Demographics of Peru

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Peru is projected at 33.36 million, up by 1.18% compared with 32.97 million in 2020. Peru is ranked 44th in terms of population and 96th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.57 million births in Peru in 2021. That is 1,573 per day, which is ranked 51st. The crude birth rate is 17.31 per 1000 people. There are 0.19 million deaths in Peru in 2021. That is 522 per day, which is ranked 51st. The crude death rate is 5.75 per 1000 people.

26.44 million people are living in urban areas, which is 78.5% of Peru population. Peru is ranked 73rd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Peru in 2021 is 98.70 males per 100 females. There are 16.57 million males and 16.79 million females in Peru. The percentage of female population is 50.33% compare to 49.67% male population. Peru has 0.22 million more females than males. Peru is at 100th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Peru population

Year Population Growth (%)
19507,777,452-
19558,858,3922.69
196010,155,0112.84
196511,711,4022.88
197013,459,7892.8
197515,424,7452.71
198017,547,6122.54
198519,772,8712.35
199022,071,4332.12
199524,299,1681.88
200026,459,9441.46
200527,866,1400.88
201029,027,6800.82
201530,470,7391.26
201630,926,0361.49
201731,444,2991.68
201831,989,2651.73
201932,510,4621.63
202032,971,8461.42
202133,359,4161.18
  • Total
  • Crude

Peru death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950173,994378,87522.1148.01
1955184,701424,19520.7547.77
1960187,821478,08818.4446.92
1965189,316527,93016.1145.01
1970184,403569,56413.6842.22
1975176,605604,05511.4139.11
1980172,392634,1939.8136.10
1985165,158666,0238.3433.63
1990155,637677,0307.0530.68
1995146,948648,4506.0426.67
2000144,610614,9145.4923.33
2005148,160618,9985.3222.20
2010153,901598,7675.3020.62
2015164,032569,2905.3518.54
2020185,606574,9875.6617.54
2021190,629574,0575.7517.31
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Peru

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,168,4084,559,326-41.000
19553,856,0034,930,7544.0343.884
19604,709,8725,351,6434.1446.811
19656,020,6285,587,0535.1651.868
19707,658,5735,682,4964.7757.406
19759,360,5475,869,4003.7561.461
198011,209,4536,149,6673.5564.574
198513,068,5236,476,4332.9766.864
199015,038,7346,787,9242.7468.901
199517,055,6496,983,1112.4070.951
200018,928,6876,986,1921.9673.042
200520,717,2756,893,1351.7775.034
201022,450,2496,923,3971.5376.430
201524,271,9297,104,7421.5477.357
202026,082,4797,229,6991.4178.297
202126,443,8217,242,4841.3978.500
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Peru population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,495,630 1,421,677 2,917,307 8.75 105.202
05-09 1,316,093 1,297,541 2,613,634 7.83 101.430
10-14 1,331,133 1,368,698 2,699,831 8.09 97.255
15-19 1,200,223 1,260,701 2,460,924 7.38 95.203
20-24 1,184,240 1,369,483 2,553,723 7.66 86.474
25-29 1,332,599 1,410,912 2,743,511 8.22 94.449
30-34 1,373,532 1,335,314 2,708,846 8.12 102.862
35-39 1,322,590 1,243,620 2,566,210 7.69 106.350
40-44 1,202,074 1,139,085 2,341,159 7.02 105.530
45-49 1,069,668 1,016,877 2,086,545 6.25 105.191
50-54 922,979 909,982 1,832,961 5.49 101.428
55-59 778,887 785,760 1,564,647 4.69 99.125
60-64 634,539 648,500 1,283,039 3.85 97.847
65-69 516,022 544,044 1,060,066 3.18 94.849
70-74 368,378 397,808 766,186 2.30 92.602
75-79 249,530 287,537 537,067 1.61 86.782
80-84 164,643 190,518 355,161 1.06 86.419
85-89 77,676 108,247 185,923 0.56 71.758
90-94 24,958 41,714 66,672 0.20 59.831
95-99 4,470 9,845 14,315 0.04 45.404
100+ 441 1,248 1,689 0.01 35.337
Total 16,570,305 16,789,111 33,359,416 98.697