Demographics of Peru
| Demographics of Peru | |
|---|---|
Population pyramid of Peru in 2020 | |
| Population | 33,726,000 (2023 est.) |
| Growth rate | 0.51% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.0 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.4 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 68.94 years |
| • male | 65.38 years |
| • female | 72.67 years |
| Fertility rate | 1.90 children per woman (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | -0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 24.54% |
| 15–64 years | 66.25% |
| 65 and over | 9.21% |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Major ethnic | Mixed (60.20%) |
| Minor ethnic | |
| Language | |
| Official | Spanish (82.6%) Quechua (13.9%) Aymara (1.7%) Other native languages (0.8%) |
| Spoken | Languages of Peru |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 5000 BC | 603,000 | — |
| 2000 BC | 1,040,000 | +72.5% |
| 1000 BC | 1,250,000 | +20.2% |
| 0 | 1,590,000 | +27.2% |
| 1000 | 3,000,000 | +88.7% |
| 1500 | 10,000,000 | +233.3% |
| 1570 | 2,500,000 | −75.0% |
| 1600 | 1,300,000 | −48.0% |
| 1700 | 1,500,000 | +15.4% |
| 1800 | 1,270,000 | −15.3% |
| 1900 | 3,690,000 | +190.6% |
| 1940 | 7,023,111 | +90.3% |
| 1961 | 10,420,357 | +48.4% |
| 1972 | 14,121,564 | +35.5% |
| 1981 | 17,762,231 | +25.8% |
| 1993 | 22,639,443 | +27.5% |
| 2007 | 28,220,764 | +24.7% |
| 2017 | 31,237,385 | +10.7% |
| 2018 Estimate | 32,162,184 | +3.0% |
| 2020 Estimate | 32,950,901 | +2.5% |
| 2025 Estimate | 34,817,495 | +5.7% |
| 2030 Estimate | 36,530,592 | +4.9% |
| 2050 Estimate | 40,373,420 | +10.5% |
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This is a demography of the population of Peru including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Peru is a multiethnic country, which means that it is home to people of many different historical backgrounds. Therefore, it is a multicultural country as well. Since it is a multiethnic society, Peruvian people usually treat their nationality as a citizenship instead of an ethnicity. The Peruvian census does not contain information about ethnicity so only rough estimates are available.