ACOG - Peru  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chileand Ecuador

Area:
total area: 1,285,220 sq km
land area:
comparative area: slightly smaller than Alaska

Land boundaries: total 6,940 km, Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 2,900 km, Ecuador 1,420 km

Coastline: 2,414 km


People

Population: 24,087,372 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 35% (female 4,152,520; male 4,296,293)
15-64 years: 61% (female 7,280,287; male 7,378,227)
65 years and over: 4% (female 535,156; male 444,889)

Population growth rate: 1.8% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 24.88 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 6.84 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.07 years
male: 63.86 years
female: 68.38 years

Total fertility rate: 3 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Indian 45%, mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry) 37%, white15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%

Religions: Roman Catholic

Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 82%
male: 92%
female: 74%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Peru
conventional short form: Peru

Type: republic

Capital: Lima

Independence: 28 July 1821 (from Spain)

Constitution: 31 December 1993


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $73.6 billion

National product real growth rate: 8.6%

National product per capita: $3,110

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15%

Unemployment rate: 15%; extensive underemployment

Electricity:
capacity: 4,190,000 kW
production: 11.2 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 448 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.