Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
President : Ollanta Humala
Population
2,889,187
29,549,517
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
72.730 years
Capital City
Kingston
Lima
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.788
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$10,200 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
7.900%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
constitutional republic
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
Languages
English, English patois
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
