2017 Peruvian census
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)Twelfth census of Peru | ||
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General information | ||
Country | Peru | |
Authority | Madre de Dios |
The 2017 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration and twelfth
2007 Census
.
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.[4] A question on ethnic self-identification was included in the 2017 census.[5][6]
Results
Population
Comparison between the
2007
and 2017 census.
Population by region[7] | |||||||||
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Region | Population Censed 2007 / % |
Total Population 2007 |
Population Censed 2017 / % |
Population Change / % |
Total Population 2017 | ||||
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
|
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 | 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[7] |
Religion
Distribution of religious denominations.[8]
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
Hindu, Islam
.
See also
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI)
- Census in Peru
- 1993 Peru Census
- 2005 Peru Census
- 2007 Peru Census
References
- ^ "INEI realizará censos de población y vivienda en setiembre de este año". Andina. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ El INEI estima que 31 millones 800 mil peruanos serán censados este domingo.
- ^ "Mediante una aplicación, afroperuanos podrán participar en el Censo Virtual Afroperuano". La República. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Censo Nacional 2017: la orden de inamovilidad y otros detalles a tener en cuenta". El Comercio. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Se instaló el Comité Técnico sobre Estadísticas Étnicas con participación de organizaciones indígenas y afroperuanas". cultura.gob.pe. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "INEI incluirá por primera vez dos preguntas de autoidentificación étnica en Censo 2017". Gestión. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. p. 214. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Más de medio millón de peruanos se convirtieron en evangélicos durante los últimos 10 años". El Antídoto.pe. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.