Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and Peru

Fertility rate in Honduras vs Peru chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Honduras was 2.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.98 in Peru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Honduras vs Peru population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Honduras	Peru
1960	7.46	6.94
1961	7.45	6.92
1962	7.44	6.9
1963	7.44	6.86
1964	7.44	6.81
1965	7.44	6.75
1966	7.41	6.68
1967	7.36	6.6
1968	7.3	6.51
1969	7.23	6.42
1970	7.17	6.32
1971	7.11	6.21
1972	7.06	6.09
1973	6.99	5.97
1974	6.91	5.84
1975	6.87	5.71
1976	6.81	5.58
1977	6.73	5.44
1978	6.63	5.31
1979	6.53	5.17
1980	6.42	5.04
1981	6.3	4.92
1982	6.18	4.8
1983	6.06	4.68
1984	5.94	4.57
1985	5.82	4.46
1986	5.7	4.35
1987	5.58	4.25
1988	5.47	4.14
1989	5.35	4.03
1990	5.27	3.91
1991	5.19	3.79
1992	5.11	3.67
1993	5.03	3.55
1994	4.93	3.43
1995	4.84	3.32
1996	4.71	3.2
1997	4.59	3.1
1998	4.47	3
1999	4.37	2.92
2000	4.29	2.85
2001	4.15	2.74
2002	4	2.69
2003	3.84	2.66
2004	3.71	2.67
2005	3.58	2.64
2006	3.45	2.62
2007	3.35	2.58
2008	3.26	2.53
2009	3.17	2.48
2010	3.08	2.42
2011	3	2.41
2012	2.93	2.36
2013	2.86	2.32
2014	2.79	2.27
2015	2.75	2.23
2016	2.7	2.19
2017	2.66	2.15
2018	2.65	2.12
2019	2.61	2.09
2020	2.58	2.06
2021	2.55	2.03
2022	2.52	2
2023	2.5	1.98
2024	2.48	1.96
2025	2.45	1.94
2026	2.42	1.92
2027	2.4	1.91
2028	2.38	1.9
2029	2.35	1.88
2030	2.32	1.87
2031	2.3	1.86
2032	2.28	1.85
2033	2.26	1.84
2034	2.24	1.83
2035	2.22	1.83
2036	2.2	1.82
2037	2.18	1.81
2038	2.16	1.81
2039	2.15	1.8
2040	2.13	1.79
2041	2.12	1.79
2042	2.1	1.78
2043	2.09	1.78
2044	2.07	1.77
2045	2.06	1.77
2046	2.05	1.76
2047	2.03	1.75
2048	2.02	1.75
2049	2.01	1.75
2050	2	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Peru
1960	47%	44%
1961	47.3%	44.2%
1962	47.6%	44.3%
1963	47.8%	44.3%
1964	47.9%	44.3%
1965	48%	44.3%
1966	48%	44.2%
1967	48%	44.2%
1968	48%	44.2%
1969	48%	44.1%
1970	47.9%	44%
1971	47.9%	43.9%
1972	47.9%	43.8%
1973	47.9%	43.7%
1974	47.8%	43.6%
1975	47.6%	43.5%
1976	47.5%	43.4%
1977	47.4%	43.2%
1978	47.4%	43%
1979	47.3%	42.8%
1980	47.3%	42.6%
1981	47.2%	42.4%
1982	47.1%	42.1%
1983	47.1%	41.8%
1984	47%	41.5%
1985	46.8%	41.2%
1986	46.7%	40.8%
1987	46.5%	40.5%
1988	46.4%	40.2%
1989	46.3%	39.8%
1990	46.1%	39.4%
1991	45.9%	39.1%
1992	45.7%	38.7%
1993	45.4%	38.3%
1994	45.1%	37.9%
1995	44.8%	37.4%
1996	44.5%	36.9%
1997	44.2%	36.4%
1998	43.8%	35.8%
1999	43.4%	35.3%
2000	43.1%	34.7%
2001	42.7%	34.1%
2002	42.3%	33.5%
2003	41.9%	32.9%
2004	41.5%	32.3%
2005	41%	31.7%
2006	40.4%	31.2%
2007	39.9%	30.7%
2008	39.3%	30.2%
2009	38.7%	29.7%
2010	38.1%	29.3%
2011	37.4%	28.9%
2012	36.8%	28.5%
2013	36.2%	28.2%
2014	35.6%	27.8%
2015	34.9%	27.5%
2016	34.3%	27.2%
2017	33.7%	26.8%
2018	33.1%	26.4%
2019	32.6%	25.9%
2020	32.2%	25.5%
2021	31.8%	25.1%
2022	31.4%	24.8%
2023	31%	24.4%
2024	30.6%	24%
2025	30.3%	23.6%
2026	29.9%	23.3%
2027	29.6%	22.9%
2028	29.3%	22.6%
2029	28.9%	22.3%
2030	28.6%	22.1%
2031	28.3%	21.8%
2032	28%	21.6%
2033	27.6%	21.3%
2034	27.3%	21%
2035	26.9%	20.8%
2036	26.6%	20.5%
2037	26.2%	20.3%
2038	25.9%	20.1%
2039	25.5%	19.8%
2040	25.2%	19.6%
2041	24.8%	19.4%
2042	24.5%	19.1%
2043	24.2%	18.9%
2044	23.9%	18.7%
2045	23.6%	18.5%
2046	23.3%	18.3%
2047	23%	18.1%
2048	22.7%	17.9%
2049	22.5%	17.8%
