Census Data

Population Pyramid:

Peru has an almost perfect population pyramid. There is about equal gender for each age
group. As each group ages, its population grow progressively smaller except in the ages 0-14. In
this case the population is slightly smaller than it should be. This could be due to a slightly
higher death rate from childhood illnesses than is normal.
There were approximately 30,147,935 Peruvians as of July 2014. This places them 43 in the
world for population. Of the population, 45% are Amerindian, 37% are mestizo, 15% are white
and 3% are black, Japanese, Chinese and other races. A majorite of Peru speaks Spanish, While
the rest speaks Aymara, and a mixture of Amazonian Languages. 81.3% of Peru is Catholic,
12.5% is Evangelical, 3.3% are other, and .2% have no religious affiliation. The poverty rate of
Peru has fallen over the last ten years to rest at about 30%. 55% of the people living below the
poverty line live in rural areas; the Amazon and mountains. As the poverty rate has dropped and
Peru has become safer, emigration rates have also dropped.
The Population of Peru is relatively young. The median age is 27. It is 26.3 for males and
27.7 for females. The median age for having a child is 22 years old. Of these women, 67 out of
100,000 will die due to childbirth. The babies that die in childbirth do so at a rate of 20.21 per
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1,000 births. 68.9% of the women in Peru have access to contraceptives. The country has a
positive growth rate of .99%. Unlike other countries, this is not due to immigration. The net
migration is -2.69 migrants per 1,000 people. Life expectancy is 73 years of age.
Most of the people in Peru live in the urban areas, about 77.3%. This is not surprising due
to the 1.55% annual rate of change towards urbanization. Most of these people live in the capital,
Lima. The citys population is 9.13 million, about one third of the population of Peru.
89% of the country is literate. The average person spends 13 years in school, regardless
of their gender. The state in turns pays 2.8% of its GDP towards education expenses. Even with
such a long period of time in school, 34% of these children find time to work as well.

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