Peru
- Capital
- Lima
- Population
- 31 m
- Area
- 1,285,216 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Aymara, Quechua, Spanish
- Currency
- Peruvian sol (S/.)
- Demonym
- Peruvian
- UN member
- Yes
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
From Caral and the great Andean civilisations to the Inca empire of Tawantinsuyu, the Spanish conquest and the silver of the Viceroyalty, independence secured at Ayacucho in 1824, the War of the Pacific, the internal armed conflict with the Shining Path, and a turbulent modern republic.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.