2050	22.2%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras and +1.05% in Peru. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Honduras	Peru
1960	62,602	302,924
1961	64,672	313,385
1962	67,332	321,716
1963	69,883	332,352
1964	72,756	341,570
1965	75,622	349,245
1966	78,369	356,819
1967	81,131	365,224
1968	84,070	372,379
1969	87,273	379,347
1970	90,875	318,022
1971	94,597	391,506
1972	98,634	396,960
1973	99,553	400,752
1974	98,141	408,299
1975	111,469	414,400
1976	115,754	420,284
1977	119,333	425,428
1978	122,593	432,127
1979	125,957	439,110
1980	128,856	445,100
1981	131,789	453,158
1982	134,629	461,107
1983	137,597	469,781
1984	139,851	477,968
1985	142,190	488,887
1986	144,500	496,712
1987	146,750	502,229
1988	149,130	508,429
1989	152,266	512,152
1990	156,537	515,233
1991	160,933	513,867
1992	165,434	514,618
1993	169,358	513,769
1994	173,437	512,735
1995	177,309	507,894
1996	180,083	501,855
1997	182,308	495,348
1998	169,632	489,436
1999	186,816	487,095
2000	190,308	484,222
2001	190,636	470,154
2002	189,653	463,709
2003	187,854	459,243
2004	186,774	459,617
2005	185,216	454,199
2006	183,381	445,884
2007	183,052	435,122
2008	182,607	413,640
2009	182,250	396,522
2010	180,318	382,510
2011	180,164	383,268
2012	180,384	376,501
2013	179,999	372,694
2014	180,075	368,708
2015	181,098	362,781
2016	182,243	355,859
2017	182,731	349,333
2018	184,953	343,123
2019	185,200	346,981
2020	179,553	301,950
2021	172,890	235,440
2022	186,257	327,859
2023	186,125	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs Peru

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Honduras, compared to 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	Peru
1985	199	198
1986	191	193
1987	183	192
1988	177	190
1989	169	190
1990	159	191
1991	148	201
1992	138	195
1993	128	192
1994	119	188
1995	109	179
1996	101	166
1997	96	152
1998	91	139
1999	86	124
2000	82	115
2001	78	109
2002	75	106
2003	75	104
2004	74	107
2005	73	103
2006	72	99
2007	72	94
2008	72	91
2009	71	89
2010	72	86
2011	68	83
2012	64	79
2013	62	75
2014	60	73
2015	57	71
2016	55	69
2017	53	67
2018	52	66
2019	51	60
2020	57	75
2021	88	141
2022	48	81
2023	47	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras and 1.58% in Peru. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Honduras	Peru
1960	20.7%	22.9%
1961	20%	22.2%
1962	19.4%	21.6%
1963	18.7%	20.9%
1964	18.1%	20.2%
1965	17.5%	19.4%
1966	16.9%	18.7%
1967	16.3%	18.1%
1968	15.7%	17.5%
1969	15.2%	17%
1970	14.6%	19.7%
1971	14%	16.1%
1972	13.5%	15.6%
1973	12.9%	15.1%
1974	14.9%	14.7%
1975	11.9%	14.2%
1976	11.4%	13.8%
1977	10.9%	13.5%
1978	10.4%	13.2%
1979	9.94%	12.9%
1980	9.48%	12.7%
1981	9.05%	12.4%
1982	8.62%	12%
1983	8.2%	11.6%
1984	7.81%	11.1%
1985	7.43%	10.5%
1986	7.07%	9.97%
1987	6.73%	9.43%
1988	6.4%	8.92%
1989	6.1%	8.46%
1990	5.81%	8.04%
1991	5.54%	7.63%
1992	5.29%	7.2%
1993	5.06%	6.75%
1994	4.84%	6.29%
1995	4.64%	5.82%
1996	4.44%	5.36%
1997	4.25%	4.92%
1998	6.49%	4.51%
1999	3.9%	4.13%
2000	3.73%	3.79%
2001	3.57%	3.49%
2002	3.41%	3.24%
2003	3.26%	3.01%
2004	3.11%	2.82%
2005	2.98%	2.65%
2006	2.86%	2.5%
2007	2.75%	2.37%
2008	2.65%	2.25%
2009	2.55%	2.14%
2010	2.46%	2.04%
2011	2.37%	1.96%
2012	2.28%	1.89%
2013	2.2%	1.84%
2014	2.12%	1.79%
2015	2.05%	1.76%
2016	1.98%	1.73%
2017	1.91%	1.71%
2018	1.84%	1.69%
2019	1.78%	1.68%
2020	1.72%	1.66%
2021	1.66%	1.64%
2022	1.6%	1.61%
2023	1.55%	1.58%