One in every 240 babies born in the world today is born in Peru. Peru has about 550,000 births a year, around 0.4% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 550,000
- Share of world births
- 0.4%
- Birth odds
- 1/240
- Life expectancy
- 77 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 1.4%
- Income per person, PPP
- US$15,000
- Children per woman
- 1.9
- Urban population
- 79%
Life expectancy in Peru is 77 years, which is 4 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 14 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about US$15,000 in purchasing power. That is only 66% of the world average.
On average a woman has 1.9 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 79% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 21% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Christianity94%
- No religion5%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Mateo · Santiago · Diego · Juan · Sofía · Valentina · Camila · Lucía
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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.