Nepal vs Peru: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Nepal
1.91 children per women
in 2023
Peru
1.93 children per women
in 2023
Nepal rank
117th
Peru rank
116th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Nepal
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 1.93 children per women against 1.91 children per women in Nepal, a difference of 0.02 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Peru ahead.
Nepal ranks 117th and Peru ranks 116th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.44 children per women | 4.94 children per women | 1.5 children per women | Peru |
| 1960s | 3.73 children per women | 5.22 children per women | 1.49 children per women | Peru |
| 1970s | 4.02 children per women | 4.8 children per women | 0.7786 children per women | Peru |
| 1980s | 4.28 children per women | 3.97 children per women | 0.3057 children per women | Nepal |
| 1990s | 4.13 children per women | 3.14 children per women | 0.991 children per women | Nepal |
| 2000s | 2.97 children per women | 2.54 children per women | 0.4285 children per women | Nepal |
| 2010s | 2.17 children per women | 2.19 children per women | 0.0197 children per women | Peru |
| 2020s | 1.93 children per women | 1.97 children per women | 0.0351 children per women | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Nepal or Peru?
- Peru, at 1.93 children per women against 1.91 children per women in Nepal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Nepal and Peru?
- 0.02 children per women, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Peru?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Nepal and Peru rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Nepal ranks 117th and Peru ranks 116th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).