NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Censos Nacionales 2017: XII de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas Provider National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Peru)Tabulations only Geography Peru (PER) Coverage type Country Time period covered 10/2017 - 11/2017 Data type Census: De factoHouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representative Summary The 2017 Peru Population and Housing Census took place in urban areas on October 22, and in rural areas October 23 to November 6. The population at the time of the census was 31,237,385, a 10.7 percent increase from 2007. Keywords Assets, Cooking fuels, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Health insurance, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, International migration, Internet, Languages, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Marital status, Mass media, Mental and behavioral disorders, Population, Population density, Race, Refrigeration, Religion, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Unemployment, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Peru) Suggested citation National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (Peru). Peru Population and Housing Census 2017. GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023