Peru's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 34.4 million in 2021.
The population of Peru grew at 1.2% in the last year and is ranked the 7th most populated country in Americas, ahead of Chile.
Peru last conducted a national census in 2017 and 96.4% of births in Peru are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Peru compares to other countries around the world and in the Americas region.
Peru's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.
Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London