Population in Mexico compared to Peru: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mexico and Peru: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Peru	Mexico	Peru
1960	36,724,615	10,174,127	-	-
1961	37,890,118	10,475,123	3.17%	2.96%
1962	39,129,200	10,784,612	3.27%	2.95%
1963	40,424,065	11,102,099	3.31%	2.94%
1964	41,772,049	11,427,978	3.33%	2.94%
1965	43,174,477	11,761,085	3.36%	2.91%
1966	44,629,106	12,101,297	3.37%	2.89%
1967	46,129,608	12,448,814	3.36%	2.87%
1968	47,668,303	12,803,993	3.34%	2.85%
1969	49,233,194	13,166,767	3.28%	2.83%
1970	50,814,953	13,501,237	3.21%	2.54%
1971	52,412,558	13,838,067	3.14%	2.49%
1972	54,030,168	14,210,147	3.09%	2.69%
1973	55,667,284	14,582,867	3.03%	2.62%
1974	57,320,149	14,956,552	2.97%	2.56%
1975	58,982,400	15,333,957	2.9%	2.52%
1976	60,645,512	15,716,809	2.82%	2.5%
1977	62,308,493	16,109,806	2.74%	2.5%
1978	63,979,046	16,516,059	2.68%	2.52%
1979	65,648,865	16,933,139	2.61%	2.53%
1980	67,300,334	17,360,949	2.52%	2.53%
1981	68,892,108	17,798,805	2.37%	2.52%
1982	70,433,260	18,246,503	2.24%	2.52%
1983	71,971,240	18,705,957	2.18%	2.52%
1984	73,506,846	19,174,716	2.13%	2.51%
1985	75,043,414	19,648,204	2.09%	2.47%
1986	76,585,637	20,117,122	2.06%	2.39%
1987	78,136,651	20,582,320	2.03%	2.31%
1988	79,695,531	21,054,702	2%	2.3%
1989	81,247,182	21,532,589	1.95%	2.27%
1990	82,820,170	22,014,771	1.94%	2.24%
1991	84,430,572	22,483,775	1.94%	2.13%
1992	86,044,809	22,946,340	1.91%	2.06%
1993	87,653,807	23,413,783	1.87%	2.04%
1994	89,259,205	23,881,493	1.83%	2%
1995	90,862,455	24,348,919	1.8%	1.96%
1996	92,452,702	24,811,171	1.75%	1.9%
1997	94,021,207	25,274,147	1.7%	1.87%
1998	95,575,245	25,738,095	1.65%	1.84%
1999	97,115,707	26,186,504	1.61%	1.74%
2000	98,625,552	26,598,331	1.55%	1.57%
2001	100,099,099	26,964,601	1.49%	1.38%
2002	101,548,624	27,288,217	1.45%	1.2%
2003	102,978,515	27,580,490	1.41%	1.07%
2004	104,394,131	27,852,190	1.37%	0.99%
2005	105,811,504	28,101,180	1.36%	0.89%
2006	107,253,666	28,324,491	1.36%	0.79%
2007	108,774,360	28,530,699	1.42%	0.73%
2008	110,374,288	28,719,041	1.47%	0.66%
2009	111,999,721	28,896,811	1.47%	0.62%
2010	113,623,895	29,086,019	1.45%	0.65%
2011	115,243,504	29,304,086	1.43%	0.75%
2012	116,818,208	29,550,366	1.37%	0.84%
2013	118,343,573	29,817,919	1.31%	0.91%
2014	119,784,261	30,115,826	1.22%	1%
2015	121,072,306	30,457,600	1.08%	1.13%
2016	122,251,351	30,866,494	0.97%	1.34%
2017	123,400,057	31,324,637	0.94%	1.48%
2018	124,573,711	31,897,584	0.95%	1.83%
2019	125,762,982	32,449,303	0.95%	1.73%
2020	126,799,054	32,838,579	0.82%	1.2%
2021	127,648,148	33,155,882	0.67%	0.97%
2022	128,613,117	33,475,438	0.76%	0.96%
2023	129,739,759	33,845,617	0.88%	1.11%
2024	130,861,007	34,217,848	0.86%	1.1%
2025	131,946,905	34,576,670	0.83%	1.05%
2026	132,997,664	34,922,144	0.8%	1%
2027	134,017,711	35,255,683	0.77%	0.96%
2028	135,008,697	35,578,281	0.74%	0.92%
2029	135,970,893	35,890,705	0.71%	0.88%
2030	136,904,747	36,193,882	0.69%	0.84%
2031	137,811,068	36,488,437	0.66%	0.81%
2032	138,690,189	36,774,937	0.64%	0.79%
2033	139,542,087	37,054,380	0.61%	0.76%
2034	140,362,026	37,326,798	0.59%	0.74%
2035	141,150,818	37,591,420	0.56%	0.71%
2036	141,909,168	37,848,147	0.54%	0.68%
2037	142,637,546	38,096,898	0.51%	0.66%
2038	143,336,222	38,337,328	0.49%	0.63%
2039	143,998,296	38,569,891	0.46%	0.61%
2040	144,624,328	38,794,647	0.43%	0.58%
2041	145,217,780	39,011,537	0.41%	0.56%
2042	145,777,459	39,220,371	0.39%	0.54%
2043	146,300,011	39,420,647	0.36%	0.51%
2044	146,787,722	39,612,847	0.33%	0.49%
2045	147,240,096	39,796,723	0.31%	0.46%
2046	147,654,160	39,971,719	0.28%	0.44%
2047	148,030,153	40,137,869	0.25%	0.42%
2048	148,372,233	40,294,857	0.23%	0.39%
2049	148,677,894	40,443,273	0.21%	0.37%
2050	148,946,272	40,583,875	0.18%	0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while Peru gained 2,542,003 people (a 8.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,059,295 (a 13.2% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th in 2026. Peru was ranked 40th in 2006 and ranked 48th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Peru will increase by 16.2% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.