ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · PERU
Capital of Peru
The capital of Peru is Lima. The largest, Lima, has around 9,943,800 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALLima
POPULATION9,943,800
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Lima9,943,800 people
In context
Where Limasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MLima is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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