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The World Factbook The World Factbook South America :: Peru Introduction :: Peru Background: Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces were defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his resignation in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which installed Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of indigenous ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, oversaw a robust economic rebound. In June 2011, former army officer Ollanta HUMALA Tasso was elected president, defeating Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi, the daughter of Alberto FUJIMORI. Since his election, HUMALA has carried on the sound, market-oriented economic policies of the three preceding administrations. Geography :: Peru Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 76 00 W Map references: South America Area: total: 1,285,216 sq km country comparison to the world: 20 land: 1,279,996 sq km water: 5,220 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Alaska Land boundaries: total: 7,461 km border countries: Bolivia 1,075 km, Brazil 2,995 km, Chile 171 km, Colombia 1,800 km, Ecuador 1,420 km Coastline: 2,414 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm Climate: varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes Terrain: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m Natural resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas Land use: arable land: 2.84% permanent crops: 0.66% other: 96.5% (2011) Irrigated land: 11,960 sq km (2003) Total renewable water resources: 1,913 cu km (2011) Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 19.34 cu km/yr (8%/10%/82%) per capita: 727.6 cu m/yr (2005) Natural hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity volcanism: volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains; Ubinas (elev. 5,672 m), which last erupted in 2009, is the country's most active volcano; other historically active volcanoes include El Misti, Huaynaputina, Sabancaya, and Yucamane Environment - current issues: deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes Environment - international agreements: party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements Geography - note: shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River People and Society :: Peru Nationality: noun: Peruvian(s) adjective: Peruvian Ethnic groups: Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3% Languages: Spanish (official) 84.1%, Quechua (official) 13%, Aymara (official) 1.7%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.7%, other 0.2% (2007 Census) Religions: Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census) Demographic profile: Peru's urban and coastal communities have benefited much more from recent economic growth than rural, Afro-Peruvian, indigenous, and poor populations of the Amazon and mountain regions. The poverty rate has dropped substantially during the last decade but remains stubbornly high at about 30% (more than 55% in rural areas). After remaining almost static for about a decade, Peru's malnutrition rate began falling in 2005, when the government introduced a coordinated strategy focusing on hygiene, sanitation, and clean water. School enrollment has improved, but achievement scores reflect ongoing problems with educational quality. Many poor children temporarily or permanently drop out of school to help support their families. About a quarter to a third of Peruvian children aged 6 to 14 work, often putting in long hours at hazardous mining or construction sites. Peru was a country of immigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but has become a country of emigration in the last few decades. Beginning in the 19th century, Peru brought in Asian contract laborers mainly to work on coastal plantations. Populations of Chinese and Japanese descent - among the largest in Latin America - are economically and culturally influential in Peru today. Peruvian emigration began rising in the 1980s due to an economic crisis and a violent internal conflict, but outflows have stabilized in the last few years as economic conditions have improved. Nonetheless, more than 2 million Peruvians have emigrated in the last decade, principally to the US, Spain, and Argentina. Population: 30,147,935 (July 2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 43 Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.3% (male 4,184,330/female 4,040,096) 15-24 years: 19.2% (male 2,894,168/female 2,889,409) 25-54 years: 39.4% (male 5,715,542/female 6,161,540) 55-64 years: 6.9% (male 1,071,688/female 1,125,100) 65 years and over: 6.7% (male 979,854/female 1,086,208) (2014 est.) Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 54.2 % youth dependency ratio: 44.4 % elderly dependency ratio: 9.9 % potential support ratio: 10.1 (2013) Median age: total: 27 years male: 26.3 years female: 27.7 years (2014 est.) Population growth rate: 0.99% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 Birth rate: 18.57 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 99 Death rate: 5.99 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 166 Net migration rate: -2.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 175 Urbanization: urban population: 77% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major urban areas - population: LIMA (capital) 8.769 million; Arequipa 778,000 (2009) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.) Mother's mean age at first birth: 22.3 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.) Maternal mortality rate: 67 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 90 Infant mortality rate: total: 20.21 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 90 male: 22.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.23 years country comparison to the world: 127 male: 71.23 years female: 75.33 years (2014 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.22 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 101 Contraceptive prevalence rate: 68.9% (2011) Health expenditures: 4.8% of GDP (2011) country comparison to the world: 145 Physicians density: 0.92 physicians/1,000 population (2009) Hospital bed density: 1.5 beds/1,000 population (2011) Drinking water source: improved: urban: 90.9% of population rural: 66.1% of population total: 85.3% of population unimproved: urban: 9.1% of population rural: 33.9% of population total: 14.7% of population (2011 est.) Sanitation facility access: improved: urban: 81.3% of population rural: 38.4% of population total: 71.6% of population unimproved: urban: 18.7% of population rural: 61.6% of population total: 28.4% of population (2011 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 75,500 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 51 HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,100 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 45 Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: dengue fever, malaria, and Bartonellosis (Oroya fever) (2013) Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 15.7% (2008) country comparison to the world: 117 Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 4.5% (2008) country comparison to the world: 93 Education expenditures: 2.8% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 145 Literacy: definition: age 15
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