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Peru — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Peru, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.04%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -64.2% since 1961
Population growth for Peru was 1.04% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.92% in 1961. The lowest was 0.62% in 2009 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.59% per year.
Peru ranks 99 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 46%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Peru sits above it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 64% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.04%
First (1961)
2.92%
Change
-64.2%
Highest
2.92%
in 1961
Lowest
0.62%
in 2009
Average
1.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.59%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.04% |
| 2024 | 1.09% |
| 2023 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.96% |
| 2021 | 0.96% |
| 2020 | 1.19% |
| 2019 | 1.71% |
| 2018 | 1.81% |
| 2017 | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 1.33% |
| 2015 | 1.13% |
| 2014 | 0.99% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.