Trujillo — UN urban centre
Trujillo: 949,018 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #549 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1014; territory: Peru (PER). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -8.0941, -79.0285. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 283,693 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 353,332 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 417,587 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 489,540 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 562,566 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 626,371 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 697,070 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 764,316 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 832,138 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 913,266 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 949,018 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 974,344 | Projection |
| 2035 | 995,246 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,050,897 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,062,940 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,067,444 | Projection |
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