List of metropolitan areas of Peru

The following is a list of the most populous Peruvian metropolitan areas with over 300,000 inhabitants.

Note that the populations of metropolitan areas are not city populations but rather a combination of a main large city and many other smaller satellite cities. In Peru, cities with a population of more than 500,000 and with a metropolitan development plan are considered metropolises. As of the 2007 census, these cities are Lima, Arequipa, and Trujillo.

Metropolitan areas of Peru
Rank	Image	Coat of arms	Metropolitan area	Region	1993 population	2007 population	2017 population
1	Lima		Lima Metropolitana Area	Lima	6,321,173	8,472,935	9,569,468
2	Arequipa		Arequipa metropolitan area	Arequipa	640,275	822,479	1,034,736
3	Trujillo		Trujillo metropolitan area	La Libertad	589,314	804,296	962,369
4	Chiclayo		Chiclayo metropolitan area	Lambayeque	550,179	697,861	810,783
5	Piura		Piura metropolitan area	Piura	-	450,363	517,293
6	Iquitos		Iquitos metropolitan area	Loreto	-	-	471,993
7	Cusco		Cusco metropolitan area	Cusco	-	-	434,654
8	Chimbote		Chimbote metropolitan area	Ancash	-	-	381,742
9	Huancayo		Huancayo metropolitan area	Junin	-	-	364,010
Sources: Law of Territorial Demarcation 1993 population: Lima metropolitan area, Arequipa metropolitan area, Trujillo metropolitan area, - 1993 census (INEI) 2007 population: Lima metropolitan area, Arequipa metropolitan area, Trujillo metropolitan area, Chiclayo metropolitan area - Censo 2007 (INEI) Estimated 2015 population (INEI)