What is the population of Trujillo?
Trujillo has a city population of 1,067,700. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Peru · South America
Trujillo
City population
1,067,700
#4
in Peru
#1
in La Libertad
#505
worldwide
-8.116, -79.030 · 489 km from Lima
About Trujillo
Lying 31 m above sea level, Trujillo holds a population of 1,067,700, making it Peru's fourth-largest city and home to 3.1% of the national population. The city stands 489 km from Lima and dominates La Libertad region, where it is the largest of 12 listed settlements. Moche and Laredo lie within 8 km, each with populations under 25,000.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 12
Elevation
31 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Lima
Coordinates
-8.116, -79.030
Record updated
2026-06-21
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.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Trujillo | 1.07M |
Trujillo Population FAQ
Where is Trujillo?
Trujillo is in La Libertad, Peru, 489 km from the capital, Lima. Its coordinates are -8.116, -79.030.
How big is Trujillo compared with other cities in Peru?
It is the 4th largest of the 135 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Peru, holding 3.1% of the national population.