1993 Peruvian census
The Peru 1993 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population made on July 11, 1993 by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Its full name in Spanish is IX Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda ("Ninth Population and Fourth Household Census").
The latest census done by the Peruvian Government is the Peru 2005 Census.
Population
According to this census, the total population in Peru is 22,048,356 inhabitants, 50.3% of which (11,091,981) are female and 49.7% (10,956,375) are male.
Department | Persons born in the dept. or abroad | % of country's population |
---|---|---|
Amazonas | 337,421 | 1.5 |
Ancash | 1,192,942 | 5.4 |
Apurímac | 550,846 | 2.5 |
Arequipa | 846,180 | 3.8 |
Ayacucho | 766,962 | 3.5 |
Cajamarca | 1,652,073 | 7.5 |
Callao | 418,261 | 1.9 |
Cusco | 1,147,713 | 5.2 |
Huancavelica | 580,892 | 2.6 |
Huánuco | 729,553 | 3.3 |
Ica | 595,235 | 2.7 |
Junín | 1,185,301 | 5.4 |
La Libertad | 1,320,230 | 6 |
Lambayeque | 915,968 | 4.2 |
Lima | 4,430,910 | 20.1 |
Loreto | 742,717 | 3.4 |
Madre de Dios | 45,655 | 0.2 |
Moquegua | 114,228 | 0.5 |
Pasco | 299,749 | 1.4 |
Piura | 1,568,391 | 7.1 |
Puno | 1,329,474 | 6 |
San Martín | 474,024 | 2.1 |
Tacna | 149,838 | 0.7 |
Tumbes | 136,738 | 0.6 |
Ucayali | 240,945 | 1.1 |
Abroad | 52,725 | 0.2 |
Unspecified | 223,385 | 1 |
Total | 22,048,356 | 100% |
Languages
Spanish is the most spoken language in the country, with 89.5% using it as their first language, while Quechua is spoken at home by 16.5% of the population, 2.3% speak Aymara, 0.7% speak other indigenous languages, and 0.2% speak foreign languages.
Education
The illiteracy rate is 15%.