Arequipa — UN urban centre
Arequipa: 977,496 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #529 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3272; 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: -16.4018, -71.5284. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 263,322 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 329,198 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 423,463 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 484,885 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 552,609 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 595,765 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 739,482 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 794,269 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 854,542 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 912,439 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 977,496 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,020,273 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,049,768 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,072,514 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,092,473 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,105,484 | Projection |
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