Peru
Population 2026
34,922,145
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.00%
- Density
- 27 per km²
- Land area
- 1,280,000 km²
- Capital
- Lima
- Currency
- Sol (PEN)
- Official languages
- ES-PE, QU, AY
- Urban population
- 85.6%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 532,8462026
- Deaths
- 200,3012026
- Birth rate
- 15.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.97
- Life expectancy
- 77.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 30.6
- Net migration
- 11,931
Age distribution
- 0–1423.6%
- 15–6466.9%
- 65+9.5%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $335B
- GDP per capita
- $9.7K
- GDP growth
- +3.4%
- Inflation
- 1.5%
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Exports
- $100B
- Imports
- $73.2B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.2%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture7.5%
- Industry34.3%
- Manufacturing12.2%
- Services50.9%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture23.1%
- Industry16.8%
- Services60.1%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LimaLima Province | 7,737,0022023 |
| 2 | CallaoCallao | 1,226,2002026 |
| 3 | ArequipaArequipa | 1,195,7002026 |
| 4 | TrujilloLa Libertad | 1,067,7002026 |
| 5 | PiuraPiura | 630,0002026 |
| 6 | ChiclayoLambayeque | 609,4002026 |
| 7 | HuancayoJunin | 456,2502026 |
| 8 | CuscoCuzco Department | 428,4502026 |
| 9 | IquitosLoreto | 377,6092026 |
| 10 | PucallpaUcayali | 326,0402026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34,922,145 | 533K | 200K |
| 2020 | 32,838,577 | 545K | 244K |
| 2010 | 29,086,021 | 578K | 196K |
| 2000 | 26,598,328 | 634K | 150K |
| 1990 | 22,014,772 | 685K | 170K |
| 1980 | 17,360,955 | 634K | 188K |
| 1970 | 13,501,237 | 572K | 254K |
| 1960 | 10,174,128 | 477K | 174K |
| 1950 | 7,677,414 | 369K | 156K |