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Blue numbers are estimated
Share of population living in area
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| Urban | 68.9 | 68.1 | 67.3 | 66.5 | 65.7 | 65.0 | 64.2 | 63.4 | 63.4 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.8 | 64.4 | 65.6 | 66.8 | 68.9 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 69.3 | 69.1 | 68.9 | 68.7 | |||||
| Rural | 31.1 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 33.5 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 35.8 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.7 | 36.7 | 36.7 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 34.4 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 31.5 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.3 | |||||
| Poor | 53.4 | 52.8 | 52.1 | 51.4 | 50.8 | 50.1 | 49.4 | 48.8 | 47.7 | 46.6 | 45.5 | 44.4 | 42.4 | 40.4 | 38.7 | 37.0 | 32.9 | 30.3 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 23.6 | 22.1 | 20.6 | |||||
| Nonpoor | 46.4 | 47.0 | 47.7 | 48.4 | 49.0 | 49.7 | 50.4 | 51.1 | 52.2 | 53.3 | 54.4 | 55.6 | 57.6 | 59.6 | 61.3 | 63.0 | 67.1 | 69.7 | 73.4 | 74.9 | 76.4 | 77.9 | 79.4 | |||||
| Lowest 25% | 26.0 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 24.4 | |||||
| Second 25% | 23.2 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 25.0 | 25.4 | |||||
| Third 25% | 25.2 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 24.9 | 24.7 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.7 | |||||
| Highest 25% | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.5 | |||||
| Central (Huancavelica, Huanuco, Junin, Pasco) | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.75 | 9.49 | |||||
| East (Madre de Dios, Cusco, Puno, Apurimac) | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.34 | 8.32 | |||||
| North (Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, Cajamarca, La Libertad) | 22.2 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 23.2 | |||||
| North East (Amazonas, Loreto, San Martin, Ucayali) | 8.95 | 8.94 | 8.92 | 8.91 | 8.90 | 8.89 | 8.88 | 8.87 | 9.07 | 9.27 | 9.47 | 9.68 | 9.32 | 8.96 | 8.81 | 8.67 | 9.23 | 9.11 | 8.86 | 9.34 | 9.82 | 10.3 | 10.8 | |||||
| South (Tacna, Moquegua, Arequipa, Ica, Ayacucho) | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 9.85 | 9.21 | |||||
| West (Ancash, Lima, Callao) | 35.8 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 35.4 | 35.3 | 35.2 | 35.1 | 35.0 | 34.8 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 35.9 | 34.7 | 35.6 | 36.4 | 37.3 | 38.1 | 39.0 | |||||