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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Germany fits inside Peru 3.6 times

Germany: 357,680 km² (2024) · Peru: 1,285,220 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Peru’s coastline is 1% longer than Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Peru’s highest peak towers 3,783 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 19% of Peru

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Germany has 2.4 times as many people as Peru

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Germany is 8.8 times as densely populated as Peru

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Germany are 13.5 cm taller than in Peru

Germany: 180.3 cm (2019) · Peru: 166.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Germany are 11.8 cm taller than in Peru

Germany: 166.2 cm (2019) · Peru: 154.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Germany is 16 years older than in Peru

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Peru have 0.6 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Germany hosts 162 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Peru has 3 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Germany’s economy is 15 times the size of Peru’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Germany produces 4 times as much per person as Peru

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Germany (Gini 6.4 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Peru’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Germany spends 15 times as much on health per person as Peru

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Peru: $446 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Germany live 2.9 years longer than in Peru

Germany: 80.8 years (2024) · Peru: 77.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Peru is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Germany has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Peru

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Germany has 4.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Germany is 3.4 times that in Peru

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Germany: 22% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Germany rate their lives 0.91 points higher than in Peru

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Germany drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Peru

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Germany has 27% more meat per person than Peru

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Germany has 724 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Peru put in 808 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Germany went to school 4.1 years longer than in Peru

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Germany welcomed 7.5 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Germany has 42 more World Heritage sites than Peru (55 against 13)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 82% in Peru

Germany: 94% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Peru is 57% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Germany: 82% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Germany: 129 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Germany’s railway network is 18 times as long as Peru’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Germany fly 87% more passengers per resident than those from Peru

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Germany emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Peru carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 9.4 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Peru are 3.1 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Peru is on average 9.0 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Peru gets 2.5 times as much rain as Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Germany bigger than Peru?

Peru is larger. Germany fits inside Peru 3.6 times.

Which has more people, Germany or Peru?

Germany has 2.4 times as many people as Peru (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Germany or Peru?

People in Germany live 2.9 years longer than in Peru. Life expectancy at birth is 80.8 years in Germany and 77.9 in Peru.

Are people taller in Germany or Peru?

Men in Germany are 13.5 cm taller than in Peru (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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