| People | Peru |
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Population:
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29,248,943 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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23 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 77% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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LIMA (capital) 8.769 million; Arequipa 778,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 28.5% (male 4,245,023/female 4,101,220)
15-64 years: 65.1% (male 9,316,128/female 9,722,258)
65 years and over: 6.4% (male 885,703/female 978,611) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 26.2 years
male: 25.5 years
female: 26.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.029% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.41 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.046 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 (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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98 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 22.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.47 years
male: 70.55 years
female: 74.48 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.32 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.6% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.92 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.5 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 90% of population
rural: 61% of population
total: 82% of population
unimproved:
urban: 10% of population
rural: 39% of population
total: 18% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 81% of population
rural: 36% of population
total: 68% of population
unimproved:
urban: 19% of population
rural: 64% of population
total: 32% of population (2008) |
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, and yellow fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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75,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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5,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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5.4% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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16.3% (2000) |
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 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census) |
Languages:
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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) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.9%
male: 96.4%
female: 89.4% (2007 Census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.7% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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