Peru: Lima Metropolitan Area

Contents: Municipal Districts

The population of the municipal districts in the Lima Metropolitan Area 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	Province	Population Census 1993-07-11	Population Census 2007-10-21	Population Census 2017-10-22	Population Projection 2022-06-30
Ancón	District	Lima	19,695	33,367	67,232	91,478	→
Ate (Vitarte)	District	Lima	266,398	478,278	624,172	702,815	→
Barranco	District	Lima	40,660	33,903	35,379	36,467	→
Bellavista	District	Callao	71,665	75,163	77,679	81,428	→
Breña	District	Lima	89,973	81,909	90,414	95,187	→
Callao	District	Callao	369,768	415,888	479,418	528,405	→
Carabayllo	District	Lima	106,543	213,386	350,989	423,894	→
Carmen de La Legua-Reynoso	District	Callao	38,149	41,863	44,377	47,071	→
Chaclacayo	District	Lima	35,994	41,110	43,400	45,091	→
Chorrillos	District	Lima	217,000	286,977	339,701	367,099	→
Cieneguilla	District	Lima	8,993	26,725	35,884	40,193	→
Comas	District	Lima	404,352	486,977	553,537	586,914	→
El Agustino	District	Lima	154,028	180,262	212,165	229,426	→
Independencia	District	Lima	183,927	207,647	219,163	228,121	→
Islas de San Lorenzo y el Frontón	Islands	Callao	0	0	0	0	→
Jesús María	District	Lima	65,557	66,171	77,955	83,904	→
La Molina	District	Lima	78,235	132,498	153,614	165,020	→
La Perla	District	Callao	59,160	61,698	62,387	64,612	→
La Punta	District	Callao	6,490	4,370	3,926	3,862	→
La Victoria	District	Lima	226,857	192,724	189,083	189,594	→
Lima (Cercado de Lima)	District	Lima	340,422	299,493	273,142	266,887	→
Lince	District	Lima	62,938	55,242	58,460	61,689	→
Los Olivos	District	Lima	228,143	318,140	343,878	358,910	→
Lurigancho (Chosica)	District	Lima	100,240	169,359	256,294	302,599	→
Lurín	District	Lima	34,268	62,940	97,503	114,024	→
Magdalena del Mar	District	Lima	48,963	50,764	61,656	67,761	→
Mi Perú (← Ventanilla)	District	Callao	...	...	48,047	54,706	→
Miraflores	District	Lima	87,113	85,065	103,090	113,503	→
Pachacámac	District	Lima	19,850	68,441	121,982	152,268	→
Pucusana	District	Lima	4,233	10,633	15,125	17,620	→
Pueblo Libre (Magdalena Vieja)	District	Lima	74,054	74,164	89,199	97,568	→
Puente Piedra	District	Lima	102,808	233,602	354,351	412,174	→
Punta Hermosa	District	Lima	3,281	5,762	16,797	23,470	→
Punta Negra	District	Lima	2,373	5,284	7,506	8,808	→
Rímac	District	Lima	189,736	176,169	179,011	182,882	→
San Bartolo	District	Lima	3,303	6,412	8,005	9,273	→
San Borja	District	Lima	99,947	105,076	121,793	130,882	→
San Isidro	District	Lima	63,004	58,056	65,333	69,409	→
San Juan de Lurigancho	District	Lima	582,975	898,443	1,114,319	1,225,092	→
San Juan de Miraflores	District	Lima	283,349	362,643	401,098	422,197	→
San Luis	District	Lima	48,909	54,634	55,418	56,302	→
San Martín de Porres (Barrio Obrero Industrial 27 de Octubre)	District	Lima	380,384	579,561	704,999	770,725	→
San Miguel	District	Lima	117,488	129,107	162,589	180,647	→
Santa Anita	District	Lima	118,659	184,614	213,072	227,530	→
Santa María del Mar	District	Lima	181	161	1,049	1,216	→
Santa Rosa	District	Lima	3,903	10,903	29,271	42,107	→
Santiago de Surco	District	Lima	200,732	289,597	378,978	420,016	→
Surquillo	District	Lima	88,464	89,283	97,652	102,434	→
Ventanilla	District	Callao	...	...	331,119	391,564	→
Villa El Salvador	District	Lima	254,641	381,790	414,000	432,170	→
Villa María del Triunfo	District	Lima	263,554	378,470	424,064	448,775	→
Lima (Lima Metropolitana)	Metropolitan Area		6,345,856	8,482,619	10,209,275	11,175,789

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	5,001,886
Females	5,207,390

Age Groups (C 2017)
0-14 years	2,284,682
15-64 years	7,049,486
65+ years	875,109

Age Distribution (C 2017)
0-9 years	1,532,680
10-19 years	1,544,436
20-29 years	1,860,289
30-39 years	1,646,883
40-49 years	1,358,031
50-59 years	1,006,658
60-69 years	682,573
70-79 years	372,871
80-89 years	170,310
90+ years	34,540

Urbanization (C 2017)
Rural	7,990
Urban	10,201,285

Literacy (A3+) (C 2017)
yes	9,117,160
no	654,388

Ethnic Group (A12+) (C 2017)
Quechua	1,312,680
Aymara	56,854
Afro-Peruvian	248,356
White	606,359
Mestizo	5,696,806
Other group	180,159

Religion (A12+) (C 2017)
Catholic	6,413,937
Evangelical	908,134
Other religion	515,120
No religion	541,962