Peru Demographics Profile 2013

Population

29,549,517 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 28.1% (male 4,218,138/female 4,074,436)
15-24 years: 19.5% (male 2,881,481/female 2,880,772)
25-54 years: 38.9% (male 5,555,777/female 5,953,150)
55-64 years: 7% (male 1,008,297/female 1,048,615)
65 years and over: 6.5% (male 916,029/female 1,012,822) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 26.5 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 27.2 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

1.016% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

19.13 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

5.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-3.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 77% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

LIMA (capital) 8.769 million; Arequipa 778,000 (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 21.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.73 years
male: 70.78 years
female: 74.76 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.29 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.4% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

75,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

5,000 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

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

Major infectious diseases

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)

Nationality

noun: Peruvian(s)
adjective: Peruvian

Ethnic groups

Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%

Religions

Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)

Languages

Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara (official) 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.7%, other 0.2% (2007 Census)

Literacy

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)

total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2006)

Education expenditures

2.7% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate

67 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

5.4% (2005)

Health expenditures

4.6% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.92 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital bed density

1.5 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

16.3% (2000)