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Peru: cities by population

Peru has a population of 31,989,256, with Lima as its capital. The 50 largest of its 1,626 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Lima	Lima Province	7,737,002
2	Callao	Callao	1,226,200
3	Arequipa	Arequipa	1,195,700
4	Trujillo	La Libertad	1,067,700
5	Piura	Piura	630,000
6	Chiclayo	Lambayeque	609,400
7	Huancayo	Junin	456,250
8	Cusco	Cuzco Department	428,450
9	Iquitos	Loreto	377,609
10	Pucallpa	Ucayali	326,040
11	Chimbote	Ancash	316,966
12	Tacna	Tacna	286,240
13	Ica	Ica	282,407
14	Juliaca	Puno	245,675
15	Cajamarca	Cajamarca Department	201,329
16	Huánuco	Huánuco Department	196,627
17	Santa Anita - Los Ficus	Lima region	184,614
18	Sullana	Piura	160,789
19	Chincha Alta	Ica	153,076
20	Ayacucho	Ayacucho	140,033
21	San Martin	Piura	130,000
22	Puno	Puno	128,637
23	Huaraz	Ancash	118,836
24	San Francisco De Borja	Lima region	105,076
25	Talara	Piura	99,074
26	Tumbes	Tumbes	96,946
27	Chosica	Lima region	88,606
28	Puerto Maldonado	Madre de Dios	85,024
29	Breña	Lima region	81,909
30	San Juan	Loreto	78,153
31	Ciudad Satelite	Arequipa	76,410
32	Chilca	Junin	73,371
33	Selva Alegre	Arequipa	72,696
34	Abancay	Apurímac Department	72,277
35	Moquegua	Moquegua Department	69,882
36	Chulucanas	Piura	68,835
37	San Isidro	Lima region	68,309
38	San Fernando	Ucayali	67,844
39	Jesus Maria	Lima region	66,171
40	Santiago	Cuzco Department	64,075
41	Huaral	Lima region	62,174
42	Pisco	Ica	61,869
43	Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea	Lima region	61,000
44	San Miguel	Puno	60,850
45	Wanchaq	Cuzco Department	59,134
46	Cerro de Pasco	Pasco	58,899
47	Catacaos	Piura	57,304
48	Paita	Piura	56,151
49	Huacho	Lima region	54,545
50	Ilo	Moquegua Department	53,476

Twenty years earlier: Peru in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 28,032,047.