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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Switzerland fits inside Peru 31 times

Peru: 1,285,220 km² (2024) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Peru’s highest peak towers 2,112 m above Switzerland’s

Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 19% of Peru

Peru: 19% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Peru has 3.8 times as many people as Switzerland

Peru: 34.6 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Switzerland is 8.5 times as densely populated as Peru

Peru: 27 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Switzerland are 12.0 cm taller than in Peru

Peru: 166.8 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Switzerland are 9.9 cm taller than in Peru

Peru: 154.4 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Switzerland is 13 years older than in Peru

Peru: 29.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Peru have 0.7 more children on average than in Switzerland

Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Peru

Peru: 9.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Switzerland hosts 117 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Peru 0.3

Peru: 0.3 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Peru 3

Peru: 3 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Switzerland’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Peru’s

Peru: $335 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Switzerland produces 5.4 times as much per person as Peru

Peru: Int$18,816 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

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

Peru: 40.1 (2024) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

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 0.1% in Switzerland

Peru: 5.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Peru and Switzerland are practically level

Peru: 5.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Peru and Switzerland are practically level

Peru: 0.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 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, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Peru: 15.9% (2021) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Peru’s

Peru: 51% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Switzerland spends 26 times as much on health per person as Peru

Peru: $446 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Switzerland live 6.5 years longer than in Peru

Peru: 77.9 years (2024) · Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Peru is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Switzerland has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Peru

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

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Switzerland has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Peru

Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 4 times that in Peru

Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Peru: 29.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

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

Peru: 12.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.04 points higher than in Peru

Peru: 5.97 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Switzerland drink 83% more alcohol than in Peru

Peru: 4.8 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Switzerland has 15% more meat per person than Peru

Peru: 55.4 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Switzerland has 592 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Peru put in 614 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Peru: 2,143 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Switzerland went to school 3.8 years longer than in Peru

Peru: 10.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Switzerland welcomed 17 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Peru: 0.06 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Peru and Switzerland are practically level

Peru: 13 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Peru: 5 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 82% in Peru

Peru: 82% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Switzerland is 36% faster than in Peru

Peru: 294 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

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

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

Switzerland and Peru are practically level

Peru: 86% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

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

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Switzerland’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Peru’s

Peru: 1,854 km (2017) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Switzerland fly 6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Peru: 0.51 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 32% of Switzerland

Peru: 52.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Switzerland emits 75% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Peru: 2.1 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 64% in Peru

Peru: 63.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Peru carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Switzerland

Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Peru are 4.3 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Peru is on average 12.7 °C warmer than Switzerland

Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Peru gets 34% more rain than Switzerland

Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 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 Peru bigger than Switzerland?

Peru is larger. Switzerland fits inside Peru 31 times.

Which has more people, Peru or Switzerland?

Peru has 3.8 times as many people as Switzerland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Peru or Switzerland?

People in Switzerland live 6.5 years longer than in Peru. Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years in Peru and 84.4 in Switzerland.

Are people taller in Peru or Switzerland?

Men in Switzerland are 12.0 cm taller than in Peru (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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