Largest Cities in Peru

26 cities with population over 100,000

Peru has 26 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Lima with 7,737,002 people. The capital city is Lima.

Country Population

34.4M

Major Cities

Largest City

Lima

Capital

Lima

Top 10 Cities

Lima

7.7M

Callao

1.3M

Arequipa

1.0M

Trujillo

919,899

Chiclayo

552,508

Piura

484,475

Huancayo

456,250

Cusco

428,450

Iquitos

377,609

Pucallpa

326,040

Cities in Peru ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	LimaCapital	7,737,002	22.52%
2	Callao	1,300,000	3.78%
3	Arequipa	1,008,290	2.94%
4	Trujillo	919,899	2.68%
5	Chiclayo	552,508	1.61%
6	Piura	484,475	1.41%
7	Huancayo	456,250	1.33%
8	Cusco	428,450	1.25%
9	Iquitos	377,609	1.10%
10	Pucallpa	326,040	0.95%
11	Chimbote	316,966	0.92%
12	Tacna	286,240	0.83%
13	Ica	282,407	0.82%
14	Santiago de Surco	251,648	0.73%
15	Juliaca	245,675	0.72%
16	Cajamarca	201,329	0.59%
17	Huánuco	196,627	0.57%
18	Miraflores	187,401	0.55%
19	Santa Anita - Los Ficus	184,614	0.54%
20	Sullana	160,789	0.47%
21	Chincha Alta	153,076	0.45%
22	Ayacucho	140,033	0.41%
23	San Martin	130,000	0.38%
24	Puno	128,637	0.37%
25	Huaraz	118,836	0.35%
26	San Francisco De Borja	105,076	0.31%