A census in Peru is an enumeration of the
Peru
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vian population made by the Peru government.
The full name of a census in
Spanish
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is like ''X Censo de Población y V de Vivienda'' in which ''X'' en ''V'' are
Roman numerals for the tenth population census and fifth household census respectively. The first five times the census was made, only population data was included. From the sixth census onwards, also household data is included.
The latest census was made in
2017
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.
It is prescribed by law (''Law Nº 13248'') that every ten years a population and household census has to be executed
[''Ley Nº 13248, Ley de Censos, August 24, 1959.]
Chronology
The following table shows the dates the censuses were made and the total population number for Peru at those dates.
References
{{South America topic, Census in
Demographics of Peru