# Demographics of Lima

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Demographics of Lima, Peru

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The **demographics of [Lima](/source/Lima)** can be reconstructed through the population [censuses](/source/Census) carried out throughout its history. The government statistics department estimates that a third of [Peru](/source/Peru)'s population lives in Lima.

## Population by year

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Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1536 250 — 1614 26,400 +10460.0% 1791 56,600 +114.4% 1812 63,900 +12.9% 1820 64,000 +0.2% 1827 60,000 −6.2% 1839 55,100 −8.2% 1850 80,000 +45.2% 1861 100,000 +25.0% 1877 101,500 +1.5% Year Pop. ±% 1890 103,900 +2.4% 1896 113,000 +8.8% 1900 103,900 −8.1% 1908[1] 154,617 +48.8% 1920[1] 203,381 +31.5% 1925 260,000 +27.8% 1927 200,000 −23.1% 1931 373,900 +86.9% 1940 533,600 +42.7% 1945 657,800 +23.3% Year Pop. ±% 1951 835,000 +26.9% 1953 964,000 +15.4% 1961 1,262,100 +30.9% 1969 2,541,300 +101.4% 1981 3,573,227 +40.6% 1993 5,363,270 +50.1% 1997 5,930,318 +10.6% 2000 6,271,430 +5.8% 2007 7,819,436 +24.7%

## Ethnic groups

- [Mestizos](/source/Mestizo): 69.9%[2]

- [Quechua](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas): 16.8%[2]

- [European](/source/European_Peruvian): 7.4%[2]

- [Afro-Peruvian](/source/Afro-Peruvian): 2.8%

- [Aymara](/source/Aymara_people): 0.7%

- [Asian](/source/Asian_Peruvian) or other: 2.3%

## Evolution of the Lima Metropolitan Area

	- Evolution of the Lima Metropolitan Area

		- 1535

		- 1750

		- 1910

		- 1940

		- 1970

		- 1995

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Panfichi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Panfichi_1-1) Panfichi, Aldo. ["La Urbanización de Lima"](http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2012/01/urbanizacion_temprana_de_lima.pdf) (PDF). Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú. p. 19. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto_2-2) ["Lima (Region-level Province, Peru) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location"](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/peru/admin/lima/1501__lima/). *www.citypopulation.de*. Retrieved 2024-12-06.

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