What is population, age 16, male in Peru?

Population, age 16, male in Peru was 282,634 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in Peru?

The highest recorded value was 299,250 in 2010.

What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in Peru?

The lowest recorded value was 242,906 in 1990.

How does Peru rank for population, age 16, male?

Peru ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in Peru?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Peru data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 16, male in Peru

Name: Population, age 16, male in Peru
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Peru: Population, age 16, male was 282,634 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

282,634

Change on year

down 1.2%

World rank

41st

of 191 countries

All-time high

299,250

in 2010

All-time low

242,906

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 16, male in Peru, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 16, male in Peru stood at 282,634.

That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 16, male in Peru peaked at 299,250 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 242,906, in 1990.

Peru ranks 41st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	259,069	242,906	266,856	10
2000s	283,993	268,283	298,971	10
2010s	291,777	282,634	299,250	6

Countries ranked near Peru

38 Ghana 291,571 compare
39 Mozambique 291,334 compare
40 Venezuela 283,357 compare
42 Italy 278,351 compare
43 Madagascar 273,666 compare
44 Malaysia 272,907 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Peru

Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 66.9% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 112.8% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 199,824 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.97 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 113.2% (2024)

All data for Peru →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 16, male in Peru?: Population, age 16, male in Peru was 282,634 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in Peru?: The highest recorded value was 299,250 in 2010.
What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in Peru?: The lowest recorded value was 242,906 in 1990.
How does Peru rank for population, age 16, male?: Peru ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in Peru?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 16, male
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population, age 16, male refers to the male population at the specified age.