The demographics of
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
can be reconstructed through the population
census
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es carried out throughout its history. The government statistics department estimates that a third of
Peru
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's population lives in Lima.
Population by year
Ethnic groups
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Mestizos: 47%
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European: 40%
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Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
: 8%
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Amerindian
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples.
Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...
: 2%
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Afro-Peruvian
Black Peruvians or Afro-Peruvians are Peruvian of mostly or partially African descent. They mostly descend from enslaved Africans brought to Peru after the arrival of the conquistadors.
Early history
The first Africans arrived with the conquer ...
: 3%
Evolution of the Lima Metropolitan Area
Image:Evoluciondelima1535.jpg, 1535
Image:Evoluciondelima1750.jpg, 1750
Image:Evoluciondelima1910.jpg, 1910
Image:Evoluciondelima1940.jpg, 1940
Image:Evoluciondelima1970.jpg, 1970
Image:Evoluciondelima1995.jpg, 1995
References
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
Lima
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