Peru's population rose from 24.8M in 1996 to 34.6M in 2025.
Peru · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Peru's population growth fell from 1.9 % in 1996 to 1.0 % in 2025.
Peru's population density rose from 18.7 in 1994 to 26.4 in 2023.
Peru's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.0 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Peru's urbanisation rose from 71.3 % in 1996 to 85.6 % in 2025.
Peru's urban population rose from 17.7M in 1996 to 29.6M in 2025.
Peru's rural population fell from 7.13M in 1996 to 4.98M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.8 %103rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %100th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.9 %175th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.5 %139th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs115th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts106th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts62nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts105th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts156th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts102nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −35.2 %41st of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.8 pts109th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +0.4 %102nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs73rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs83rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs67th of 217