The 1993 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population made on July 11, 1993, by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Its full name in Spanish is IX Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda ("Ninth Population and Fourth Household Census").

The latest census done by the Peruvian Government is the Peru 2007 Census.

Population

According to this census, the total population in Peru is 22,048,356 inhabitants, 50.3% of which (11,091,981) are female and 49.7% (10,956,375) are male.

Departments

DepartmentPersons born in the dept. or abroad % of country's population
Amazonas337,4211.5
Ancash1,192,9425.4
Apurímac550,8462.5
Arequipa846,1803.8
Ayacucho766,9623.5
Cajamarca1,652,0737.5
Callao418,2611.9
Cusco1,147,7135.2
Huancavelica580,8922.6
Huánuco729,5533.3
Ica595,2352.7
Junín1,185,3015.4
La Libertad1,320,2306.0
Lambayeque915,9684.2
Lima4,430,91020.1
Loreto742,7173.4
Madre de Dios45,6550.2
Moquegua114,2280.5
Pasco299,7491.4
Piura1,568,3917.1
Puno1,329,4746.0
San Martín474,0242.1
Tacna149,8380.7
Tumbes136,7380.6
Ucayali240,9451.1
Abroad52,7250.2
Unspecified223,3851.0
Total22,048,356100%

Lima Metropolitan Area

The Lima Metropolitan Area consists of the cities of Lima and Callao.

AreaPopulation % of country's population
Lima Metropolitan Area[1]6,434,32328.4

Languages

Spanish is the most spoken language in the country, with 89.5% using it as their first language, while Quechua is spoken at home by 16.5% of the population, 2.3% speak Aymara, 0.7% speak other indigenous languages, and 0.2% speak foreign languages.

Education

The illiteracy rate is 15%.

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Lima Metropolitana perfil socio-demográfico Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on August 12, 2007
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