2017 Peruvian census

The 2017 Peru census (Spanish XII Censo de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas) was the twelfth national population census of Peru conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática from Sunday, 22 October to 5 November 2017. The total population of the Republic of Peru, was counted as 31,237,385, an increase of 10.7% or 2,068,499 people over the previous 2007 census.

Peru's next census is scheduled to take place from August to October 2025.

Questions

The census form had 47 questions referring to households and basic services, housing, methods of travel and formation of families; such as gender, disability and ethnicity. A question on ethnic self-identification was included in the 2017 census.

Results

Population

Comparison between the 2007 and 2017 census.

Population by region
Region	Population Censed 2007 / %	Total Population 2007	Population Censed 2017 / %	Population Change / %	Total Population 2017
Lima	Lima	8,442,409	30.80%	TBD	9,485,405	32.28%	1,042,996	12.35%	TBD
	Piura	1,676,315	6.12%	TBD	1,856,809	6.32%	180,494	10.77%	TBD
	La Libertad	1,617,050	5.90%	TBD	1,778,080	6.05%	161,030	9.96%	TBD
Arequipa	Arequipa	1,152,303	4.20%	TBD	1,382,730	4.71%	230,427	19.99%	TBD
	Cajamarca	1,387,809	5.06%	TBD	1,341,012	4.56%	−46,797	-3.37%	TBD
	Junín	1,225,474	4.47%	TBD	1,246,038	4.24%	20,564	1.68%	TBD
	Cusco	1,171,403	4.27%	TBD	1,205,527	4.10%	34,124	2.91%	TBD
	Lambayeque	1,112,868	4.06%	TBD	1,197,260	4.08	84,392	7.58%	TBD
	Puno	1,268,441	4.63%	TBD	1,172,697	3.99%	−95,744	-7.55%	TBD
	Ancash	1,063,459	3.88%	TBD	1,083,519	3.69%	20,060	1.89%	TBD
	Callao	879,679	3.21%	TBD	994,494	3.38%	114,815	13.05%	TBD
	Loreto	891,732	3.25%	TBD	883,510	3.00%	−8,222	-0.92%	TBD
	Ica	711,932	2.60%	TBD	850,765	2.90%	138,833	19.50%	TBD
	San Martín	728,808	2.66%	TBD	813,381	2.77%	84,573	11.60%	TBD
	Huánuco	762,223	2.78%	TBD	721,047	2.45%	−41,176	-5.40%	TBD
	Ayacucho	612,489	2.23%	TBD	616,176	2.10%	3,687	0.60%	TBD
	Ucayali	432,159	1.58%	TBD	496,459	1.70%	64,300	14.88%	TBD
	Apurímac	404,190	1.47%	TBD	405,759	1.38%	1,569	0.39%	TBD
	Amazonas	375,993	1.37%	TBD	379,384	1.29%	3,391	0.90%	TBD
	Huancavelica	454,797	1.66%	TBD	347,639	1.18%	−107,158	-23.56%	TBD
	Tacna	288,781	1.05%	TBD	329,332	1.12%	40,551	14.04%	TBD
	Pasco	280,449	1.02%	TBD	254,065	0.86%	−26,384	-9.41%	TBD
	Tumbes	200,306	0.73%	TBD	224,863	0.76%	24,557	12.26%	TBD
	Moquegua	161,533	0.59%	TBD	174,863	0.60%	13,330	8.25%	TBD
	Madre de Dios	109,555	0.40%	TBD	141,070	0.48%	31,515	28.77%	TBD
Peru	Peru	27,412,157	100%	28,220,764	29,381,884	100%	1,969,727	7.19%	31,237,385

Ethnic group and religion

Self-identified ethnicity

Responses are for the population of 12 years old and above.

Ethnic group	Population	%
Mestizo	13,965,254	60.2
Quechua	5,176,809	22.3
White	1,366,931	5.9
Afro-descendant	828,841	3.6
Aymara	548,292	2.4
Native or indigenous to the Amazon	79,266	0.3
Asháninka	55,489	0.2
Part of another Indigenous	49,838	0.2
Aguaruna/Awajún	37,690	0.2
Shipibo-Conibo/Konibo	25,222	0.1
Japanese (Nikkei)	22,534	0.1
Chinese (Tusan)	14,307	0.1
Other	254,892	1.1
Don't know / no response	771,026	3.3
Total	23,196,391	100.0
Source:INEI

Religion

Distribution of religious denominations.

Religion	Population / %	Change 2007-2017
Catholic	17,635,339	76.0	4.0%
Evangelical	3,264,819	14.1	25.3%
Total, other	1,115,872	4.8	64.3%
Christian	381,031	1.64	-
Adventists	353,430	1.52	-
Jehovah's Witnesses	173,602	0.75	-
Mormon	113,659	0.49	-
Other	94,150	0.41	-
None	1,180,361	5.1	94.0%
Total	23,196,391	100.0	11.3%

Note: ‘Other’ religions such as Buddhist, Hindu, Islam.