Peru: Administrative Division

Contents: Regions and Provinces

Population of the regions and provinces of Peru by census years.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1993-07-11	Population Census 2007-10-21	Population Census 2017-10-22
Amazonas	Region	336,665	375,993	379,384	→
Bagua	Province	69,482	71,757	74,100	→
Bongará	Province	20,459	27,465	25,637	→
Chachapoyas	Province	45,058	49,700	55,506	→
Condorcanqui	Province	30,520	43,311	42,470	→
Luya	Province	46,837	48,328	44,436	→
Rodríguez de Mendoza	Province	21,389	26,389	29,998	→
Utcubamba	Province	102,920	109,043	107,237	→
Áncash	Region	955,023	1,063,459	1,083,519	→
Aija	Province	8,657	7,995	6,316	→
Antonio Raimondi	Province	18,912	17,059	13,650	→
Asunción	Province	9,846	9,054	7,378	→
Bolognesi	Province	28,029	30,725	23,797	→
Carhuaz	Province	39,721	43,902	45,184	→
Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald	Province	21,026	21,322	17,717	→
Casma	Province	35,380	42,368	50,989	→
Corongo	Province	8,917	8,329	7,532	→
Huaraz	Province	121,028	147,463	163,936	→
Huari	Province	63,883	62,598	58,714	→
Huarmey	Province	23,858	27,820	30,560	→
Huaylas	Province	50,575	53,729	51,334	→
Mariscal Luzuriaga	Province	23,151	23,292	20,284	→
Ocros	Province	7,039	9,196	7,039	→
Pallasca	Province	28,389	29,454	23,491	→
Pomabamba	Province	26,276	27,954	24,794	→
Recuay	Province	19,234	19,102	17,185	→
Santa	Province	338,951	396,434	435,807	→
Sihuas	Province	31,963	30,700	26,971	→
Yungay	Province	50,188	54,963	50,841	→
Apurímac	Region	381,997	404,190	405,759	→
Abancay	Province	95,092	96,064	110,520	→
Andahuaylas	Province	128,390	143,846	142,477	→
Antabamba	Province	12,462	12,267	11,310	→
Aymaraes	Province	28,886	29,569	24,307	→
Chincheros	Province	48,481	51,583	45,247	→
Cotabambas	Province	42,008	45,771	50,656	→
Grau	Province	26,678	25,090	21,242	→
Arequipa	Region	916,806	1,152,303	1,382,730	→
Arequipa	Province	676,790	864,250	1,080,635	→
Camaná	Province	42,403	53,065	59,370	→
Caravelí	Province	27,484	35,928	41,346	→
Castilla	Province	36,864	38,425	33,629	→
Caylloma	Province	45,236	73,718	86,771	→
Condesuyos	Province	20,695	18,991	16,118	→
Islay	Province	50,039	52,264	52,034	→
La Unión	Province	17,295	15,662	12,827	→
Ayacucho	Region	492,507	612,489	616,176	→
Cangallo	Province	33,833	34,902	30,443	→
Huamanga	Province	163,197	221,390	282,194	→
Huanca Sancos	Province	10,213	10,620	8,409	→
Huanta	Province	64,503	93,360	89,466	→
La Mar	Province	70,018	84,177	70,653	→
Lucanas	Province	55,830	65,414	51,328	→
Parinacochas	Province	22,769	30,007	27,659	→
Páucar del Sara Sara	Province	10,140	11,012	9,609	→
Sucre	Province	12,623	12,595	9,445	→
Víctor Fajardo	Province	27,079	25,412	20,109	→
Vilcashuamán	Province	22,302	23,600	16,861	→
Cajamarca	Region	1,259,808	1,387,809	1,341,012	→
Cajabamba	Province	69,236	74,287	75,687	→
Cajamarca	Province	230,049	316,152	348,433	→
Celendín	Province	82,436	88,508	79,084	→
Chota	Province	164,144	160,447	142,984	→
Contumazá	Province	32,698	31,369	27,693	→
Cutervo	Province	143,795	138,213	120,723	→
Hualgayoc	Province	75,806	89,813	77,944	→
Jaén	Province	170,261	183,634	185,432	→
San Ignacio	Province	112,526	131,239	130,620	→
San Marcos	Province	48,632	51,031	48,103	→
San Miguel	Province	61,160	56,146	46,043	→
San Pablo	Province	24,494	23,114	21,102	→
Santa Cruz	Province	44,571	43,856	37,164	→
Callao (Provincia Constitutional del Callao)	Province	639,729	876,877	994,494	→
Callao	Province	639,729	876,877	994,494	→
Cusco (Cuzco)	Region	1,028,763	1,171,403	1,205,527	→
Acomayo	Province	28,906	27,357	22,940	→
Anta	Province	56,424	54,828	56,206	→
Calca	Province	56,007	65,407	63,155	→
