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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Indonesia is 49% bigger than Peru

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Peru: 1,285,220 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 23 times as long as Peru’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Peru’s highest peak towers 1,862 m above Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 29% of Indonesia, versus 19% of Peru

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 8.3 times as many people as Peru

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 5.6 times as densely populated as Peru

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Peru and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Peru: 166.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Peru and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Peru: 154.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Indonesia is 0.38 years older than in Peru

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Indonesia have 0.2 more children on average than in Peru

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Peru hosts 7.6 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Peru has 3 official languages, Indonesia 1

Indonesia: 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?

Indonesia’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Peru’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Peru produces 7% more per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Indonesia (Gini 5.7 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · 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 3.7% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Indonesia and Peru are practically level

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Peru spends 3.4 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Peru live 6.7 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Peru: 77.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 38% more likely to die before turning one than in Peru

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Peru has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Peru has 14% more hospital beds per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Peru is 32% higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Peru rate their lives 0.36 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Peru drink 47 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Peru has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Indonesia has 90 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Peru put in 184 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Peru went to school 1.5 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Peru welcomed 25% more tourists per resident than Indonesia (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Peru has 3 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (13 against 10)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Peru are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Peru is 3.6 times as fast as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Indonesia’s railway network is 3 times as long as Peru’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Peru fly 51% more passengers per resident than those from Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.34 (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 51% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Indonesia emits 40% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Peru carries 49% more fine dust than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.5 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 28 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Indonesia are 4% deadlier than in Peru

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 6.4 °C warmer than Peru

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 59% more rain than Peru

Indonesia: 3,437 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 Indonesia bigger than Peru?

Indonesia is larger. Indonesia is 49% bigger than Peru.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Peru?

Indonesia has 8.3 times as many people as Peru (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Peru?

People in Peru live 6.7 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 77.9 in Peru.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Peru?

Peru and Indonesia are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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