General info

Entity:
Peru
Capital:
Lima
Population (2008-07-01):
29,180,900 (CIA)
Area:
1,285,220 sq.km.
Country code:
pe
Region:
South America

Peru

Administrative units

departamento capital area (sq.km.) population
1993-07-11
census
population
2005-07-18
census
source: INEI, Peru.
Departamento de Amazonas Chachapoyas 39,249.13 336,665 389,700
Departamento Ancash Huaraz 35,914.81 955,023 1,039,415
Departamento Apurímac Abancay 20,895.79 381,997 418,882
Departamento de Arequipa Arequipa 63,345.39 916,806 1,140,810
Departamento de Ayacucho Ayacucho 43,814.80 492,507 619,338
Departamento de Cajamarca Cajamarca 33,317.54 1,259,808 1,359,023
Provincia Constitutional del Callao Callao 146.98 639,729 810,568
Departamento de Cusco Cusco 71,986.50 1,028,763 1,171,503
Departamento de Huancavelica Huancavelica 22,131.47 385,162 447,054
Departamento de Huánuco Huánuco 36,848.85 654,489 730,871
Departamento de Ica Ica 21,327.83 565,686 665,592
Departamento de Junín Huancayo 44,197.23 1,035,841 1,091,619
Departamento de La Libertad Trujillo 25,499.90 1,270,261 1,539,774
Departamento de Lambayeque Chiclayo 14,213.30 920,795 1,091,535
Departamento Lima Lima 34,801.59 6,386,308 7,819,436
Departamento de Loreto Iquitos 368,851.95 687,282 884,144
Departamento de Madre de Dios Puerto Maldonado 85,300.54 67,008 92,024
Departamento de Moquegua Moquegua 15,733.97 128,747 159,306
Departamento de Pasco Cerro de Pasco 25,319.59 226,295 266,764
Departamento Piura Piura 35,892.49 1,388,264 1,630,772
Departamento de Puno Puno 71,999.00 1,079,849 1,245,508
Departamento San Martín Moyobamba 51,253.31 552,387 669,973
Departamento de Tacna Tacna 16,075.89 218,353 274,496
Departamento de Tumbes Tumbes 4,669.20 155,521 191,713
Departamento de Ucayali Pucallpa 102,410.55 314,810 402,445
total   1,285,197.60 22,048,356 26,152,265

Agglomerations

name population
1993-07-11
census
population
2000
estimate
Lima Metropolitana 6,345,856 7,496,831
source: INEI, Peru.

Main cities

name population
1993-07-11
census
population
2000
estimate
Lima 5,706,127 6,723,130
Arequipa 619,156 762,000
Trujillo 509,312 652,000
Chiclayo 411,536 517,000
Callao 369,768 438,326
Piura 277,964 325,000
Iquitos 274,759 367,000
Chimbote 268,979 336,000
Huancayo 258,209 327,000
Cuzco (Cusco) 255,568 291,000
Tacna 174,336 ..
Pucallpa 172,286 ..
Ica 161,406 ..
Sullana 147,361 ..
Juliaca 142,576 ..
Huánuco 118,814 ..
Chincha Alta 110,016 ..
Ayacucho 105,918 ..
Cajamarca 92,447 ..
Puno 91,877 ..
Talara 82,228 ..
source: INEI, Peru.
note: population of Lima based on "Lima - Provincia".