Country Profile Sheet
Total population
30,741,062
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Age Structure
0-14 years: 26.62% (male 4,164,681/female 4,019,436)
15-24 years: 18.63% (male 2,868,743/female 2,859,476) 25-54 years: 39.91% (male 5,892,065/female 6,377,681) 55-64 years: 7.62% (male 1,135,938/female 1,205,579) 65 years and over: 7.21% (male 1,049,409/female 1,168,054) |
Dependency Ratios
total dependency ratio: 53.2%
youth dependency ratio: 42.7% elderly dependency ratio: 10.5% potential support ratio: 9.6% |
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: 0.92 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 0.9 male(s)/female |
Median Age
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Density
24.20 per square kilometer
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Migration Rate
-2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population
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Crude Birth Rate
18
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Crude Death Rate
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Total Fertility Rate
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6
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2.15 children born/woman
country comparison to the world: 100 |
Infant Mortality Rate
total: 19 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) country comparison to the world: 90 |
Maternal Mortality Rate
68 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90 |
Rate of Natural Increase
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Doubling Time
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1.2
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58.3
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Life Expectancy
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Obesity Rate
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Children Under 5 Underweight
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AIDS Rate
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3.1%
country comparison to the world: 103 |
20.4%
country comparison to the world: 117 |
Analysis
As shown in the data above, Peru is considered a more developed country. The population is evenly balanced throughout the country. There isn't an abundance of neither kids nor elderly people. Based on the information of age structure, Peru has mostly a small dependency ratio in Peru because only approximately 7% of the population are over the age of 65, however 26% of the population are ages between 0 and 14. That's why the elderly dependency ratio is a lot lower than the youth dependency ratio. Looking at the sex ratio, it is visible that there is no preference to men over women. The population in Peru is more evenly distributed and there is not a huge abundance of children. There is a low population density so the country is less concentrated so it is mostly rural. The migration rate is negative which means that Peru is a migration source and not a destination, so people do not immigrate to the country. The crude birth rate is three times higher than the crude death rate. The doubling time is 58.3 which means that it will take almost 60 years for the population in Peru to double. The life expectancy is 73.7 which is pretty high. The total fertility rate is relatively low at 2.15 which means that is just enough to sustain the population which shows signs of a more developed country. The infant and maternal mortality rates are both relatively low which is a sign that they have advanced medical technology. The rate of natural increase is 1.2. This is low, therefore, the doubling time is high. The obesity rate is 20.4 which is pretty high. Children under 5 underweight is also low which means that the country does have a lot of food sources and medical supplies. The AIDS rate is high which means that they have had an epidemic of AIDS in the present or past. This also suggests that there was once poor contraceptive use. Using the data above, we can come to the conclusion that Peru is a more developed country.