Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Lima
- Region
- Americas, South America
- Population
- 34,576,665 (2025)
- Area
- 1,285,220 km²
- Currency
- Peruvian sol (PEN)
- Languages
- Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Calling code
- +51
- Internet domain
- .pe
- ISO codes
- PE, PER, 604
- Time zone
- UTC-5:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Peru covers about 1,285,220 square kilometres. By area it ranks 21st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Mongolia and a little larger than Chad. It shares a land border with 5 neighbours: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador. Its centre lies at about 10° south, 76° west, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 34.6 million people live in Peru (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 48th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.42 percent of the world's people. On average there are 27 people to each square kilometre. About 86 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 78 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara. A person from Peru is called Peruvian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Peruvian sol (code PEN, symbol S/.). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 335 billion (2025), which is about US$ 9,684 for each person (2025).
Time
Peru uses one time zone, UTC-5:00 (America/Lima). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Lima | 7,737,002 |
| Callao | 1,226,200 |
| Arequipa | 1,195,700 |
| Trujillo | 1,067,700 |
| Piura | 630,000 |
| Chiclayo | 609,400 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South America
Argentina, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.