Population: 27,947,000

Capital: Lima; 8,180,000

Area: 1,285,216 square kilometers (496,224 square miles)

Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

Religion: Roman Catholic

Currency: Nuevo sol

Life Expectancy: 69

GDP per Capita: U.S. $5,000

Literacy Percent: 91                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                     

                                                                      

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About 9 million people live in Lima now. Most of the growth is through immigration from other parts of the country. 

• Life expectancy total population: 70.74 years (est. 2009)
• Life expectancy of men: 67.9 years (2007)
• Life expectancy of women: 72.8 years (2007)
• Birth rate 19.38 births / 1000 Population (est. 2009)
• Death rate 6.14 deaths / 1000 population (est. 2009)
• Infant mortality rate 28.62 deaths / 1000 live births (est. 2009)
• Malnourished children under 5 years 5,2 % (2007)
• Undernourished population 15% (2005)

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