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
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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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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.