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Peru

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Peru is a country. The capital city is Lima, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 1,280,000 km², a population of 33,845,617 people and uses the currency Peruvian new sol. The President is Martín Vizcarra.

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currency: Peruvian new sol
capital city: Lima
region: South America
continent: Americas
land area: 1,280,000 km²
population: 33,845,617 people
political leader: Martín Vizcarra (President)

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central government debt: 35.25 % of GDP
expense: 22.84 % of GDP
GDP: 267,603,248,655.25 current US$
inflation: 6.46 annual %
self-employed workers: 52.60 % of total employment
tax revenue: 15.92 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.90 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 48.62 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 158,000 people
democracy score: 6.60
democracy type: Flawed democracy
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 75,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 79.50 % of population
military expenditure: 1.12 % of GDP
net migration: 24,783 people
press freedom: 2.59
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.76 %
birth rate: 17.38 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.50 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 412.21 current US$
health expenditure: 6.15 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.60 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73
suicide mortality rate: 2.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 255,156.89 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 7.18 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 58.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 96.20 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.84 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 45.03 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 49.14 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.40 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.59 % of total
net energy imports: -14.90 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.16 births per woman
forest area: 719,847 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 79.56 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 94.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 25.50
methane emissions: 27.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 8.14 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 17,010,174 people
male population: 16,835,443 people
renewable energy consumption: 30.60 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,281,204.39 km²
rural population: 7,133,979 people
urban land area: 3,457.87 km²
urban population: 26,711,638 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.39 % of total population

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