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 listed 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
Coordinates
-8.116, -79.030
Record updated
21 June 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.
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 listed in Peru, holding 3.1% of the national population.