The 2017 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration and twelfth national population census of

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. It was conducted by the

Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the countr ...

on Sunday, October 22, 2017. Its full name in Spanish is XII Censo de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas. The previous census performed in Peru was the 2007 Census.

Questions

The census form had 47 questions referring to households and basic services, housing, methods of travel and formation of families; such as

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most culture ...

disability Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...

and ethnicity. A question on ethnic self-identification was included in the 2017 census.

Results

Population

Comparison between the 2007 and 2017 census.

Ethnic group and religion

Self-identified ethnicity

Responses are for the population of 12 years old and above.

Religion

Distribution of religious denominations. Note: ‘Other’ religions such as

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Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ...

References

{{Reflist Censuses in Peru Demographics of Peru 2017 in Peru