• PEOPLE NAME: PERUVIANS OF PERU

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PEID: 17576

ROP: 115830

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Hispanic

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Peruvian Mestizo

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Peru

Also found in: Austria; Canada; French Guiana; United States

Population: 26,030,000

Global Population: 26,516,875


PEID: 17576

ROP: 115830

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Peruvians of Peru, numbering 26,030,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Hispanic people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 26,516,875 in 5 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Peruvians is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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