Peru

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
32,551,815 1
Urban
77.90% 1
Rural
22.10% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.3% 2
Homicides
7.16 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
101 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
80 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.43 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.70% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
93.84% 6
Internet Users
40% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$6,360 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
3.7% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
29,786,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
91.30
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
197,585
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
106,332
First Communions per Year
202,703
Confirmations per Year
179,141
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
188,631
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
184,184
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
98,236
Church Marriages per Year
26,037
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
25,556
Priests
3,292
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
5,109
Catholics per Priest
9,048
Parishes
1,670
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
2,750
Catholic Hospitals
47
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
89
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