1. PopulationPeru

   Peru: the INEI 2001 projection expected a population of 35.73M for 2025; the outcome was 34.16M

   4 projections of INEI (the Peruvian statistical office) checked against the facts at the latest common year: the outcome came in below the projection in all 4. The largest miss: INEI 2001 expected 35.73M for 2025; the outcome was 34.16M (−4.4%). The office will revise the latest facts again.

   Source: National statistical offices: projections and actual dataOpen on the chart →

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• Peru: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Peru: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• Peru: 8 in 10 are online, but only 5 in 10 have clean water at home whenever needed
• Promises to cut poverty: 3 of 7 came true on time. US Democrats expected 6.25% by 2018; it was 11.8%
• Peru and Finland: the reading gap at age 15 shrank from 219 to 82 points in 22 years
• Peru and Syria: similar GDP per person in 1990, 3.4 times apart in 2022

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