Largest Cities by Population in Peru

188 cities in Peru with 10,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by unofficial population estimates for June 30, 2022 (by National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, Peru).

Rank	City	Population
1	Lima	11,166,200
2	Arequipa	1,125,400
3	Trujillo	1,025,100
4	Chiclayoincl. Lambayeque, Pomalca	663,200
5	Piura	547,100
6	Cusco (Cuzco)	492,400
7	Huancayo	450,900
8	Iquitos	430,700
9	Pucallpa	396,400
10	Chimbote	395,100
11	Tacna	334,000
12	Ica	325,700
13	Juliaca	316,900
14	Ayacucho	240,100
15	Cajamarca	227,600
16	Huánuco	221,300
17	Chincha Alta	219,700
18	Sullana	208,100
19	Huachoincl. Hualmay, Huaura, Santa Maria	172,700
20	Tarapoto	169,800
21	Puno	136,800
22	Huaraz	133,200
23	Tumbes	110,600
24	Puerto Maldonado	100,300
25	Talarain: Pariñas district	99,600
26	Paita	98,900
27	Pisco	89,700
28	Huaral	87,700
29	Jaén	82,600
30	Abancay	82,100
31	Moquegua	81,600
32	Yurimaguas	80,800
33	San Vicente de Cañeteincl. Imperial, Nuevo Imperial	73,700
34	Tingo Maríain: Rupa-Rupa district	72,300
35	Ilo	71,400
36	Andahuaylas	64,400
37	Barranca	64,100
38	Cerro de Pasco	61,100
39	Moyobamba	57,000
40	Huancavelica	56,500
41	El Pedregalin: Majes district	54,900
42	Ferreñafe	52,900
43	Sicuani	52,000
44	Huamachuco	51,300
45	Nazca	50,800
46	Catacaos	48,200
47	Pichanaqui	46,000
48	Chulucanas	44,600
49	Zarumillaincl. Aguas Verdes, La Curva	44,200
50	Tarma	41,900
51	Chepén	40,500
52	Sechura	39,800
53	Chachapoyas	39,600
54	Chancay	38,800
55	Casma	37,300
56	Bagua Grande	37,300
57	Huanta	35,600
58	Yauriin: Espinar district	33,300
59	Jauja	33,300
60	Pacasmayo	33,100
61	Juanjuí	30,700
62	San Clemente	29,800
63	Mala	29,300
64	Satipo	29,300
65	Nueva Cajamarca	28,700
66	Tambo Grande	28,600
67	Laredo	28,500
68	La Arena	27,600
69	Supe	27,500
70	Tupac Amaru	27,300
71	Bagua	27,100
72	San Martín de Pangoa	26,700
73	Mollendo	26,600
74	Monsefú	26,400
75	La Mercedin: Chanchamayo district	26,200
76	Tumán	25,300
77	Quillabambain: Santa Ana district	25,300
78	Requena	25,300
79	Guadalupe	24,700
80	Moche	24,400
81	Paiján	24,200
82	Sicaya	24,000
83	Chota	23,900
84	Rioja	23,500
85	San Ramón	23,500
86	Miramar - Alto Salaverry	23,500
87	Ayaviri	23,300
88	Huarmey	23,000
89	Pimentel	22,900
90	Nauta	22,100
91	Azángaro	21,800
92	Ilave	21,500
93	Celendín	21,300
94	Aguaytía	21,100
95	Contamana	20,900
96	La Unión	20,800
97	Cutervo	20,800
98	Guadalupein: Salas district	20,800
99	La Oroya	20,700
100	Santa	20,600
101	San Pedro de los Incasin: Corrales district	20,100
102	Cajabamba	20,100
103	Casa Grande	19,900
104	Mazamari	19,700
105	Segunda Jerusalén	19,300
106	Motupe	19,100
107	San Juan de Marcona	19,100
108	Pátapo	18,800
109	San Agustín de Cajas	18,800
110	Tocache	18,700
111	Paramonga	18,600
112	Pichari	18,600
113	Valle de Dios - Nuevo Chaoin: Chao district	18,500
114	Aucayacu	18,200
115	Olmos	17,400
116	Urubamba	16,900
117	Caraz	16,800
118	Atalaya	16,700
119	Bambamarca	16,400
120	Chilca	16,400
121	Santa Eulalia	16,000
122	Santiago	15,500
123	Calca	15,300
124	San Pedro de Lloc	15,200
125	Huanchaco	15,100
126	Salaverry	15,000
127	Concepción	14,900
128	Soritor	14,800
129	Victor Raúlin: Virú district	14,800
130	Chao	14,700
131	San Ignacio de la Frontera	14,700
132	Chupaca	14,500
133	Querecotillo	14,400
134	Máncora	14,400
135	Santa Rosa	14,200
136	Bellavista	13,800
137	Sapallanga	13,800
138	Cartavioin: Santiago de Cao district	13,700
139	Otuzco	13,700
140	Cerro Verdein: Uchumayo district	13,700
141	San LucasPueblo Nuevo de Colán	13,500
142	San Jerónimo de Tunán	13,400
143	Puquio	13,100
144	Negritos	13,100
145	Cayaltí	12,500
146	San José	12,500
147	Camaná	12,400
148	Oxapampa	12,100
149	Pativilca	12,000
150	Lamas	12,000
151	Macusani	12,000
152	Anta	12,000
153	Eten	11,900
154	Villa Rica	11,700
155	Virú	11,500
156	Yunguyo	11,500
157	Puente Virúin: Virú district	11,400
158	El Triunfo (El Cruce)in: La Joya district	11,400
159	Caballococha	11,100
160	Picsi	10,900
161	Coracora	10,800
162	La Joya	10,700
163	Quilmaná	10,700
164	Medio Mundoin: Végueta district	10,700
165	Las Lomas	10,600
166	Túcume	10,600
167	Santo Tomás	10,500
168	Lircay	10,500
169	San Lorenzo	10,500
170	Caleta Cruz	10,400
171	Pampa Librein: Chancay district	10,300
172	Mórrope	10,300
173	Pacanguilla	10,300
174	Los Órganos	10,200
175	Reque	10,000
176	San Marcos	9,900
177	San José de Sisa	9,900
178	San Jacintoin: Ignacio Escudero district	9,700
179	La Pampa	9,700
180	Cucungarain: Cura Mori district	9,700
181	Junín	9,600
182	La Leguain: Catacaos district	9,600
183	Putina	9,500
184	Fila Alta	8,900
185	Chongoyape	8,500
186	Oyón	8,100
187	Desaguadero	7,600
188	La Rinconadain: Ananea district	5,900

