2017 Peru Census
# 2017 Peru Census

The 2017 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration and twelfth national population census of Peru. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 22, 2017. Its full name in Spanish is XII Censo de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas. The previous census performed in Peru was the 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. 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 | Total Population 2007 | Population Censed 2017 | % Total Population 2017 | Population Change | % 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 | Ethnic group | Population | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mestizo | Mestizo | 13,965,254 | 60.2% |
| Quechua | Quechua | 5,176,809 | 22.3% |
| White | White | 1,366,931 | 5.9% |
| Afro-descendant | Afro-descendant | 828,841 | 3.6% |
| Aymara | Aymara | 548,292 | 2.4% |
| Native or indigenous to the Amazon | Native or indigenous to the Amazon | 79,266 | 0.3% |
| Asháninka | Asháninka | 55,489 | 0.2% |
| Part of another Indigenous | Part of another Indigenous | 49,838 | 0.2% |
| Aguaruna/Awajún | Aguaruna/Awajún | 37,690 | 0.2% |
| Shipibo-Conibo/Konibo | Shipibo-Conibo/Konibo | 25,222 | 0.1% |
| Japanese (Nikkei) | Japanese (Nikkei) | 22,534 | 0.1% |
| Chinese (Tusan) | Chinese (Tusan) | 14,307 | 0.1% |
| Other | Other | 254,892 | 1.1% |
| Don't know / no response | Don't know / no response | 771,026 | 3.3% |
| Total | Total | 23,196,391 | 100.0% |
| Source:INEI ||||

### Religion

Distribution of religious denominations.

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

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

