Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 1,285,220 sq km |
| Capital: | Lima |
| Geographic coordinates: | 10 00 S, 76 00 W |
| Climate: | varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes |
| Government: | constitutional republic |
| Currency: | nuevo sol (PEN) |
| Literacy(%): | 87.7 |
| Languages: | Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages |
| Ethnicity/race: | Amerindian, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white), white, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other |
| Religions: | Roman Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist, other Christian, other, unspecified or none |
| Industries | mining and refining of minerals and metals, petroleum extraction and refining, natural gas, fishing and fish processing, textiles, clothing, food processing, steel, metal fabrication |
| Natural resources | copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas |