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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Peru is 61% bigger than Pakistan

Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024) · Peru: 1,285,220 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Peru’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 1,865 m above Peru’s

Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

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

Pakistan: 47.2% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 7.4 times as many people as Peru

Pakistan: 255 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 12 times as densely populated as Peru

Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Pakistan and Peru are practically level

Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019) · Peru: 166.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Pakistan and Peru are practically level

Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019) · Peru: 154.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Peru is 9.2 years older than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 1.6 more children on average than in Peru

Pakistan: 3.55 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 4.4% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.4% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 23 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Pakistan: 4.5 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, Pakistan 0.1

Pakistan: 0.1 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Peru has 3 official languages, Pakistan 2

Pakistan: 2 (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?

Pakistan’s economy is 22% larger than Peru’s

Pakistan: $407 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Peru produces 2.9 times as much per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Peru than in Pakistan (Gini 6.6 points higher)

Pakistan: 33.5 (2024) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 5.1% in Peru

Pakistan: 23% (2024) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Pakistan and Peru are practically level

Pakistan: 5.4% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Peru 0.8%

Pakistan: 2.9% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 24% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

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

Pakistan: $30 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Peru live 10 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024) · Peru: 77.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 4.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Peru

Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Peru has 46% more doctors per person than Pakistan

Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Peru has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Pakistan is 3.1 times that in Peru

Pakistan: 9.1 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 Pakistan

Pakistan: 23.5% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

18% of adults in Pakistan smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Pakistan: 17.9% (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 1.11 points higher than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.87 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Peru drink 55 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

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

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Peru has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Peru has 297 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 328 more hours a year than in Peru

Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Peru went to school 5.8 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Pakistan: no data · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Peru has 7 more World Heritage sites than Pakistan (13 against 6)

Pakistan: 6 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Pakistan has won 11 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Pakistan: 11 (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 57% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 57% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Peru is 12 times as fast as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

97% of people in Peru have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 95.7% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 40% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Pakistan: 77 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Pakistan’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Peru’s

Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Peru fly 18 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.03 (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 4.1% of Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.1% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Peru emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 42.7% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 95% more fine dust than in Peru

Pakistan: 53.8 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 2 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Pakistan and Peru are nearly identical here

Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Pakistan is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Peru

Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Peru gets 5.2 times as much rain as Pakistan

Pakistan: 416 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 Pakistan bigger than Peru?

Peru is larger. Peru is 61% bigger than Pakistan.

Which has more people, Pakistan or Peru?

Pakistan has 7.4 times as many people as Peru (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Pakistan or Peru?

People in Peru live 10 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 67.8 years in Pakistan and 77.9 in Peru.

Are people taller in Pakistan or Peru?

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

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