The share of urban population in Peru amounted to 78.92 percent in 2023. In a steady upward trend, the share rose by 32.11 percentage points from 1960.

Historical dataset showing Peru urban population by year from 1960 to 2023.

Peru PE: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 77.720 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 77.539 % for 2016. Peru PE: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 68.297 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.720 % in 2017 and a record low of 46.811 % in 1960. Peru PE: Urban Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.; ; United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru Urban Population Percent Of Total

Urban population growth (annual %) in Peru was reported at 1.3684 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Peru - Urban population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

Peru PE: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data was reported at 0.016 % in 2010. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.016 % for 2000. Peru PE: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 0.016 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.016 % in 2010 and a record low of 0.016 % in 2010. Peru PE: Urban Land Area Where Elevation is Below 5 Meters: % of Total Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area below 5m is the percentage of total land where the urban land elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

Peru PE: Urban Population Growth data was reported at 1.458 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.493 % for 2016. Peru PE: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.790 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.189 % in 1962 and a record low of 1.458 % in 2017. Peru PE: Urban Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

Peru PE: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data was reported at 34.200 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.100 % for 2007. Peru PE: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 41.150 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2014, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.400 % in 1990 and a record low of 34.200 % in 2014. Peru PE: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, and durability of housing.; ; UN HABITAT, retrieved from the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals database. Data are available at : http://mdgs.un.org/; Weighted Average;

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru Population In Urban Agglomerations Of More Than 1 Million

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru People Practicing Open Defecation Urban Percent Of Urban Population

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru Urban Population

In 2017, approximately ** percent of the population aged 25 years and older living in rural areas had reached a level of pre-primary education. This figure was equal to *** percent for people living in urban areas. In 2016, expenditure on education in the country amounted to ** billion Peruvian soles.

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru People Using Basic Sanitation Services Urban Percent Of Urban Population

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru Population In The Largest City Percent Of Urban Population

Peru Population: Urban data was reported at 24,735,295.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 24,313,862.000 Person for 2016. Peru Population: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 24,313,862.000 Person from Jun 2015 (Median) to 2017, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24,735,295.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 23,893,654.000 Person in 2015. Peru Population: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Information Science. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.G001: Population.

By 2024, the poverty share in Peru exhibited a higher prevalence in the rural areas, with a rate of ****%, as opposed to the urban areas, which reported a lower rate of ****%.

This statistic displays the share of urban internet users in Peru from 2015 to 2017. According to a survey carried out in September of 2017, about ** percent of respondents in urban areas of Peru claimed to use the internet.

This line chart displays urban population (people) by date using the aggregation sum in Peru. The data is about countries per year.

Actual value and historical data chart for Peru Access To Electricity Urban Percent Of Urban Population

In 2023, the gini coefficient for urban areas in Peru was approximately 0.40 points. Between 2001 and 2023, the figure dropped by around 0.07 points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.