Source: National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, Peru (2022 unofficial estimate), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

43 urban areas in Peru with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Lima	10,693,197	+1.06%	1,038	10,304	32	11,145,021	12,358,372
2	Arequipa	986,051	+0.87%	168	5,869	527	1,020,273	1,105,484
3	Trujillo	954,083	+0.53%	95	10,043	553	974,344	1,067,444
4	Chiclayo	629,887	+1.47%	55	11,536	864	666,949	694,544
5	Caleta Sanitaria	587,539	+2.62%	29	20,260	941	649,079	880,775
6	Cusco	494,221	+0.66%	64	7,698	1,132	507,235	541,263
7	Huancayo	477,616	+1.45%	75	6,368	1,175	505,339	613,736
8	Piura	474,568	+0.64%	74	6,448	1,183	486,755	512,591
9	Chimbote	352,383	+0.60%	61	5,739	1,635	360,789	384,803
10	Tacna	329,865	+0.69%	48	6,872	1,756	338,996	371,948
11	Juliaca	308,547	+0.50%	44	7,012	1,888	314,773	332,434
12	Pucallpa	279,408	+1.71%	62	4,521	2,094	298,483	349,207
13	Cajamarca	260,103	+0.64%	29	8,908	2,273	266,753	299,468
14	Ica	217,866	+1.94%	39	5,530	2,752	234,753	305,274
15	Ayacucho	213,585	+1.40%	38	5,591	2,806	225,556	272,447
16	Sullana	202,742	+0.60%	25	8,045	2,983	207,619	218,569
17	Chincha Alta	200,542	+1.75%	34	5,898	3,016	214,579	278,466
18	Huánuco	198,462	+1.61%	24	8,201	3,052	211,220	269,222
19	Tarapoto	159,807	+0.54%	24	6,659	3,833	163,281	177,438
20	Huacho	136,500	+6.81%	28	4,840	4,510	173,689	235,927
21	Puno	134,114	+0.91%	26	5,158	4,598	138,982	150,867
22	Huaraz	117,605	+0.50%	17	6,918	5,297	119,966	127,982
23	Tumbes	107,299	+0.61%	20	5,365	5,828	109,907	115,574
24	Bajo Pichanaqui	100,424	+2.07%	10	9,845	6,233	108,755	134,658
25	Paita	94,589	+0.71%	19	4,978	6,614	97,274	107,578
26	Talara	83,047	+0.83%	16	5,190	7,612	85,817	93,505
27	Puerto Maldonado	80,948	+1.51%	17	4,652	7,794	85,838	99,769
28	Moyobamba	79,102	+1.12%	11	7,063	7,990	82,641	91,281
29	Huaral	74,616	+2.07%	11	6,783	8,450	80,792	117,963
30	Parcona	72,927	+1.91%	9.20	7,927	8,637	78,493	107,421
31	Iquitos	71,937	+1.27%	31	2,291	8,743	75,603	78,123
32	Pisco	71,384	+1.86%	14	5,249	8,801	76,700	94,636
33	Cerro de Pasco	69,724	+1.66%	13	5,363	9,000	74,344	99,422
34	Jaén	68,374	+0.99%	10	6,703	9,176	71,072	74,520
35	Barranca	67,775	+1.53%	11	6,161	9,257	71,929	92,032
36	Ilo	67,088	+1.11%	16	4,193	9,357	70,078	80,968
37	Andahuaylas	63,661	+1.78%	17	3,745	9,871	68,203	90,858
38	Tingo María	63,553	+3.56%	12	5,479	9,883	72,595	97,920
39	Lambayeque	61,182	+0.54%	11	5,562	10,255	62,507	65,713
40	Yurimaguas	60,101	+1.04%	8.20	7,329	10,414	62,610	66,924
41	Peña Negra	55,526	+0.85%	13	4,271	11,226	57,408	65,962
42	Moquegua	51,876	+1.47%	11	4,632	11,920	54,921	61,245
43	Abancay	50,790	+1.28%	10	4,979	12,046	53,384	60,422

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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