National Identity and Civil Status Registry (Renik) reported this Sunday that the number of births nationwide has declined over the past nine years. According to the institution, this may be due to the low number of marriages and the average age at which people decide to get married in the country. Peru.
In 2012 alone, 738,945 births were registered in Peru and abroad. However, from January to May 2021, the figure was 318,007.
Renik confident that this decline in fertility is due to the low number of marriages in Peru. In 2020, only 44,593 marriages were registered, which is almost 50% less than in 2019, when 84,738 marriages were registered.
Finally, the average age at which Peruvian men and women decide to marry is also another factor influencing these results. Men decide to get married at an average of 37 and women at 33, in contrast to 2020 when 25% of men and women got married between the ages of 25 and 29.
On the other hand, it reports that the number of registered births to teenage mothers has declined from 2018 (30,213 registrations) to 2020 (18,690), while 14,631 births were registered between January and May 2021.
As of May 2021, the number of Peruvians registered and identified with the National Identity Document (DNI) is 35,559,627 Peruvians both in Peru and in different parts of the world.
Of this number, 17,786,739 are women and 17,772,888 are men. The figures indicate a share of 50%, according to the Statistical Bulletin of the Population for the Bicentennial.
Expired ID is no longer valid
Renek recalled that expired identity documents (DNI) cease to be valid after the completion of the last renewal granted for this purpose.
In dialogue with RPP NewsJuan Carlos Castro, Director of Registration Services Renikindicated that the deadline for the expired DNI expired last Thursday, June 30, and there would be no more renewals.
“On June 30, the last issued resolution that extends the DPR expired, which caused the DPR to expire for those who did not proceed with their renewal,” Castro commented.
So far, a total of 5,922,952 Peruvians have a National Identity Document (DNI) validity period. This situation arises two months before the regional and municipal elections on 2 October.
According to the information of the institution, Lima has the largest concentration of citizens with an expired DNI, with a total of 1,738,464 people, followed by Piura (393,938 people), La Libertad (319,944 people) and Loreto (266,794 people). and in the Moquegua region, 22,882. Madre de Dios (34,263), Tumbes (45,992) and Pasco (46,832).
(According to Andina and RPP)
Source: RPP
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