Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Peru
One in every 246 babies in the world is born here: about 544,617 a year, 1 a minute.
- Population
- 34,576,665
- Births a year
- 544,617
- Life expectancy
- 78
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 12.9
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
80.3
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
75.6
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
11
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
12.9
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
51
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.4
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
6.5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
13.6
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
8.6
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.97
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
18
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
96
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
71
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
22.6
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$16,079
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
40
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
5.1
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5.1
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
23
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
65
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
27
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
86
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
97
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
96
World: 91
Internet users (%)
82
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.97
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.02
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 50.6 → 2026: 77.1 → 2050: 82.3
World
1960: 231 → 2026: 12 → 2050: 5
World
1960: 6.9 → 2026: 1.9 → 2050: 1.7
World
1960: 47 → 2026: 86 → 2050: 92
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Peru comes up about once in every 246 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.