Peru's cities at a glance
Dots sized by population · Lima in orange
Peru has 4 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 22 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Lima with 7,737,002 people, followed by Callao (1,226,200) and Arequipa (1,195,700). The three largest cities together hold about 29% of the country's 35 million people.
The capital, Lima, is also the largest city.
By region, the most large cities are in Lima region (4), Piura (2), Junin (2).
Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Peru population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Peru atlas.
Peru cities by population
| # | City | Region | Population | Share of Peru |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LimaCapital | Lima Province | 7,737,002 | 22.1% |
| 2 | Callao | Callao | 1,226,200 | 3.5% |
| 3 | Arequipa | Arequipa | 1,195,700 | 3.4% |
| 4 | Trujillo | La Libertad | 1,067,700 | 3% |
| 5 | Piura | Piura | 630,000 | 1.8% |
| 6 | Chiclayo | Lambayeque | 609,400 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Huancayo | Junin | 456,250 | 1.3% |
| 8 | Cusco | Cuzco Department | 428,450 | 1.2% |
| 9 | Iquitos | Loreto | 377,609 | 1.1% |
| 10 | Pucallpa | Ucayali | 326,040 | 0.9% |
| 11 | Chimbote | Ancash | 316,966 | 0.9% |
| 12 | Tacna | Tacna | 286,240 | 0.8% |
| 13 | Ica | Ica | 282,407 | 0.8% |
| 14 | Juliaca | Puno | 245,675 | 0.7% |
| 15 | Cajamarca | Cajamarca Department | 201,329 | 0.6% |
| 16 | Huánuco | Huánuco Department | 196,627 | 0.6% |
| 17 | Santa Anita - Los Ficus | Lima region | 184,614 | 0.5% |
| 18 | Chincha Alta | Ica | 153,076 | 0.4% |
| 19 | Ayacucho | Ayacucho | 140,033 | 0.4% |
| 20 | Puno | Puno | 128,637 | 0.4% |
| 21 | Huaraz | Ancash | 118,836 | 0.3% |
| 22 | San Francisco De Borja | Lima region | 105,076 | 0.3% |
| 23 | Talara | Piura | 99,074 | 0.3% |
| 24 | Tumbes | Tumbes | 96,946 | 0.3% |
| 25 | Chosica | Lima region | 88,606 | 0.3% |
| 26 | Puerto Maldonado | Madre de Dios | 85,024 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Breña | Lima region | 81,909 | 0.2% |
| 28 | San Juan | Loreto | 78,153 | 0.2% |
| 29 | Chilca | Junin | 73,371 | 0.2% |
| 30 | Abancay | Apurímac Department | 72,277 | 0.2% |
Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.
Frequently asked questions
What is the largest city in Peru?
Lima, with about 7,737,002 inhabitants (city proper).
What is the capital of Peru?
Lima — population 7,737,002, the largest city in the country.
How many cities in Peru have over one million people?
4: Lima, Callao, Arequipa, Trujillo.
Are these metropolitan-area populations?
No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.
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