Canas	Province	39,476	38,293	32,484	→
Canchis	Province	94,962	96,937	95,774	→
Chumbivilcas	Province	69,669	75,585	66,410	→
Cusco (Cuzco)	Province	270,324	367,791	447,588	→
Espinar	Province	56,591	62,698	57,582	→
La Convención	Province	157,240	166,833	147,148	→
Paruro	Province	34,361	30,939	25,567	→
Paucartambo	Province	40,696	45,877	42,504	→
Quispicanchi	Province	75,853	82,173	87,430	→
Urubamba	Province	48,254	56,685	60,739	→
Huancavelica	Region	385,162	454,797	347,639	→
Acobamba	Province	42,096	63,792	38,208	→
Angaraes	Province	43,060	55,704	49,207	→
Castrovirreyna	Province	19,738	19,500	13,982	→
Churcampa	Province	44,488	44,903	32,538	→
Huancavelica	Province	114,822	142,723	115,054	→
Huaytará	Province	23,319	23,274	17,247	→
Tayacaja	Province	97,639	104,901	81,403	→
Huánuco	Region	654,489	762,223	721,047	→
Ambo	Province	55,942	55,483	50,880	→
Dos de Mayo	Province	39,806	47,008	33,258	→
Huacaybamba	Province	17,719	20,408	16,551	→
Huamalíes	Province	56,119	66,450	52,039	→
Huánuco	Province	223,339	270,233	293,397	→
Lauricocha	Province	31,988	35,323	18,913	→
Leoncio Prado	Province	97,931	116,965	127,793	→
Marañón	Province	20,106	26,620	26,622	→
Pachitea	Province	46,162	60,321	49,159	→
Puerto Inca	Province	32,405	31,032	32,538	→
Yarowilca	Province	32,972	32,380	19,897	→
Ica	Region	565,686	711,932	850,765	→
Chincha	Province	150,264	194,315	226,113	→
Ica	Province	244,741	321,332	391,519	→
Nazca	Province	52,742	57,531	69,157	→
Palpa	Province	13,427	12,875	13,232	→
Pisco	Province	104,512	125,879	150,744	→
Junín	Region	1,035,841	1,225,474	1,246,038	→
Chanchamayo	Province	114,045	168,949	151,489	→
Chupaca	Province	47,843	51,878	52,988	→
Concepción	Province	64,785	60,121	55,591	→
Huancayo	Province	389,548	466,346	545,615	→
Jauja	Province	104,828	92,053	83,257	→
Junín	Province	39,627	30,187	23,133	→
Satipo	Province	94,250	193,872	203,985	→
Tarma	Province	115,686	112,230	89,590	→
Yauli	Province	65,229	49,838	40,390	→
La Libertad	Region	1,270,261	1,617,050	1,778,080	→
Ascope	Province	108,976	116,229	115,786	→
Bolívar	Province	16,814	16,650	14,457	→
Chepén	Province	59,167	75,980	78,418	→
Gran Chimú	Province	29,187	30,399	26,892	→
Julcán	Province	36,797	32,985	28,024	→
Otuzco	Province	83,687	88,817	77,862	→
Pacasmayo	Province	78,927	94,377	102,897	→
Pataz	Province	63,426	78,383	76,103	→
Sánchez Carrión	Province	108,300	136,221	144,405	→
Santiago de Chuco	Province	52,991	58,320	50,896	→
Trujillo	Province	597,315	811,979	970,016	→
Virú	Province	34,674	76,710	92,324	→
Lambayeque	Region	920,795	1,112,868	1,197,260	→
Chiclayo	Province	617,881	757,452	799,675	→
Ferreñafe	Province	92,377	96,142	97,415	→
Lambayeque	Province	210,537	259,274	300,170	→
Lima (incl. Provincia de Lima)	Region	6,386,308	8,445,211	9,485,405	→
Barranca	Province	114,051	133,904	144,381	→
Cajatambo	Province	9,475	8,358	6,559	→
Cañete	Province	152,378	200,662	240,013	→
Canta	Province	10,996	13,513	11,548	→
Huaral	Province	126,025	164,660	183,898	→
Huarochirí	Province	59,057	72,845	58,145	→
Huaura	Province	163,174	197,384	227,685	→
Lima	Region-level Province	5,706,127	7,605,742	8,574,974	→
Oyón	Province	17,279	20,642	17,739	→
Yauyos	Province	27,746	27,501	20,463	→
Loreto	Region	687,282	891,732	883,510	→
Alto Amazonas	Province	82,946	104,667	122,725	→
Datem del Marañón	Province	30,958	49,571	48,482	→
Loreto	Province	49,362	62,165	62,437	→
Mariscal Ramón Castilla	Province	32,900	54,829	49,072	→
Maynas	Province	385,415	483,458	479,866	→
Putumayo (← Maynas)	Province	6,463	9,534	7,780	→
Requena	Province	53,676	65,692	58,511	→
Ucayali	Province	45,562	61,816	54,637	→
Madre de Dios	Region	67,008	109,555	141,070	→
