 According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Yungay commune had 16,814 inhabitants; of these, 11,469 (68.2%) lived in urban areas and 5,345 (31.8%) in rural areas.At that time, there were 8,565 men and 8,249 women residing in the commune.The commune grew 10% in population between the censuses of 1992 and 2002 (1.0% annual growth).