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Source: The World Factbook
| Area | 1285220 sq km |
| Population | 28,409,897 [03] |
| GDP in US$ billion | 56.90 [02] |
| GDP: PPP in US$ billion | 146.90 [03] |
| GDP - PPP per capita in US$ | 5,200 [03] |
| Reserves including Gold in US$ billion in 2002 | 9.10 |
| Capital | Lima |
| Monetary unit | Nuevo Sol |
| Local currency to US$ on 9 Feb 2004 | 0.286385 |
| Literacy (percentage) | 91 |
| Location | Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador Peru, in western South America, extends for nearly 1,500 miles (2,414 km) along the Pacific Ocean. Colombia and Ecuador are to the north, Brazil and Bolivia to the east, and Chile to the south. |
| Geographic coordinates | 10 00 S, 76 00 W |
| Climate | varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes |
| Government | Republic. |
| Languages | Spanish, Quéchua, Aymara, and other native languages |
| Ethnicity/race | Indian 45%, mestizo (mixed Indian and European ancestry) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3% |
| Religions | Roman Catholic |
| Industries | mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication. |
| Natural resources | copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash. |
| Exports (billion US$) | 8.95 [03] |
| copper, zinc, fishmeal, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, refined silver, coffee, cotton. | |
| Imports (billion US$) | 8.25 [03] |
| machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals. | |
| Foreign direct investment US$ millions Year 2001 | 1,101 |
| Annual tele- communication investment (million US$) | 175 [01] |
| R&D Output | |
| High technology Exports million dollars in 1999 | 46 |
| High technology exports % of manufactured exports 2000 | 3.00 |
| Infrastructure | |
| Total Road network in 1995-99 | 77,999 |
| International arrivals in million | 1.03 [00] |
| Energy use in million tons of oil equivalent in 2000 | 12.695 |
| R&D expenditure | |
| Total R&D Expenditure in national currencies | |
| GERD/GDP as % | |
| Business Expenditure on R&D | |
| Industry financed GERD as Percentage | |
| Public Expenditure on Education as % of GDP 1998-2000 | 3.30 |
| Human Resources Development | |
| Labor force in million (2002) | 7.50 |
| R&D personnel (no of persons) | |
| Business enterprise R&D personnel | |
| Researchers as % of labour force | |
| Information & Communication Technology | |
| Television equipped households in million | 4.74 [02] |
| Fixed phones Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 2.02 [7.8%] |
| Mobile phone Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 2.30 [8.6%] |
| Internet users in million in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 2.50 [9.4%] |
| Number of PCs in Millions in 2002 (penetration% given in brackets) | 1.15 [4.3%] |
| Internet hosts - 2002 | 19,447 |