Peru People:
Population:
27,925,628 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.5% (male:4,479,278; female:4,323,356)
15-64 years: 63.3% (male:8,891,785; female:8,776,343)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male:685,179; female:769,687) (2005)
Median age:
total: 24.95 years
male: 24.69 years
female: 25.21 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.36% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
20.87 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.62 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.03 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 31.94 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 34.53 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 29.24 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 69.53 years (2005 est.)
male: 67.77 years
female: 71.37 years
Total fertility rate:
2.56 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.5% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
82,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
4,200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Peruvian(s)
adjective: Peruvian
Ethnic groups:
Amerindian 45%, mestizo 37% (mixed Amerindian and white), white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003)
Languages:
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.7%
male: 93.5%
female: 82.1% (2004)
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