1. Population of Peru according to the main censuses of its history:
• 1961 : 10 420 357 h
• 1993 : 22 639 443 h
• 2005 : 27 219 264 h

2. To which countries the Peruvians went between 1995 and 2005:
USA : 30,9%, Argentina : 12,6%, Chile : 10,5%, Venezuela : 2,7%, Bolivia : 2,3%, Brazil, Ecuador : 1,8%, Canada : 0,7%, Colombia : 0,6%, Mexico : 0,5%.
Spain : 14,3%, Italy : 10,4%, Germany : 0,9%, France : 0,8%,
Japan: 3,8%, others: 5,1%.

3. Occupations and characteristics of the Peruvians that leave the country, taken as a percentage:
Men: 52, Women: 48, Single: 73, married: 20, Students: 27, Office workers: 13, workers of the service industry and salesmen: 11, intellectual and scientific Occupations: 11, Host: 10.

« In 2004, the Peruvians who lived outside of the country sent more than 1 796 million dollars to Peru. »

4. The countries of the world where most Peruvians went to work in 2002:
• USA: 809 281, Argentina: 128 508, Venezuela: 110 487, Bolivia: 69 748, Chile: 57 043, Canada: 21 268, Brazil: 17 283, Mexico: 12 235.
• Spain: 118 750, Italy: 91 197, Swiss: 14 835, Germany: 12 309, France: 7 830.
• Japan: 51 052, Australia: 7 753.

5. The top 5 most populated cities in Peru:
• Lima 8 011 820 h
• Arequipa 851 750 h
• Chiclayo 776 750h
• Trujillo 759 337h
• Piura 637 437h

6. The most unequal countries in the distribution of its receipts according to the United Nations Organization
1. Namibia, 2. Lesotho, 3. Botswana, 4. Sierra Leone, 4. The Central African Republic, 5. Swaziland, 7. Bolivia, 8. Haiti, 9. Colombia, 10. Brazil, 11. Paraguay, 12. South Africa, 13. Chile, 14. Panama, 15. Guatemala, 16. Peru, 17. Honduras, 18. Argentine.

7. Comparison between Norway (Nº1 in human development according to the report of the UNO of 2006) and Peru (Nº82 according to the report of the UNO)
GDP in dollars, Norway: 38 454, Peru: 5 678.
Public spending on education, Norway: 7.7 % of GDP, Peru: 3 % of GDP.
Enrolment rate in elementary school, Norway: 99 % and Peru: 97 %.
Enrolment rate in grammar school, Norway: 96 % and Peru: 69 %.
Children who reach 5th grade, Norway: 100 % and Peru: 90 %.
Literacy rate of the adults over 15 years old, Norway: 99 % and Peru: 87.7 %.
Public spending on health, Norway 8.6 % of GDP, Peru: 2.1 % of GDP.
Infant Mortality rate (for 1 000 births), Norway: 4, Peru: 24.
Mortality rate of those under 5 years of age (for 1 000 births), Norway: 4, Peru: 29.
Life expectation at birth: Norway: 79.6 years, Peru: 70.2 years.
Export of high technology products: Norway: 18 % and Peru: 2 %.

8. Comparison between the districts of San Isidro (Lima), and Huallyay grande (province of Angaraes, department of Huancavelica), respectively first and last in the report of human development of Peru
Life expectation at birth: San Isidro: 76.6 years and Huallyay grande: 53.7 years.
Literacy: San Isidro: 76.6 % and Huallyay grande: 53.7 %.
Rate of school enrolment: San Isidro: 90.5 % and Huallyay grande: 84.3 %.
Educational Rate of success: San Isidro: 96.6 % and Huallyay grande: 65.4 %.
Monthly income: San Isidro: new 1 270. 90 soles and Huallyay grande: new 182.80 soles.
« One cubic meter of water in a district as elegant as San Isidro costs approximately 0.89 soles. One cubic meter of a water truck in a shanty town costs 7.50 soles. »

9. Three districts of Peru in which families receive around 4 soles a day.
Umari (Pachitea, Huanuco): 115.70 soles per month.
Pinra (Huacaybamba, Huanuco): 122.10 soles per month.
Molino (Pachitea, Huanuco): 125.10 per month.

10. Some places in the world where there is a level of dreadful under nutrition:
Burundi, Africa : 57%
Huancavelica, Peru : 53,4%
Afghanistan, Asia : 52%
Ethiopia, Africa : 52%
Cuzco, Peru : 43,2%

11. Various countries in the world and their positions according to literacy rate from 15 years of age.
1. Georgia: 100%, 2. Slovakia: 100%, 3. Cuba: 99.8%, 27. Argentina: 97.2%. 62. Brazil: 88.6%, 66. Peru (87.7%), 128. Mali : 19%
« Peruvians read half a book per person in a year. »

12. Placement of Peru out of the 41 countries which were subjected to the test of the international program of evaluation of students
Understanding of reading: 41 out of 41.
Mathematics: 41 out of 41.
Sciences: 41 out of 41.
« In Peru, 8 students out of 10 do not understand what you read ».

