Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Peru

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Peru chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Peru
1960	8.08	6.94
1961	8.12	6.92
1962	8.12	6.9
1963	8.12	6.86
1964	8.14	6.81
1965	8.16	6.75
1966	8.2	6.68
1967	8.17	6.6
1968	8.14	6.51
1969	8.11	6.42
1970	8.07	6.32
1971	8.04	6.21
1972	8	6.09
1973	7.95	5.97
1974	7.9	5.84
1975	7.83	5.71
1976	7.76	5.58
1977	7.67	5.44
1978	7.58	5.31
1979	7.47	5.17
1980	7.37	5.04
1981	7.27	4.92
1982	7.18	4.8
1983	7.08	4.68
1984	6.99	4.57
1985	6.87	4.46
1986	6.73	4.35
1987	6.57	4.25
1988	6.38	4.14
1989	6.18	4.03
1990	5.97	3.91
1991	5.76	3.79
1992	5.55	3.67
1993	5.38	3.55
1994	5.23	3.43
1995	5.09	3.32
1996	5.02	3.2
1997	4.96	3.1
1998	4.87	3
1999	4.78	2.92
2000	4.7	2.85
2001	4.58	2.74
2002	4.49	2.69
2003	4.42	2.66
2004	4.34	2.67
2005	4.28	2.64
2006	4.2	2.62
2007	4.09	2.58
2008	3.97	2.53
2009	3.83	2.48
2010	3.67	2.42
2011	3.53	2.41
2012	3.38	2.36
2013	3.25	2.32
2014	3.18	2.27
2015	3.13	2.23
2016	3.09	2.19
2017	3.06	2.15
2018	3.04	2.12
2019	3.01	2.09
2020	2.99	2.06
2021	2.96	2.03
2022	2.94	2
2023	2.92	1.98
2024	2.86	1.96
2025	2.82	1.94
2026	2.77	1.92
2027	2.73	1.91
2028	2.69	1.9
2029	2.65	1.88
2030	2.6	1.87
2031	2.57	1.86
2032	2.53	1.85
2033	2.5	1.84
2034	2.47	1.83
2035	2.44	1.83
2036	2.41	1.82
2037	2.38	1.81
2038	2.36	1.81
2039	2.34	1.8
2040	2.31	1.79
2041	2.29	1.79
2042	2.26	1.78
2043	2.24	1.78
2044	2.23	1.77
2045	2.21	1.77
2046	2.19	1.76
2047	2.17	1.75
2048	2.15	1.75
2049	2.13	1.75
2050	2.11	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Peru
1960	46.1%	44%
1961	46.7%	44.2%
1962	47.1%	44.3%
1963	47.4%	44.3%
1964	47.5%	44.3%
1965	47.5%	44.3%
1966	47.2%	44.2%
1967	46.7%	44.2%
1968	46.1%	44.2%
1969	45.3%	44.1%
1970	45%	44%
1971	45.6%	43.9%
1972	46.6%	43.8%
1973	47.3%	43.7%
1974	47.8%	43.6%
1975	48.2%	43.5%
1976	48.5%	43.4%
1977	49%	43.2%
1978	49.4%	43%
1979	49.8%	42.8%
1980	50.1%	42.6%
1981	50.3%	42.4%
1982	50.3%	42.1%
1983	50.4%	41.8%
1984	50.4%	41.5%
1985	50.6%	41.2%
1986	50.7%	40.8%
1987	50.8%	40.5%
1988	50.8%	40.2%
1989	50.6%	39.8%
1990	50.2%	39.4%
1991	49.7%	39.1%
1992	49.1%	38.7%
1993	48.4%	38.3%
1994	47.5%	37.9%
1995	46.6%	37.4%
1996	45.6%	36.9%
1997	44.7%	36.4%
1998	43.7%	35.8%
1999	42.8%	35.3%
2000	42%	34.7%
2001	41.3%	34.1%
2002	40.6%	33.5%
2003	39.9%	32.9%
2004	39.4%	32.3%
2005	39.1%	31.7%
2006	38.9%	31.2%
2007	39%	30.7%
2008	39.2%	30.2%
2009	39.4%	29.7%
2010	39.7%	29.3%
2011	39.7%	28.9%
2012	39.4%	28.5%
2013	38.8%	28.2%
2014	38.2%	27.8%
2015	37.5%	27.5%
2016	36.8%	27.2%
2017	36.2%	26.8%
2018	35.7%	26.4%
2019	35.1%	25.9%
2020	34.5%	25.5%
2021	34.4%	25.1%
2022	34.6%	24.8%
2023	34.7%	24.4%
2024	34.5%	24%
2025	33.9%	23.6%
2026	33.2%	23.3%
2027	32.6%	22.9%
2028	32%	22.6%
2029	31.4%	22.3%
2030	30.9%	22.1%
2031	30.3%	21.8%
2032	29.7%	21.6%
2033	29.2%	21.3%
2034	28.6%	21%
2035	28.1%	20.8%
2036	27.6%	20.5%
2037	27.3%	20.3%
2038	27.3%	20.1%
2039	27.4%	19.8%
2040	27.7%	19.6%
2041	28%	19.4%
2042	28.3%	19.1%
2043	28.6%	18.9%
2044	28.8%	18.7%
2045	29%	18.5%
