Nationality:
noun: Peruvian(s)
adjective: Peruvian
Ethnic groups:
Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Languages:
Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.7%, other 0.2% (2007 Census)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Peru on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Peru People 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Peru People 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
29,549,517 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 28.5% (male 4,245,023/female 4,101,220)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 65.1% (male 9,316,128/female 9,722,258)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 885,703/female 978,611) (2011 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
total: 26.2 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 25.5 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 26.8 years (2011 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
1.016% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
19.13 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
5.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-3.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 175
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 77% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
LIMA (capital) 8.769 million; Arequipa 778,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
98 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 72
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 21.5 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 90
male: 23.78 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 19.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
total population: 72.73 years
country comparison to the world: 126
male: 70.78 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 74.76 years (2012 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
2.29 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
4.6% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 147
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.92 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.5 beds/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 122
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.4% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
75,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
5,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
16.3% (2000)
country comparison to the world: 29
5.4% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2.7% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 143
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.9%
male: 96.4%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 89.4% (2007 Census)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)
total: 14%
country comparison to the world: 82
male: 12.5%
female: 15.6% (2008)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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