13. For every 100 Peruvians, how many are alcoholic?
In mountain: 10.
In the jungle: 9.
In the border area: 9.
In Lima: 5.

14. The biggest territories of the world:
1. Russia: 17 075 400 km2
2. Antarctica 14 177 000 km2
3. Canada: 9 984 670 km2
4. The People’s Republic of China: 9 537 590 km2
5. The USA: 9 372 614 km2
6. Brazil: 8 511 969 km2
9. Argentina: 2 791 810 km2
16. Mexico: 1 958 201 km2
21. Peru: 1 285 216 km2

« On a single tree of Tambopata, Madre de Dios, the scientists found 5 000 types of insects and 80 % of these sorts were new to science. In the same place, they found 1 207 types of butterflies in 550 hectares of land: this is the largest number discovered in a similar space on any place in the planet. »

15. Plants and animals which have the most types in Peru:
Orchids: 4 000
Potato: 3 000
Butterflies: 3 000
Bald smile: 154

« Peru is the first country in the world to have 4000 varieties of orchids. »

16. The lowest point and the highest point of Peru:
Lowest: depression of bayobar, Piura (37m below sea level).
Highest: peak of Huascaran (6 768m).
« The desert surface of Peru is 30 million hectares, what amounts to 23.75 % of the territory, while 7 768 598 persons live in this area. »

17. The capital cities which are in a desert:
• Cairo, capital of Egypt: 7 786 640 h
• Lima, capital of Peru: 7 765 151 h
• Khartoum capital of Sudan : 5 974 000 h

« The coat of snow lost by Peru because of global warming amounts approximately to 10 years of consumable water for a city likes Lima. »

« Peru possesses the largest number of typical dishes in the world. »

18. 20 countries which use the most pirated software:
1. Vietnam (88% of users)
2. Ukraine 85%
3. Indonésie85%
4. Venezuela 84%
5. Pakistan 84%
6. Russia 83%
7. Chine 82%
16. Peru 70%

19. The countries which buy the most pirated music:
1. Pakistan 100%
2. Paraguay 98%
3. Peru: 98%
4. Equator: 98%
5. Vietnam: 95%
6. China: 85%

20. The countries which buy the most pirated films :
1. Costa Rica 100%
2. Saudi Arabia95%
3. China 93%
15. Peru 63%

21.  » In 2004, the ministry of Education made an evaluation of the return on pupils. The problem was the following one: I have 15 eggs and I use 8 to make a tart. How many eggs are left over? 85 % of the children in first grade were not able to resolve this problem. Furthermore, in a fifth of the secondary less than 3 % of the pupils affect the basic level in mathematics. « 

22. The main foreign investments into Peru come from:
Spain : 3 192 millions of dollars
United Kingdom : 2 858 millions of dollars
United States of America : 1 984 millions of dollars
« Peru is situated in the top 20 economies which most protect the investments of companies, Chile occupies the 34th position. Peru is also one of the top 20 countries in the world which have the most durable companies. »

23. The passports which appeared most at Jorge Chavez’s airport in 2006:
United States of America : 274 313
Spain : 57 002
United Kingdom: 42 215
France : 40 892
Argentine : 37768
Chili : 36 482
Colombia : 35 482
Brazil : 30 772
Japan : 31 252
Germany : 29 559

24. World champions of Peru:
Chess: Julio Granda (young people), on 1981
Billiards(Billiard table): Adolfo Suarez Perret, on 1961
Karate: Oscar Sinchi Huari (young person), on 2003
Surfing: Felipe Pomar 1965, Sofia mulanovitch, 2004
Pulls (Fires): (Olympic) Edwin Vasquez, on 1948

25. The number of participations of South American countries in world football.
Brazil : 18
Argentine : 14
Peru : 4

26. Occupations of the Peruvian presidents:
Serviceman : 46
Lawyers : 11
Entrepreneurs : 8
Engineers : 3
Economists : 2
Architects : 1
Clerics : 1
Doctors : 1
Nobody knows: 2

27. How did Peruvians come to power?
Political Coup: 26 ·
Legal Succession: 25 ·
Elections: 23 ·
Congress: 21 ·
Delegation: 17 ·
Grouping of notables: 3 ·
Armed liberator: 2