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
2007-10-21
census
source: INEI, Peru.
Departamento de Amazonas Chachapoyas 39,249.13 336,665 375,993
Departamento Ancash Huaraz 35,914.81 955,023 1,063,459
Departamento Apurímac Abancay 20,895.79 381,997 404,190
Departamento de Arequipa Arequipa 63,345.39 916,806 1,152,303
Departamento de Ayacucho Ayacucho 43,814.80 492,507 612,489
Departamento de Cajamarca Cajamarca 33,317.54 1,259,808 1,387,809
Provincia Constitutional del Callao Callao 146.98 639,729 876,877
Departamento de Cusco Cusco 71,986.50 1,028,763 1,171,403
Departamento de Huancavelica Huancavelica 22,131.47 385,162 454,797
Departamento de Huánuco Huánuco 36,848.85 654,489 762,223
Departamento de Ica Ica 21,327.83 565,686 711,932
Departamento de Junín Huancayo 44,197.23 1,035,841 1,225,474
Departamento de La Libertad Trujillo 25,499.90 1,270,261 1,617,050
Departamento de Lambayeque Chiclayo 14,213.30 920,795 1,112,868
Departamento Lima Lima 34,801.59 6,386,308 8,445,211
Departamento de Loreto Iquitos 368,851.95 687,282 891,732
Departamento de Madre de Dios Puerto Maldonado 85,300.54 67,008 109,555
Departamento de Moquegua Moquegua 15,733.97 128,747 161,533
Departamento de Pasco Cerro de Pasco 25,319.59 226,295 280,449
Departamento Piura Piura 35,892.49 1,388,264 1,676,315
Departamento de Puno Puno 71,999.00 1,079,849 1,268,441
Departamento San Martín Moyobamba 51,253.31 552,387 728,808
Departamento de Tacna Tacna 16,075.89 218,353 288,781
Departamento de Tumbes Tumbes 4,669.20 155,521 200,306
Departamento de Ucayali Pucallpa 102,410.55 314,810 432,159
total   1,285,197.60 22,048,356 27,412,157

Agglomerations

name population
1993-07-11
census
population
2007-10-21
census
Lima Metropolitana 6,321,173 8,472,935
source: INEI, Peru.

Main cities

name population
1993-07-11
census
population
2007-10-21
census
Lima 5,706,127 7,605,742
Arequipa 619,156 749,291
Trujillo 509,312 682,834
Chiclayo 424,004 524,442
Callao 369,768 438,326
Piura 277,964 377,496
Iquitos 274,759 370,962
Cusco 255,568 348,935
Chimbote 282,279 334,568
Huancayo 258,209 323,054
Tacna 174,336 242,451
Ica 168,998 219,856
Juliaca 142,576 216,716
Pucallpa 172,286 204,772
Sullana 147,361 181,954
Cajamarca 92,447 162,326
Chincha Alta 110,016 153,598
Ayacucho 105,918 151,019
Huánuco 118,814 149,210
Puno 91,877 120,229
Tarapoto 77,783 117,184
Huaraz 66,888 100,931
Tumbes 74,085 94,751
Talara 82,228 87,622
source: INEI, Peru.
note: population of Lima based on "Lima - Provincia".