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People
29,907,003 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
39
0-14 years: 29.1% (male 4,370,923/female 4,216,364)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 9,695,270/female 9,574,018)
65 years and over: 5.7% (male 796,631/female 893,757) (2010 est.)
total: 26.4 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 26.7 years (2010 est.)
1.193% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
19 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
6.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
-0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
urban population: 71% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.046 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 27.74 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 79
male: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 71.03 years
country comparison to the world: 138
male: 69.14 years
female: 73 years (2010 est.)
2.32 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 103
0.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
76,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
3,300 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
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)
noun: Peruvian(s)
adjective: Peruvian
Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
Spanish 84.1% (official), Quechua 13% (official), Aymara 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages 0.7% (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages), other 0.2% (2007 Census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.9%
male: 96.4%
female: 89.4% (2007 Census)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2006)
2.7% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 158
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