| Name | Peru |
| Long name | Republic of Peru |
| Population (source) | census |
| Population (people) | 28,220,764 (2007) |
| Constitutional form | Republic |
| Drives on | Right |
| Head of state authority | Executive |
| Main continent | America |
| Number of airports | 191 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 58 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | 133 |
| Area (m²) | 1,285,216 |
| Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 19 |
| Calling code | |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 5 |
| Current Account Balance (US$) | -2,267,000,064 |
| Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 6 |
| Debt - external (Billion US$) | 37 |
| Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
| Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 34 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 1,159 |
| Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity imports (million kWh) | 6 |
| Electricity production (billion kWh) | 39 |
| Exports (Billion $) | 46 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 10,200 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 306 |
| GDP real growth rate (%) | 7 |
| Gross national income (US$) | 45 |
| Human Development Index | 1 |
| Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 5 |
| Heliports | 4 |
| HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 0 |
| HIV AIDS deaths | 5,000 |
| HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 75,000 |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 2 |
| Capital city | Lima |
| Currency | Peruvian sol |
| Imports (Billion $) | 37 |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 5 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 22 |
| Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 3 |
| Internet hosts | 232,515 |
| Internet tld | .pe |
| Internet users | 9,158,000 |
| Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 26 |
| Iso 3166 code | PE |
| ISO CODE | PER |
| Labor force | 15,900,000 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 73 |
| Literacy (%) | 93 |
| Manpower available for military service | 7,385,588 |
| Manpower fit for military service | 5,788,629 |
| Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 304,094 |
| Is democracy | Yes |
| Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | 121,600,000,000 |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 67 |
| Merchant marine | 6 |
| Military expenditures percent of GDP | 2 |
| Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 3,649,999,872 |
| Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 124 |
| Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 3,590,000,128 |
| Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 31,119,998,976 |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 345,499,992,064 |
| Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | -3 |
| Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | 16 |
| Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 189,000 |
| Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 6 |
| Oil exports (bbl/day) | 73,280 |
| Oil imports (bbl/day) | 88,080 |
| Oil production (bbl/day) | 152,700 |
| Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 532,700,000 |
| Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 1 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 31 |
| Population census (people) | 28,220,764 (2007) |
| Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 23 |
| Population estimate (people) | 31,151,644 (2015) |
| Population growth rate (%) | 1 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | 20 |
| Railways (km) | 1,906 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 48,930,000,896 |
| Roadways (km) | 137,327 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | 2,204,999,936 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | 51,569,999,872 |
| Telephones main lines in use | 3,160,000 |
| Telephones main lines in use per capita | 11 |
| Telephones mobile cellular | 29,115,000 |
| Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 99 |
| Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 2 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 8 |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | 14 |
| Waterways (km) | 8,808 |
| Valley | Callejón de Huaylas, Pongo de mainique, Valle del Utcubamba, Valley of Casma |
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| Canyon | |
| Artillery | |
| Crater | |
| Religion | Catholic church |
| Continent | |
| Border | Frontera entre Brasil y Perú, Frontera entre Chile y Perú |
| Plateau | |
| Marsh | Humedal Lucre – Huacarpay, Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay |
| Demonym | peruvian |