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How many babies are born in Peru?

533 thousand babies born in Peru in 2026. That is 0.40% of all births worldwide, and the 53rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Peru: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Peru’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~61K ~1.5M 40.6 Modelled estimate
1000 ~120K ~3M 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~150K ~4M 36.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~59.7K ~1.27M 47.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~172K ~3.66M 47.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 369K 7.68M 48.0 UN estimate
2000 634K 26.6M 23.8 UN estimate
2023 539K 33.8M 15.9 UN estimate
2026 533K 34.9M 15.3 UN projection
2050 455K 40.6M 11.2 UN projection
2075 386K 41.4M 9.3 UN projection
2100 327K 38.2M 8.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Peru among estimates through 2023 were in 1989, at about 685K. That is roughly 11 times the estimated ~60.9K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.93 children per woman, fertility in Peru is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Peru each year?

An estimated 533 thousand babies are born in Peru in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,460 a day and 0.40% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Peru?

Peru has an estimated 15.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.93 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.