman | 2.01 births per woman | 0.0022 births per woman | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Nepal or Peru?
- Peru, at 1.97 births per woman against 1.96 births per woman in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Nepal and Peru?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Peru?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Peru rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Nepal ranks 106th 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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About this data
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.