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🇵🇪 Peru

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PER
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PE
UN M49 numeric604
IOC codePER
Official nameRepublic of Peru
Native name(s)aym: official: Piruw Suyu; common: Piruw; que: official: Piruw Ripuwlika; common: Piruw; spa: official: República del Perú; common: Perú
Alt spellingsPE, Republic of Peru, República del Perú
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionSouth America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalLima
Area (km²)1,285,216
Lat / Lng-10.0000, -76.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BOL, BRA, CHL, COL, ECU
Top-level domain.pe
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 1

Demographics

Population (World Bank)34,576,665 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)77.941 (2024)
Languagesaym: Aymara; que: Quechua; spa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Peruvian; m: Peruvian; fra: f: Péruvienne; m: Péruvien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)334,854,659,181.893 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)9,684.412 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.117 (2025)
CurrenciesPEN: name: Peruvian sol; symbol: S/.

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,677,414
19517,893,620
19528,116,663
19538,344,899
19548,579,310
19558,822,013
19569,073,474
19579,333,871
19589,603,646
19599,883,654
196010,174,127
196110,475,123
196210,784,612
196311,102,099
196411,427,978
196511,761,085
196612,101,297
196712,448,814
196812,803,993
196913,166,767
197013,501,237
197113,838,067
197214,210,147
197314,582,867
197414,956,552
197515,333,957
197615,716,809
197716,109,806
197816,516,059
197916,933,139
198017,360,949
198117,798,805
198218,246,503
198318,705,957
198419,174,716
198519,648,204
198620,117,122
198720,582,320
198821,054,702
198921,532,589
199022,014,771
199122,483,775
199222,946,340
199323,413,783
199423,881,493
199524,348,919
199624,811,171
199725,274,147
199825,738,095
199926,186,504
200026,598,331
200126,964,601
200227,288,217
200327,580,490
200427,852,190
200528,101,180
200628,324,491
200728,530,699
200828,719,041
200928,896,811
201029,086,019
201129,304,086
201229,550,366
201329,817,919
201430,115,826
201530,457,600
201630,866,494
201731,324,637
201831,897,584
201932,449,303
202032,838,579
202133,155,882
202233,475,438
202333,845,617

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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