The 2017 Peru census (Spanish XII Censo de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas) was the twelfth national population census of Peru conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática from Sunday, 22 October to 5 November 2017. The total population of the Republic of Peru, was counted as 31,237,385, an increase of 10.7% or 2,068,499 people over the previous 2007 census.

Peru's next census is scheduled to take place from August to October 2025.

Questions The census form had 47 questions referring to households and basic services, housing, methods of travel and formation of families; such as gender, disability and ethnicity. A question on ethnic self-identification was included in the 2017 census.

Results

Population Comparison between the 2007 and 2017 census. Population by region Region Population Censed 2007 / % Total Population 2007 Population Censed2017 / %Population Change / % Total Population 2017 Lima 8,442,409 30.80% TBD 9,485,405 32.28% 1,042,996 12.35% TBD Piura 1,676,315 6.12% TBD 1,856,809 6.32% 180,494 10.77% TBD La Libertad 1,617,050 5.90% TBD 1,778,080 6.05% 161,030 9.96% TBD Arequipa 1,152,303 4.20% TBD 1,382,730 4.71% 230,427 19.99% TBD Cajamarca 1,387,809 5.06% TBD 1,341,012 4.56% −46,797 -3.37% TBD Junín 1,225,474 4.47% TBD 1,246,038 4.24% 20,564 1.68% TBD Cusco 1,171,403 4.27% TBD 1,205,527 4.10% 34,124 2.91% TBD Lambayeque 1,112,868 4.06% TBD 1,197,260 4.08 84,392 7.58% TBD Puno 1,268,441 4.63% TBD 1,172,697 3.99% −95,744 -7.55% TBD Ancash 1,063,459 3.88% TBD 1,083,519 3.69% 20,060 1.89% TBD Callao 879,679 3.21% TBD 994,494 3.38% 114,815 13.05% TBD Loreto 891,732 3.25% TBD 883,510 3.00% −8,222 -0.92% TBD Ica 711,932 2.60% TBD 850,765 2.90% 138,833 19.50% TBD San Martín 728,808 2.66% TBD 813,381 2.77% 84,573 11.60% TBD Huánuco 762,223 2.78% TBD 721,047 2.45% −41,176 -5.40% TBD Ayacucho 612,489 2.23% TBD 616,176 2.10% 3,687 0.60% TBD Ucayali 432,159 1.58% TBD 496,459 1.70% 64,300 14.88% TBD Apurímac 404,190 1.47% TBD 405,759 1.38% 1,569 0.39% TBD Amazonas 375,993 1.37% TBD 379,384 1.29% 3,391 0.90% TBD Huancavelica 454,797 1.66% TBD 347,639 1.18% −107,158 -23.56% TBD Tacna 288,781 1.05% TBD 329,332 1.12% 40,551 14.04% TBD Pasco 280,449 1.02% TBD 254,065 0.86% −26,384 -9.41% TBD Tumbes 200,306 0.73% TBD 224,863 0.76% 24,557 12.26% TBD Moquegua 161,533 0.59% TBD 174,863 0.60% 13,330 8.25% TBD Madre de Dios 109,555 0.40% TBD 141,070 0.48% 31,515 28.77% TBD Peru 27,412,157 100% 28,220,764 29,381,884 100% 1,969,727 7.19% 31,237,385

Ethnic group and religion Self-identified ethnicity Responses are for the population of 12 years old and above. Ethnic group Population % Mestizo 13,965,254 60.2 Quechua5,176,809 22.3 White1,366,931 5.9 Afro-descendant 828,841 3.6 Aymara 548,292 2.4 Native or indigenous to the Amazon 79,2660.3 Asháninka 55,489 0.2 Part of another Indigenous 49,838 0.2 Aguaruna/Awajún 37,690 0.2 Shipibo-Conibo/Konibo 25,222 0.1 Japanese (Nikkei)22,5340.1 Chinese (Tusan) 14,307 0.1 Other 254,892 1.1 Don't know / no response 771,0263.3 Total23,196,391 100.0Source:INEI

Religion Distribution of religious denominations. ReligionPopulation / % Change 2007-2017 Catholic 17,635,33976.0 4.0% Evangelical3,264,819 14.1 25.3% Total, other 1,115,872 4.8 64.3%     Christian 381,031 1.64 -     Adventists 353,430 1.52 -     Jehovah's Witnesses 173,602 0.75 -     Mormon 113,659 0.49 -     Other 94,150 0.41 - None 1,180,361 5.1 94.0% Total 23,196,391100.0 11.3% Note: ‘Other’ religions such as Buddhist, Hindu, Islam.

See also Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) Census in Peru 1993 Peru Census 2005 Peru Census 2007 Peru Census

References

External links

2017 Census of Peru Official Website