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Peruvian People

Peruvians
Peruanos
Total population
c. 32 million
Regions with significant populations
 Peru        30,135,875
current population estimate
 United States 626,789
 Argentina 319,183
 Chile 177,178
 Spain 120,000
 Italy 109,668
 Venezuela 95,871
 Japan 60,000
 Canada 34.385
 France 22,002
 Brazil 20,000
 Germany 9,000
 Australia 6,427
 Mexico 5,886
 United Kingdom 5,000
 Colombia 4,042
 Austria 1,590
Languages
Languages of Peru, Peruvian Coast Spanish, Quechua
Religion
Christian (Catholicism, Evangelical), minorities of other religions.

Peruvians (Spanish: Peruanos) are the citizens of the Republic of Peru or their descendants abroad. Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries, so people in Peru usually treat their nationality as a citizenship rather than an ethnicity.Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century; according to historian David N. Cook their population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases.Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with indigenous peoples. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (specially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from France, the Balkans, Great Britain and Germany). Japanese and Chinese arrived in large numbers at the end of nineteenth century.

With about 29.5 million inhabitants, Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America. Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000; population is expected to reach approximately 42 million in 2050. As of 2007, 75.9% lived in urban areas and 24.1% in rural areas. Major cities include Lima, home to over 8 million people, Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Iquitos, Cusco, Chimbote, and Huancayo, all of which reported more than 250,000 inhabitants in the 2007 census.


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