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| Population:
Currently, the total Peruvian population is about 23 million 465 thousand inhabitants. The population, in the first 50 years of this century, increased in 3.8 millions of inhabitants; in the remaining 45 years the population increase was almost 16 millions people. Between 1990 and 1995, the population increased in 2.1 millions inhabitants. The 71% of population lives in urban areas and the 29% at rural areas. As per sex, the national population is divided in equal parts. 52% of national population lives in the coast, 36% in the highlands and 12% in the jungle. Around 6 millions inhabitants live in the Capital, Lima, including Callao's population. For the 1995-2000 period, the annually births average figure is thought to be 613 thousand and the average number of children per woman, 3. The annually deaths figure is thought to be 158 thousand, the men's life expectancy, 65 years and women's, 71 years; the children's death rate in 45 per one thousand born alive.
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