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Peru
Republic of Peru
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Population
34.35M
Capital
Lima
Area
1,285,216 km²
Currency
PEN
Peruvian sol
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$289.22B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$8,452
as of 2024
Population
34.22M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
1.1%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2.0%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
5.2%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
82.0%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
77.94
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
5.6%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
4.4%
as of 2024
Urban population (% of total)
85.2%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
1.97
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
51.5%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
1.28M
as of 2023
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About Peru
- Languages
- Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
- Currencies
- Peruvian sol (PEN)
- Timezones
- UTC-05:00
- Demonym
- Peruvian
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- PE · PER
- Map
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