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Introduction

Capital: Lima

Population

Total Population: 27,898,182
Annual growth rate: 1.1%
Density: 22 inhabitant/km²
Urban population: 71.3%
Population of main cities including suburbs: Lima (8,500,000); Arequipa (750,000); Trujillo (680,000); Chiclayo (520,000); Piura (380,000).
Ethnic Origins: 45% native peoples (Quechuas and Aymaras); 37% mixed ethnic origins (between white and native); 15% white; Black and Asian minorities.
Official Language: Spanish and Quechua
Other languages spoken: This country is home to more than one hundred different languages. However, Quechua is the largest linguistic native group, followed by Aymara.
Business language: Spanish and English, of which, as a general rule, people do not have a sufficient grasp.
Religion: Catholics 93%, Protestants 5%, Others 2%.
Literacy rate: 87.9%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Lima

Exchange rate on :

National currency: Peruvian Nuevo Sol (PEN)


Country overview

Type of State: Republic based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy: Lower-middle-income economy, Emerging Financial Market.
Agricultural, mining and tourism activities are the dominant sectors.
HDI*: 0,788/1
HDI (world rank): 79th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Peru, dial 00
To call in Peru, dial +51
Internet suffix: .pe
Computers: 10.0 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines: 10.0 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 24.7 per 100 inhabitants
Access to electricity: 72% of the population

Foreign trade in figures

 
Foreign trade indicators 20032004200520062007
Imports of goods (millions USD) 8,2059,80512,08214,86619,599
Exports of goods (millions USD) 9,09112,80917,36823,80027,956
Imports of services (millions USD) 2,6162,7253,1233,4284,270
Exports of services (millions USD) 1,7161,9932,2892,6473,343

Source: World Bank

 

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