China’s coastline is 6 times as long as Peru’s

China: 14,500 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

China’s highest peak towers 2,103 m above Peru’s

China: 8,849 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 42% of China, versus 19% of Peru

China: 41.7% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

China has 41 times as many people as Peru

China: 1.41 billion (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

China is 5.5 times as densely populated as Peru

China: 150 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in China is 9.6 years older than in Peru

China: 39.1 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 1.0 more children on average than in China

China: 1.01 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in China are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

China: 14.9% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Peru hosts 1,201 times as many refugees per resident as China

China: 0.00016 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, China 0.1

China: 0.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, China 1

China: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

China’s economy is 58 times the size of Peru’s

China: $19.5 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

China produces 56% more per person than Peru

China: Int$29,333 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in China (Gini 4.1 points higher)

China: 36 (2022) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in China

China: 0% (2022) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 4.6% in China

China: 4.6% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

China spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

China: 1.7% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, China’s 7.0%

China: 7% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× China’s

China: 47% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

China spends 71% more on health per person than Peru

China: $763 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in China

China: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

China has 84% more doctors per person than Peru

China: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

China has 3.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

China: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in China is 2.8 times that in Peru

China: 8 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 9.1% in China

China: 9.1% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

23% of adults in China smoke, versus 12% in Peru

China: 22.8% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in China rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Peru

China: 6.07 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 30% more alcohol than in China

China: 3.7 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

China has 33% more meat per person than Peru

China: 73.5 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

China has 716 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

China: 3,527 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in China put in 185 more hours a year than in Peru

China: 2,328 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 2.1 years longer than in China

China: 8 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Peru welcomed 29% more tourists per resident than China (2019)

China: 0.05 (2019) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

China has 48 more World Heritage sites than Peru (61 against 13)

China: 61 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

China has won 819 Olympic medals, Peru 5

China: 819 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

92% of people in China are online, versus 82% in Peru

China: 92% (2025) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in China is 24% faster than in Peru

China: 364 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in China have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

China: 100% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 66% in China

China: 66% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

China has 132 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

China: 132 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

China’s railway network is 59 times as long as Peru’s

China: 109,767 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Peru fly 16% more passengers per resident than those from China

China: 0.44 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 24% of China

China: 24% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in China emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

China: 8.7 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 37% in China

China: 37% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in China carries 13% more fine dust than in Peru

China: 31.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in China

China: 0.5 per 100k (2020) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in China are 48% deadlier than in Peru

China: 24.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Peru is on average 11.4 °C warmer than China

China: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.7 times as much rain as China

China: 813 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)