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If Peru were your home instead of The United States you would...

have 4.5 times higher chance of dying in infancy

use 92.24% less electricity

consume 91.49% less oil

make 81.47% less money

spend 95.3% less money on health care

have 37.38% more babies

die 7.21 years sooner

experience 15.56% more of a class divide

have 3.23% more chance at being employed

be 16.67% less likely to have HIV/AIDS

More Information about Peru

With its 29,907,003 people Peru is the 39th largest country in the world by population. It is the 20th largest country by area with 1,285,216 square kilometers. Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his ouster in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of Native American ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, has overseen a robust macroeconomic performance.