NPH Peru - Caring for orphans and abandoned children

Geography
Area: total	1,285,220 sq km
land	1,280,000 sq km
water	5,220 sq km
Land use: arable land	2.88%
permanent crops	0.47%
other	97.03% (2005)
Population
Population	28,302,603 (2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years	30.9%
15-64 years	63.7%
65 years and over	5.3% (2006 est.)
Population growth rate	1.32% (2006 est.)
Birth rate/1,000 population	20.48 (2006 est.)
Death rate/1,000 population	6.23 (2006 est.)
Net migration rate /1,000 population	-1.01 (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate/1,000 live births	30.94 (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	69.84 years
male	68.05 years
female	71.71 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.51 child born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.5% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	4,200 (2003 est.)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write:	90.90%
male	95.20%
female	86.80% (2003 est.)
Economy
GDP - real growth rate	6.4% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity	$6,000 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture	8%
industry	27%
services	65% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line	54% (2003 est.)
Inflation rate - consumer prices	1.6% (2005 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture	9%
industry	18%
services	73% (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate:	7.6% in metro Lima, widespread unemployment (2005 est.)
Exports	$15.95 billion (2005 est.)
Imports	$12.156 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external	$30.94 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient	$491 million (2002)

Demographics ofPeru