2017 Peruvian census

The 2017 Peru census was the twelfth national population census of Peru conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática from Sunday, 22 October to 5 November 2017.
The total population of the
Republic of Peru, was counted as 31,237,385, an increase of 10.7% or 2,068,499 people over the previous 2007 census.
Peru's next census is scheduled to take place from August to October 2025.

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.

Ethnic group and religion

Self-identified ethnicity

Responses are for the population of 12 years old and above.

Religion

Distribution of religious denominations.
Note: ‘Other’ religions such as Buddhist, Hindu, Islam.