Peru: Lambayeque Region

Contents: Provinces and Districts

The population of the provinces and districts (distritos) in the Lambayeque Region according to census results and latest official projections.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization, literacy (a3+), ethnic group (a12+), religion (a12+)).

Name	Status	Population Census 1993-07-11	Population Census 2007-10-21	Population Census 2017-10-22	Population Projection 2022-06-30
Chiclayo	Province	617,881	757,452	825,246	876,841	→
Cayaltí (← Saña)	District	...	16,557	15,354	15,153	→
Chiclayo	District	239,887	260,948	277,925	293,332	→
Chongoyape	District	17,324	17,540	18,869	19,966	→
Eten	District	11,195	10,673	12,368	13,542	→
José Leonardo Ortiz	District	119,433	161,717	161,987	167,037	→
Lagunas	District	8,153	9,351	10,336	11,074	→
La Victoria	District	60,249	77,699	92,797	100,801	→
Monsefú	District	27,986	30,123	33,629	36,188	→
Nueva Arica	District	2,662	2,420	2,473	2,561	→
Oyotún	District	10,452	9,954	8,528	8,268	→
Pátapo (← Saña)	District	...	20,876	23,715	25,723	→
Picsi	District	...	8,942	13,040	15,048	→
Pimentel	District	18,524	32,346	46,764	53,446	→
Pomalca (← Picsi)	District	...	23,092	25,733	27,672	→
Pucalá (← Saña)	District	...	9,272	8,927	9,062	→
Puerto Eten	District	2,472	2,238	2,358	2,471	→
Reque	District	9,483	12,606	16,305	18,318	→
Saña	District	...	12,013	12,197	12,654	→
Santa Rosa	District	8,641	10,965	12,990	14,366	→
Tumán (← Picsi)	District	...	28,120	28,951	30,159	→
Ferreñafe	Province	92,377	96,142	103,009	108,438	→
Cañaris	District	11,118	13,038	12,204	12,096	→
Ferreñafe	District	28,885	32,665	35,993	38,489	→
Incahuasi	District	13,316	14,230	14,673	15,266	→
Manuel Antonio Mesones Muro	District	13,842	4,083	4,088	4,210	→
Pítipo	District	14,221	20,080	21,206	22,242	→
Pueblo Nuevo	District	10,995	12,046	14,845	16,135	→
Lambayeque	Province	210,537	259,274	316,566	353,715	→
Chóchope	District	1,465	1,231	1,469	1,650	→
Íllimo	District	8,972	9,107	9,244	9,623	→
Jayanca	District	11,681	15,042	18,580	20,559	→
Lambayeque	District	45,090	63,386	74,893	83,717	→
Mochumí	District	16,628	18,043	19,072	20,524	→
Mórrope	District	29,902	39,174	51,271	57,818	→
Motupe	District	20,738	24,011	31,095	35,523	→
Olmos	District	31,045	36,595	50,251	57,359	→
Pacora	District	6,322	6,795	8,228	9,292	→
Salas	District	13,368	12,998	13,240	13,801	→
San José	District	7,219	12,078	16,128	18,801	→
Túcume	District	18,107	20,814	23,095	25,048	→
Lambayeque	Region	920,795	1,112,868	1,244,821	1,338,994

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

Explanation: The tabulated results of the 2017 census are adjusted for underenumeration. Area figures are computed by using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2017)
Males	606,980
Females	637,841

Age Groups (C 2017)
0-14 years	339,660
15-64 years	797,942
65+ years	107,220

Age Distribution (C 2017)
90+ years	4,501
80-89 years	22,201
70-79 years	46,058
60-69 years	80,813
50-59 years	119,922
40-49 years	150,864
30-39 years	171,062
20-29 years	203,687
10-19 years	216,019
0-9 years	229,691

Urbanization (C 2017)
Rural	242,757
Urban	1,002,064

Literacy (A3+) (C 2017)
yes	1,051,426
no	127,928

Ethnic Group (A12+) (C 2017)
Quechua	41,414
Aymara	816
Afro-Peruvian	81,961
White	86,878
Mestizo	712,687
Other group	23,412

Religion (A12+) (C 2017)
Catholics	773,320
Evangelicals	132,951
Other religion	33,082
No religion	31,780