Peru - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Peru was 25.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.76 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8.16 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1961 8.16
1962 8.40
1963 8.64
1964 8.89
1965 9.15
1966 9.41
1967 9.68
1968 9.95
1969 10.23
1970 10.52
1971 10.81
1972 11.11
1973 11.42
1974 11.73
1975 12.05
1976 12.37
1977 12.70
1978 13.03
1979 13.37
1980 13.71
1981 14.05
1982 14.40
1983 14.74
1984 15.09
1985 15.45
1986 15.80
1987 16.17
1988 16.53
1989 16.89
1990 17.24
1991 17.60
1992 17.94
1993 18.29
1994 18.63
1995 18.98
1996 19.34
1997 19.70
1998 20.05
1999 20.37
2000 20.67
2001 20.94
2002 21.17
2003 21.38
2004 21.58
2005 21.77
2006 21.95
2007 22.14
2008 22.31
2009 22.49
2010 22.68
2011 22.86
2012 23.05
2013 23.26
2014 23.51
2015 23.81
2016 24.16
2017 24.57
2018 24.99
2019 25.40
2020 25.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization