Peruvian Population Demographics

http://www.indexmundi.com/peru/age_structure.html

How has your nation’s population changed over time? 3% in 1960 to 1.1% increase in 2012

What is the fertility rate, birth rate, death rate, growth rate and doubling time?

Br between 45-50 till 1950 then started down, now at 20

Dr 22 in 1953, 5.5 now

DT 34 years

http://www.populstat.info/Americas/perug.htm

How have these numbers changed over time?

Everything was larger

Where is your country in its demographic transition?

Early stage 3

Find or a current age structure diagram for your nation, and see if you can find or create one for a generation ago (25-50 years ago).

http://populationpyramid.net/peru/

In terms of your nation’s population, are its current growth and size sustainable?

yes

What are some strategies they have implemented to make their population sustainable?

What do you recommend they do?

Is there a national population policy? What is it?

no

Are there any case studies of their population out there? (check out sciencedaily.com)

In your nation what are the past, current and future impacts of population growth on:

http://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/content/hunger-peru-problems-progress-and-your-role

about 45% of Peru’s total population is indigenous and 52% of those who live below the extreme poverty line are indigenous

In 2000, the United Nations set forth the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in order to help the world’s poorest populations improve their living conditions. Several of these eight goals include: eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, achieve universal primary education, and promote gender equality and empower women, with the goal achievement deadline set as the year 2015.2