2005 Peruvian census

{{Short description|Census of Peru in 2005}} # [[Image:Peru 2005 Censo.png|left|100px|Logo of the Peru 2005 census performed by [[INEI]]]] The '''2005 Peru Census''' was a detailed enumeration of the [[Peru]]vian population. It was conducted by the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática]] from July 18 through August 20, 2005. Its full name in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is ''X Censo de Población y V de Vivienda'' ("Tenth Population and Fifth Household Census"). The previous census performed in Peru was the [[Peru 1993 Census|1993 Census]]. The following census was the [[Peru 2007 Census|2007 Census]].

The results of the census were released to the public on November 30, 2005, after all the census materials from the country's 25 [[Political division of Peru|regions]] were transported to [[Arequipa]] and processed at the INEI information processing center in that city.

==Results== The total population of Peru is '''26,152,265''' inhabitants. The following table shows a breakdown of the total population per region and the Lima Province.

{| class="wikitable" ! align=center| Region ! align=right | Population ! align=right | % of country's<br>population ! align=right | Change in population<br>since 1993 ! align=right | Change in % of country's<br>population since 1993 |- | [[Amazonas (Peruvian department)|Amazonas]] || align=right | 389,700 || align=right | 1.5 || align=right | 52,279 || align=right | 0.0 |- | [[Ancash Region|Ancash]] || align=right | 1,039,415 || align=right | 4.0 || align=right style="color:red;" | -153,527 || align=right style="color:red;" | -1.4 |- | [[Apurímac Region|Apurimac]] || align=right | 418,882 || align=right | 1.6 || align=right style="color:red;" | -131,964 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.9 |- | [[Arequipa Region|Arequipa]] || align=right | 1,140,810 || align=right | 4.4 || align=right | 294,630 || align=right | 0.6 |- | [[Ayacucho Region|Ayacucho]] || align=right | 619,338 || align=right | 2.4 || align=right style="color:red;" | -147,624 || align=right style="color:red;" | -1.1 |- | [[Cajamarca Region|Cajamarca]] || align=right | 1,359,023 || align=right | 5.2 || align=right style="color:red;" | -293,050 || align=right style="color:red;" | -2.3 |- | [[Callao Region|Callao]] || align=right | 810,568 || align=right | 3.1 || align=right | 392,307 || align=right | 1.2 |- | [[Cusco Region|Cusco]] || align=right | 1,171,503 || align=right | 4.5 || align=right | 23,790 || align=right align=right style="color:red;" | -0.7 |- | [[Huancavelica Region|Huancavelica]] || align=right | 447,054 || align=right | 1.7 || align=right style="color:red;" | -133,838 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.9 |- | [[Huánuco Region|Huanuco]] || align=right | 730,871 || align=right | 2.8 || align=right | 1,318 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.5 |- | [[Ica Region|Ica]] || align=right | 665,592 || align=right | 2.5 || align=right | 70,357 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.2 |- | [[Junín Region|Junin]] || align=right | 1,091,619 || align=right | 4.2 || align=right style="color:red;" | -93,682 || align=right style="color:red;" | -1.8 |- | [[La Libertad Region|La Libertad]] || align=right | 1,539,774 || align=right | 5.9 || align=right | 219,544 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.1 |- | [[Lambayeque Region|Lambayeque]] || align=right | 1,091,535 || align=right | 4.2 || align=right | 175,567 || align=right | 0.0 |- | [[Lima Region]]<ref name="Lima Note">Before 2002 Lima Province and Lima Region were combined in one department. The figures shown for the changes since 1993 are based on the sum of both Lima Region and Lima Province.</ref> || align=right | 864,853 || align=right | 3.3 || align=right | 3,388,526 || align=right | 9.8 |- | [[Lima Province]]<ref name="Lima Note"/> || align=right | 6,954,583 || align=right | 26.6 || align=right | 3,388,526 || align=right | 9.8 |- | [[Loreto Region|Loreto]] || align=right | 884,144 || align=right | 3.4 || align=right | 141,427 || align=right | 0.0 |- | [[Madre de Dios Region|Madre de Dios]] || align=right | 92,024 || align=right | 0.4 || align=right | 46,369 || align=right | 0.2 |- | [[Moquegua Region|Moquegua]] || align=right | 159,306 || align=right | 0.6 || align=right | 45,078 || align=right | 0.1 |- | [[Pasco Region|Pasco]] || align=right | 266,764 || align=right | 1.0 || align=right style="color:red;" | -32,985 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.4 |- | [[Piura Region|Piura]] || align=right | 1,630,772 || align=right | 6.2 || align=right | 62,381 || align=right style="color:red;" | -0.9 |- | [[Puno Region|Puno]] || align=right | 1,245,508 || align=right | 4.8 || align=right style="color:red;" | -83,966 || align=right style="color:red;" | -1.2 |- | [[San Martín Region|San Martin]] || align=right | 669,973 || align=right | 2.6 || align=right | 195,949 || align=right | 0.5 |- | [[Tacna Region|Tacna]] || align=right | 274,496 || align=right | 1.0 || align=right | 124,658 || align=right | 0.3 |- | [[Tumbes Region|Tumbes]] || align=right | 191,713 || align=right | 0.7 || align=right | 54,975 || align=right | 0.1 |- | [[Ucayali Region|Ucayali]] || align=right | 402,445 || align=right | 1.5 || align=right | 161,500|| align=right | 0.4 |- | '''Total''' || align=right | '''26,152,265''' || align=right | '''100%''' || align=right | '''4,103,909''' || align=right | '''n.a.''' |}{{Reflist}}

==See also== * [[Peru Census]]

==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201232331/http://www.inei.gob.pe/web/NotaPrensa/Attach/6057.pdf INEI: Perú tiene 26 millones 152 mil 265 habitantes]

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