1993 Peru Census
# 1993 Peru Census

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

| Department | Persons born in the dept. or abroad | % of country's population |
| - | - | - |
| Amazonas | 337,421 | 1.5 |
| Ancash | 1,192,942 | 5.4 |
| Apurímac | 550,846 | 2.5 |
| Arequipa | 846,180 | 3.8 |
| Ayacucho | 766,962 | 3.5 |
| Cajamarca | 1,652,073 | 7.5 |
| Callao | 418,261 | 1.9 |
| Cusco | 1,147,713 | 5.2 |
| Huancavelica | 580,892 | 2.6 |
| Huánuco | 729,553 | 3.3 |
| Ica | 595,235 | 2.7 |
| Junín | 1,185,301 | 5.4 |
| La Libertad | 1,320,230 | 6.0 |
| Lambayeque | 915,968 | 4.2 |
| Lima | 4,430,910 | 20.1 |
| Loreto | 742,717 | 3.4 |
| Madre de Dios | 45,655 | 0.2 |
| Moquegua | 114,228 | 0.5 |
| Pasco | 299,749 | 1.4 |
| Piura | 1,568,391 | 7.1 |
| Puno | 1,329,474 | 6.0 |
| San Martín | 474,024 | 2.1 |
| Tacna | 149,838 | 0.7 |
| Tumbes | 136,738 | 0.6 |
| Ucayali | 240,945 | 1.1 |
| Abroad | 52,725 | 0.2 |
| Unspecified | 223,385 | 1.0 |
| Total | 22,048,356 | 100% |

### Lima Metropolitan Area

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

| Area | Population | % of country's population |
| - | - | - |
| Lima Metropolitan Area | 6,434,323 | 28.4 |

## 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%.