Manu	Province	13,827	20,290	18,549	→
Tahuamanu	Province	6,443	10,742	11,047	→
Tambopata	Province	46,738	78,523	111,474	→
Moquegua	Region	128,747	161,533	174,863	→
General Sánchez Cerro	Province	19,327	24,904	14,865	→
Ilo	Province	51,481	63,780	74,649	→
Mariscal Nieto	Province	57,939	72,849	85,349	→
Pasco	Region	226,295	280,449	254,065	→
Daniel Alcides Carrión	Province	36,098	47,803	43,580	→
Oxapampa	Province	60,298	81,929	87,470	→
Pasco	Province	129,899	150,717	123,015	→
Piura	Region	1,388,264	1,676,315	1,856,809	→
Ayabaca	Province	131,310	138,403	119,287	→
Huancabamba	Province	117,459	124,298	111,501	→
Morropón	Province	163,052	159,693	162,027	→
Paita	Province	76,070	108,535	129,892	→
Piura	Province	502,339	665,991	799,321	→
Sechura	Province	42,568	62,319	79,177	→
Sullana	Province	234,562	287,680	311,454	→
Talara	Province	120,904	129,396	144,150	→
Puno	Region	1,079,849	1,268,441	1,172,697	→
Azángaro	Province	138,998	136,829	110,392	→
Carabaya	Province	46,777	73,946	73,322	→
Chucuito	Province	93,001	126,259	89,002	→
El Collao	Province	75,456	81,059	63,878	→
Huancané	Province	80,317	69,522	57,651	→
Lampa	Province	43,461	48,223	40,856	→
Melgar	Province	72,005	74,735	67,138	→
Moho	Province	33,320	27,819	19,753	→
Puno	Province	201,205	229,236	219,494	→
San Antonio de Putina	Province	28,475	50,490	36,113	→
Sandia	Province	50,042	62,147	50,742	→
San Román	Province	168,534	240,776	307,417	→
Yunguyo	Province	48,258	47,400	36,939	→
San Martín	Region	552,387	728,808	813,381	→
Bellavista	Province	34,414	49,293	55,033	→
El Dorado	Province	23,409	33,638	36,752	→
Huallaga	Province	22,236	24,448	27,506	→
Lamas	Province	67,253	79,075	81,521	→
Mariscal Cáceres	Province	49,798	50,884	64,626	→
Moyobamba	Province	69,943	115,389	122,365	→
Picota	Province	26,955	37,721	40,545	→
Rioja	Province	69,787	104,882	122,544	→
San Martín	Province	118,069	161,132	193,095	→
Tocache	Province	70,523	72,346	69,394	→
Tacna	Region	218,353	288,781	329,332	→
Candarave	Province	9,238	8,373	6,102	→
Jorge Basadre	Province	12,175	9,872	10,773	→
Tacna	Province	188,759	262,731	306,363	→
Tarata	Province	8,181	7,805	6,094	→
Tumbes	Region	155,521	200,306	224,863	→
Contralmirante Villar	Province	13,361	16,914	21,057	→
Tumbes	Province	115,406	142,338	154,962	→
Zarumilla	Province	26,754	41,054	48,844	→
Ucayali	Region	314,810	432,159	496,459	→
Atalaya	Province	28,290	43,933	49,324	→
Coronel Portillo	Province	248,449	333,890	384,168	→
Padre Abad	Province	35,539	50,590	60,107	→
Purús	Province	2,532	3,746	2,860	→
Peru	Republic	22,639,443	27,219,264	29,381,884

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Peru (web).

Explanation: The tabulated census results are not adjusted for underenumeration. The omitted total population of Peru is estimated to be 591,087 in 1993, 808,607 in 2007, and 1,855,501 in 2017. Area figures of provinces are computed using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2017)
Males	14,450,757
Females	14,931,127

Age Groups (C 2017)
0-14 years	7,754,051
15-64 years	19,168,762
65+ years	2,459,071

Age Distribution (C 2017)
0-9 years	5,140,624
10-19 years	5,035,905
20-29 years	4,895,056
30-39 years	4,379,777
40-49 years	3,660,378
50-59 years	2,772,568
60-69 years	1,846,407
70-79 years	1,078,066
80+ years	573,103

Urbanization (C 2017)
Rural	6,069,991
Urban	23,311,893

Literacy (A3+) (C 2017)
yes	24,856,613
no	3,089,447

Ethnic Group (A12+) (C 2017)
Quechua	5,176,809
Aymara	548,292
Afro-Peruvian	828,841
White	1,366,931
Mestizo	13,965,254
Other group	539,238

Religion (A12+) (C 2017)
Catholic	17,635,339
Evangelical	3,264,819
Other religion	1,115,872
No religion	1,180,361