| People | Peru |
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Population:
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29,180,899 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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23 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 29.7% (male 4,409,227/female 4,253,836)
15-64 years: 64.7% (male 9,501,597/female 9,381,139)
65 years and over: 5.6% (male 770,389/female 864,711) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 25.8 years
male: 25.5 years
female: 26.1 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.264% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.16 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 29.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 32.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 70.44 years
male: 68.61 years
female: 72.37 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.42 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever, malaria, Oroya fever, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.5% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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82,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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4,200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Peruvian(s)
adjective: Peruvian |
Ethnic groups:
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Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.) |
Languages:
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Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.7%
male: 93.5%
female: 82.1% (2004 est.) |
People - note:
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