Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Peru

Population in cities over 1 million in Peru in 2025 — 11,517,333 people. Ranked 30 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 555.9%.

2025 11.52M people +1.37% vs 2024
World rank 30of 121
Period maximum 11.52M people2025
Period minimum 1.76M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Peru, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,755,920 people1962: 1,946,579 people1964: 2,165,476 people1966: 2,408,636 people1968: 2,679,493 people1970: 2,980,371 people1972: 3,311,451 people1974: 3,562,728 people1976: 3,833,458 people1978: 4,124,346 people1980: 4,437,754 people1982: 4,727,282 people1984: 4,983,256 people1986: 5,252,710 people1988: 5,537,135 people1990: 5,836,537 people1992: 6,152,576 people1994: 6,448,579 people1996: 6,718,884 people1998: 7,000,124 people2000: 7,293,549 people2002: 7,598,844 people2004: 7,917,365 people2006: 8,248,771 people2008: 8,585,977 people2010: 8,919,759 people2012: 9,267,004 people2014: 9,627,261 people2016: 10,002,049 people2018: 10,390,607 people2020: 10,719,188 people2022: 11,044,607 people2024: 11,361,938 people2025: 11,517,333 people
Change over the period: +9.76M (+555.91%) Average annual rate: 2.94 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Peru

Peru 11.52M people
World computed 2.01B people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 261M people
South America computed 183M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11.52M +155,395 +1.37%
2024 11.36M +157,556 +1.41%
2023 11.2M +159,775 +1.45%
2022 11.04M +161,850 +1.49%
2021 10.88M +163,569 +1.53%
2020 10.72M +164,476 +1.56%
2019 10.55M +164,105 +1.58%
2018 10.39M +196,130 +1.92%
2017 10.19M +192,428 +1.92%
2016 10M +189,312 +1.93%
2015 9.81M +185,476 +1.93%
2014 9.63M +181,970 +1.93%
2013 9.45M +178,287 +1.92%
2012 9.27M +175,400 +1.93%
2011 9.09M +171,845 +1.93%
2010 8.92M +168,597 +1.93%
2009 8.75M +165,185 +1.92%
2008 8.59M +166,217 +1.97%
2007 8.42M +170,989 +2.07%
2006 8.25M +167,516 +2.07%
2005 8.08M +163,890 +2.07%
2004 7.92M +161,005 +2.08%
2003 7.76M +157,516 +2.07%
2002 7.6M +154,318 +2.07%
2001 7.44M +150,977 +2.07%
2000 7.29M +148,319 +2.08%
1999 7.15M +145,106 +2.07%
1998 7M +142,158 +2.07%
1997 6.86M +139,082 +2.07%
1996 6.72M +136,633 +2.08%
1995 6.58M +133,672 +2.07%
1994 6.45M +131,967 +2.09%
1993 6.32M +164,036 +2.67%
1992 6.15M +160,211 +2.67%
1991 5.99M +155,828 +2.67%
1990 5.84M +151,775 +2.67%
1989 5.68M +147,627 +2.67%
1988 5.54M +144,185 +2.67%
1987 5.39M +140,240 +2.67%
1986 5.25M +136,593 +2.67%
1985 5.12M +132,861 +2.67%
1984 4.98M +129,762 +2.67%
1983 4.85M +126,212 +2.67%
1982 4.73M +124,351 +2.7%
1981 4.6M +165,177 +3.72%
1980 4.44M +159,681 +3.73%
1979 4.28M +153,727 +3.73%
1978 4.12M +148,203 +3.73%
1977 3.98M +142,685 +3.72%
1976 3.83M +137,936 +3.73%
1975 3.7M +132,794 +3.73%
1974 3.56M +128,022 +3.73%
1973 3.43M +123,255 +3.72%
1972 3.31M +168,084 +5.35%
1971 3.14M +162,996 +5.47%
1970 2.98M +154,544 +5.47%
1969 2.83M +146,334 +5.46%
1968 2.68M +139,129 +5.48%
1967 2.54M +131,728 +5.47%
1966 2.41M +124,898 +5.47%
1965 2.28M +118,262 +5.46%
1964 2.17M +112,439 +5.48%
1963 2.05M +106,458 +5.47%
1962 1.95M +100,921 +5.47%
1961 1.85M +89,738 +5.11%
1960 1.76M

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.