2046	29.1%	18.3%
2047	29.1%	18.1%
2048	29%	17.9%
2049	28.8%	17.8%
2050	28.5%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Peru
1960	452	302,924
1961	469	313,385
1962	488	321,716
1963	509	332,352
1964	536	341,570
1965	566	349,245
1966	603	356,819
1967	636	365,224
1968	685	372,379
1969	747	379,347
1970	819	318,022
1971	877	391,506
1972	913	396,960
1973	954	400,752
1974	1,000	408,299
1975	1,055	414,400
1976	1,109	420,284
1977	1,160	425,428
1978	1,207	432,127
1979	1,250	439,110
1980	1,287	445,100
1981	1,328	453,158
1982	1,375	461,107
1983	1,422	469,781
1984	1,470	477,968
1985	1,511	488,887
1986	1,544	496,712
1987	1,566	502,229
1988	1,575	508,429
1989	1,574	512,152
1990	1,556	515,233
1991	1,540	513,867
1992	1,525	514,618
1993	1,524	513,769
1994	1,524	512,735
1995	1,522	507,894
1996	1,542	501,855
1997	1,564	495,348
1998	1,576	489,436
1999	1,590	487,095
2000	1,592	484,222
2001	1,596	470,154
2002	1,594	463,709
2003	1,600	459,243
2004	1,595	459,617
2005	1,586	454,199
2006	1,556	445,884
2007	1,507	435,122
2008	1,443	413,640
2009	1,365	396,522
2010	1,273	382,510
2011	1,185	383,268
2012	1,097	376,501
2013	1,014	372,694
2014	959	368,708
2015	912	362,781
2016	866	355,859
2017	826	349,333
2018	785	343,123
2019	746	346,981
2020	689	301,950
2021	653	235,440
2022	606	327,859
2023	550	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Peru

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Peru
1985	254	198
1986	274	193
1987	282	192
1988	276	190
1989	299	190
1990	311	191
1991	297	201
1992	322	195
1993	320	192
1994	303	188
1995	303	179
1996	292	166
1997	274	152
1998	259	139
1999	250	124
2000	251	115
2001	231	109
2002	223	106
2003	221	104
2004	238	107
2005	234	103
2006	233	99
2007	229	94
2008	226	91
2009	224	89
2010	212	86
2011	209	83
2012	207	79
2013	201	75
2014	199	73
2015	184	71
2016	183	69
2017	179	67
2018	167	66
2019	168	60
2020	178	75
2021	206	141
2022	174	81
2023	155	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Peru
1960	12.2%	22.9%
1961	11.6%	22.2%
1962	11%	21.6%
1963	10.5%	20.9%
1964	10.1%	20.2%
1965	9.64%	19.4%
1966	9.25%	18.7%
1967	8.88%	18.1%
1968	8.53%	17.5%
1969	8.19%	17%
1970	7.87%	19.7%
1971	7.58%	16.1%
1972	7.33%	15.6%
1973	7.13%	15.1%
1974	6.97%	14.7%
1975	6.86%	14.2%
1976	6.77%	13.8%
1977	6.69%	13.5%
1978	6.61%	13.2%
1979	6.52%	12.9%
1980	6.42%	12.7%
1981	6.29%	12.4%
1982	6.15%	12%
1983	6%	11.6%
1984	5.83%	11.1%
1985	5.66%	10.5%
1986	5.49%	9.97%
1987	5.31%	9.43%
1988	5.13%	8.92%
1989	4.95%	8.46%
1990	4.76%	8.04%
1991	4.59%	7.63%
1992	4.43%	7.2%
1993	4.29%	6.75%
1994	4.2%	6.29%
1995	4.15%	5.82%
1996	4.14%	5.36%
1997	4.15%	4.92%
1998	4.19%	4.51%
1999	4.23%	4.13%
2000	4.25%	3.79%
2001	4.25%	3.49%
2002	4.24%	3.24%
2003	4.21%	3.01%
2004	4.18%	2.82%
2005	4.14%	2.65%
2006	4.1%	2.5%
2007	4.06%	2.37%
2008	4.02%	2.25%
2009	3.97%	2.14%
2010	3.94%	2.04%
2011	3.89%	1.96%
2012	3.82%	1.89%
2013	3.75%	1.84%
2014	3.66%	1.79%
2015	3.57%	1.76%
2016	3.48%	1.73%
2017	3.38%	1.71%
2018	3.29%	1.69%
2019	3.19%	1.68%
2020	3.1%	1.66%
2021	3%	1.64%
2022	2.91%	1.61%
2023	2.82%	1.58%