1993 Peru Census


The 1993 Peru 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.
The latest census done by the Peruvian Government is the Peru 2007 Census.

Population

According to this census, the total population in Peru is 22,048,356 inhabitants, 50.3% of which are female and 49.7% are male.

Departments

Lima Metropolitan Area

The Lima Metropolitan Area consists of the cities of Lima and Callao.
AreaPopulation% of country's population
Lima Metropolitan Area6,434,32328.4

Languages

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%.