Overview
- The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática will present the first official results on Friday, May 29, 2026, covering the XIII Population, VIII Housing and IV Indigenous Communities Censuses.
- INEI said the release will include headline indicators such as total population, age and sex structure, population density and distribution by department, plus changes linked to the COVID‑19 pandemic and recent migration.
- Fieldwork ran nationwide from August to October 2025 and used digital devices and technological tools to speed data capture, broaden coverage and improve data quality compared with the 2017 operation.
- The 2025 results arrive after a contested 2017 census that left thousands of dwellings uncounted and provoked strong debate over an ethnic self‑identification question, raising expectations for more reliable figures this time.
- INEI head Gaspar Morán Flores says the updated data will provide a trustworthy basis for public policy and for targeting social programs, budgets and infrastructure to where changing population patterns show the greatest need.