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Peru: Population

Millions of people · 1600–2025 · 228 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
34.5 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.3%a year

Population

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010M20M30M40M16001700180019002000PeruPeru, 1600: 1.29 millionPeru, 1700: 1.29 millionPeru
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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203136.4Forecast
203036.0Forecast
202935.7Forecast
202835.4Forecast
202735.1Forecast
202634.8Forecast
202534.5
202434.2
202333.8
202233.5
202133.2
202032.8
201932.4
201831.9
201731.3
201630.9

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1600–2022
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • MOxLAD1900–2010
  • Banco Central de Reserva del Perú1922–2021
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2017
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2017–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Peru documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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