District and province population projections for Peru, 1990-2023 (INEI)
Population projections from 1990-2004 were extracted from "Perú: Proyecciones de Población por Años Calendario según Departamentos, Provincias y Distritos (Periodo 1990-2005) Boletín Especial N°16" published by the Peruvian Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) in 2002 (https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib0467/Libro.pdf, file available in pdf).
Population projections from 2005-2015 were extracted from "Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población por Grupos Quinquenales de Edad según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito, 2005-2015 - Boletín Especial N° 21", published by INEI in 2010 (https://proyectos.inei.gob.pe/web/biblioineipub/bancopub/est/lib1010/index.htm, files available in xls).
Population projections from 2018-2022 were extracted from "Perú: Proyecciones de Población Total según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito, 2018-2022" published by INEI in 2022 (https://www.gob.pe/institucion/inei/informes-publicaciones/3464927-peru-proyecciones-de-poblacion-total-segun-departamento-provincia-y-distrito-2018-2022, file available in xls from https://ww3.vivienda.gob.pe/repositorioestadistico/ProyeccionPoblacion.aspx).
Population projections for 2016, 2017 and 2023 were extrapolated from 2018-2022 data.
UBIGEOs vary between the three source datasets due to changes in districts. All UBIGEOs from source datasets were preserved in the district-level dataset.
Provinces were recoded for districts that changed province in the included period:
| Original ubigeo | Original province | Current ubigeo | Current province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 160204 | Alto Amazonas | 160702 | Datem del Marañón |
| 160203 | Alto Amazonas | 160701 | Datem del Marañón |
| 160207 | Alto Amazonas | 160703 | Datem del Marañón |
| 160208 | Alto Amazonas | 160704 | Datem del Marañón |
| 160209 | Alto Amazonas | 160705 | Datem del Marañón |
| 160109 | Maynas | 1608XX | Putumayo (4 districts) |
| 160114 | Maynas | 160803 | Putumayo |