The current population of Peru is 34,854,181 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 34,217,848 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Peru is ranked 48/197 by population and was ranked 39th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 28.1M people to 34.9M (24% growth in 20 years).
- Peru is projected to reach 41.7M people in 2066.
- For the last 20 years, Peru has had an average growth rate of 1.2% per year.
- Peru accounts for 0.42% of the world's population.
Peru population clock
Peru
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
34854181
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 48/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.42% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.41 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
58.4 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.83 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,020 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +372,231 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.1% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 97/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
28.6 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +18,406 | N/A |
Peru population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 10,174,127 | - |
| 1961 | 10,475,123 | 2.96% |
| 1962 | 10,784,612 | 2.95% |
| 1963 | 11,102,099 | 2.94% |
| 1964 | 11,427,978 | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 11,761,085 | 2.91% |
| 1966 | 12,101,297 | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 12,448,814 | 2.87% |
| 1968 | 12,803,993 | 2.85% |
| 1969 | 13,166,767 | 2.83% |
| 1970 | 13,501,237 | 2.54% |
| 1971 | 13,838,067 | 2.49% |
| 1972 | 14,210,147 | 2.69% |
| 1973 | 14,582,867 | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 14,956,552 | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 15,333,957 | 2.52% |
| 1976 | 15,716,809 | 2.5% |
| 1977 | 16,109,806 | 2.5% |
| 1978 | 16,516,059 | 2.52% |
| 1979 | 16,933,139 | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 17,360,949 | 2.53% |
| 1981 | 17,798,805 | 2.52% |
| 1982 | 18,246,503 | 2.52% |
| 1983 | 18,705,957 | 2.52% |
| 1984 | 19,174,716 | 2.51% |
| 1985 | 19,648,204 | 2.47% |
| 1986 | 20,117,122 | 2.39% |
| 1987 | 20,582,320 | 2.31% |
| 1988 | 21,054,702 | 2.3% |
| 1989 | 21,532,589 | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 22,014,771 | 2.24% |
| 1991 | 22,483,775 | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 22,946,340 | 2.06% |
| 1993 | 23,413,783 | 2.04% |
| 1994 | 23,881,493 | 2% |
| 1995 | 24,348,919 | 1.96% |
| 1996 | 24,811,171 | 1.9% |
| 1997 | 25,274,147 | 1.87% |
| 1998 | 25,738,095 | 1.84% |
| 1999 | 26,186,504 | 1.74% |
| 2000 | 26,598,331 | 1.57% |
| 2001 | 26,964,601 | 1.38% |
| 2002 | 27,288,217 | 1.2% |
| 2003 | 27,580,490 | 1.07% |
| 2004 | 27,852,190 | 0.99% |
| 2005 | 28,101,180 | 0.89% |
| 2006 | 28,324,491 | 0.79% |
| 2007 | 28,530,699 | 0.73% |
| 2008 | 28,719,041 | 0.66% |
| 2009 | 28,896,811 | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 29,086,019 | 0.65% |
| 2011 | 29,304,086 | 0.75% |
| 2012 | 29,550,366 | 0.84% |
| 2013 | 29,817,919 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | 30,115,826 | 1% |
| 2015 | 30,457,600 | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 30,866,494 | 1.34% |
| 2017 | 31,324,637 | 1.48% |
| 2018 | 31,897,584 | 1.83% |
| 2019 | 32,449,303 | 1.73% |
| 2020 | 32,838,579 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 33,155,882 | 0.97% |
| 2022 | 33,475,438 | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 33,845,617 | 1.11% |
| 2024 | 34,217,848 | 1.1% |
| 2025 | 34,576,670 | 1.05% |
| 2026 | 34,922,144 | 1% |
| 2027 | 35,255,683 | 0.96% |
| 2028 | 35,578,281 | 0.92% |
| 2029 | 35,890,705 | 0.88% |
| 2030 | 36,193,882 | 0.84% |
| 2031 | 36,488,437 | 0.81% |
| 2032 | 36,774,937 | 0.79% |
| 2033 | 37,054,380 | 0.76% |
| 2034 | 37,326,798 | 0.74% |
| 2035 | 37,591,420 | 0.71% |
| 2036 | 37,848,147 | 0.68% |
| 2037 | 38,096,898 | 0.66% |
| 2038 | 38,337,328 | 0.63% |
| 2039 | 38,569,891 | 0.61% |
| 2040 | 38,794,647 | 0.58% |
| 2041 | 39,011,537 | 0.56% |
| 2042 | 39,220,371 | 0.54% |
| 2043 | 39,420,647 | 0.51% |
| 2044 | 39,612,847 | 0.49% |
| 2045 | 39,796,723 | 0.46% |
| 2046 | 39,971,719 | 0.44% |
| 2047 | 40,137,869 | 0.42% |
| 2048 | 40,294,857 | 0.39% |
| 2049 | 40,443,273 | 0.37% |
| 2050 | 40,583,875 | 0.35% |
Peru has a population of 34.9M as of 2025, compared to 30.5M in 2015, 28.1M in 2005, and 24.3M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.44% per year. Peru is ranked 95th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Peru will have 39,796,723 people (14.2% growth) with a rank change from 48th to 51st.
By the year 2100, Peru's population is projected to grow by 9.49% to 38.2M people.
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Peru population statistics
|
Peru
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 33.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 30.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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