About Iquitos
Iquitos is a city in Loreto, Peru with a population of 377,609. It is the 9th largest of the 135 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Peru, and the 1,502nd largest worldwide. It lies 1,012 km from Lima.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Coordinates
-3.748, -73.253
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 135 in PeruClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.