What is the population of Peru?
Population | 32,600,249 |
Population: Male/Female |
male: 15,952,556 female: 16,647,693 |
Population Growth Rate | 0.48% |
Population Distribution | approximately one-third of the population resides along the desert coastal belt in the west, with a strong focus on the capital city of Lima; the Andean highlands, or sierra, which is strongly identified with the country's Amerindian population, contains roughly half of the overall population; the eastern slopes of the Andes, and adjoining rainforest, are sparsely populated |
Urban Population |
urban population: 78.9% of total population rate of urbanization: 1.33% annual rate of change |
Population in Major Urban Areas | 11.204 million LIMA (capital), 959,000 Arequipa, 904,000 Trujillo |
Nationality Noun |
noun: Peruvian(s) adjective: Peruvian |
Ethnic Groups | Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 60.2%, Indigenous 25.8%, White 5.9%, African descent 3.6%, other (includes Chinese and Japanese descent) 1.2%, unspecified 3.3% |
Language Note | Spanish (official) 82.9%, Quechua (official) 13.6%, Aymara (official) 1.6%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.8%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.7% |
Demographic profile |
Peru's urban and coastal communities have benefited much more from recent economic growth than rural, Afro-Peruvian, indigenous, and poor populations of the Amazon and mountain regions. The poverty rate has dropped substantially during the last decade but remains stubbornly high at about 30% (more than 55% in rural areas). After remaining almost static for about a decade, Peru's malnutrition rate began falling in 2005, when the government introduced a coordinated strategy focusing on hygiene, sanitation, and clean water. School enrollment has improved, but achievement scores reflect ongoing problems with educational quality. Many poor children temporarily or permanently drop out of school to help support their families. About a quarter to a third of Peruvian children aged 6 to 14 work, often putting in long hours at hazardous mining or construction sites. Peru was a country of immigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but has become a country of emigration in the last few decades. Beginning in the 19th century, Peru brought in Asian contract laborers mainly to work on coastal plantations. Populations of Chinese and Japanese descent - among the largest in Latin America - are economically and culturally influential in Peru today. Peruvian emigration began rising in the 1980s due to an economic crisis and a violent internal conflict, but outflows have stabilized in the last few years as economic conditions have improved. Nonetheless, more than 2 million Peruvians have emigrated in the last decade, principally to the US, Spain, and Argentina. |
What is school like in Peru?
What are the health conditions in Peru?
Life Expectancy at Birth |
total population: 68.9 years male: 65.4 years female: 72.7 years |
Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population | 10.9 |
Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births |
total: 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births |
Health Expenditures - percent of GDP | 6.3% |
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population | 1.37 |
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population | 1.6 |
Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk |
degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, Bartonellosis (Oroya fever), and sexually transmitted diseases: hepatitis B |
Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved |
improved: urban: 97.2% of population rural: 82.4% of population total: 94% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 17.6% of population total: 6% of population |
Tobacco Use |
total: 8.1% male: 13.2% female: 3% |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 69 |
Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49) | 21.9 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49 | 77.4% |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 2.15 |
Gross reproduction rate | 1 |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 19.7% |
Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved |
improved: urban: 93.6% of population rural: 65.3% of population total: 87.4% of population unimproved: urban: 6.4% of population rural: 34.7% of population total: 12.6% of population |
Underweight - percent of children under five years | 2.1% |
Alcohol consumption per capita |
total: 5.74 liters of pure alcohol beer: 3.01 liters of pure alcohol wine: 0.46 liters of pure alcohol spirits: 2.26 liters of pure alcohol other alcohols: 0.01 liters of pure alcohol |
Child Marriage |
women married by age 15: 2% women married by age 18: 14.1% |
Currently married women (ages 15-49) | 51.2% |
How long do people live in Peru?
Life Expectancy at Birth |
total population: 68.9 years male: 65.4 years female: 72.7 years |
Median Age |
total: 30.2 years male: 29.1 years female: 31.3 years |
Gross reproduction rate | 1 |
Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49 | 77.4% |
Infant Mortality Rate |
total: 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 69 |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 2.15 |
Birth Rate - births/1,000 population | 17 |
Median Age |
total: 30.2 years male: 29.1 years female: 31.3 years |
Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population | -1 |
Population Growth Rate | 0.48% |
Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female |
Age Structure |
0-14 years: 25.8% (male 4,293,229/female 4,119,269) 15-64 years: 66.2% (male 10,546,502/female 11,041,106) 65 years and over: 8% (male 1,112,825/female 1,487,318) |
Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49 | 77.4% |
Gross reproduction rate | 1 |
Infant Mortality Rate |
total: 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 69 |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.9 |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 2.15 |
What are the health conditions in Peru?
What is school like in Peru?
Education Expenditures - percent of GDP | 4% |
Literacy - female | 92% |
Literacy - male | 97% |
Literacy - total population | 94.5% |
Literacy Definition | age 15 and over can read and write |
Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary) |
total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years |
Can people in Peru read?
Literacy - female | 92% |
Literacy - male | 97% |
Literacy - total population | 94.5% |
Literacy Definition | age 15 and over can read and write |
Is Peru a safe place to visit?