Population, long-run history in Peru

Latest: 26,771
Previous: 26,508
Change: +262.70 (+1.0%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for Population, long-run history in Peru
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	10,826
Dec 31, 1964	11,144
Dec 31, 1965	11,467
Dec 31, 1966	11,796
Dec 31, 1967	12,132
Dec 31, 1968	12,476
Dec 31, 1969	12,829
Dec 31, 1970	13,193
Dec 31, 1971	13,568
Dec 31, 1972	13,955
Dec 31, 1973	14,350
Dec 31, 1974	14,753
Dec 31, 1975	15,161
Dec 31, 1976	15,573
Dec 31, 1977	15,990
Dec 31, 1978	16,414
Dec 31, 1979	16,849
Dec 31, 1980	17,295
Dec 31, 1981	17,755
Dec 31, 1982	18,173
Dec 31, 1983	18,591
Dec 31, 1984	19,011
Dec 31, 1985	19,432
Dec 31, 1986	19,855
Dec 31, 1987	20,280
Dec 31, 1988	20,710
Dec 31, 1989	21,151
Dec 31, 1990	21,600
Dec 31, 1991	22,540
Dec 31, 1992	23,517
Dec 31, 1993	18,967
Dec 31, 1994	19,306
Dec 31, 1995	19,642
Dec 31, 1996	19,976
Dec 31, 1997	20,309
Dec 31, 1998	20,638
Dec 31, 1999	20,963
Dec 31, 2000	21,291
Dec 31, 2001	21,631
Dec 31, 2002	21,980
Dec 31, 2003	22,339
Dec 31, 2004	22,707
Dec 31, 2005	23,055
Dec 31, 2006	23,380
Dec 31, 2007	23,708
Dec 31, 2008	23,944
Dec 31, 2009	24,087
Dec 31, 2010	24,228
Dec 31, 2011	24,364
Dec 31, 2012	24,491
Dec 31, 2013	24,607
Dec 31, 2014	24,714
Dec 31, 2015	24,812
Dec 31, 2016	24,904
Dec 31, 2017	24,999
Dec 31, 2018	25,403
Dec 31, 2019	25,966
Dec 31, 2020	26,308
Dec 31, 2021	26,508
Dec 31, 2022	26,771

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Peru

1600–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Seminario, B. (2015). El Desarrallo de la Economía Peruana en la Era Moderna, Universidad de Pacifico, Lima
1870-1901: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P, Table A2
1900-1913: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1913-1941: C.A. Bolona Behr, "Tariff Policies in Peru, 1880-1980", Ph.D. thesis, Oxford University, 1981;
1942-1950: "Cuadros del producto interno bruto en dollares de 1950", CEPAL, Santiago, October 1962, mimeographed;
1945-1950: Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, CEPAL, Santiago, 1978.

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