Paraguay: Departments, Major Cities, Towns & Urban Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Departments

The population of the departments of Paraguay according to census results.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1982-07-11	Population Census (Cf) 1992-08-26	Population Census (Cf) 2002-08-28	Population Census (Cf) 2022-11-09
Alto Paraguay (incl. Chaco)	APG	Depto	Fuerte Olimpo	82,349	9,021	12,156	11,587	17,195	8234900	→
Alto Paraná	APR	Depto	Ciudad del Este	14,895	199,644	406,584	558,672	763,702	1489500	→
Amambay	AMA	Depto	Pedro Juan Caballero	12,933	68,395	99,860	114,917	179,412	1293300	→
Asunción	ASU	CpDst	Asunción	117	454,881	500,938	512,112	462,241	11700	→
Boquerón (incl. Nueva Asunciõn)	BOQ	Depto	Filadelfia	91,669	14,790	29,060	41,106	71,078	9166900	→
Caaguazú	CGZ	Depto	Coronel Oviedo	11,474	299,437	386,412	435,357	431,519	1147400	→
Caazapá	CZP	Depto	Caazapá	9,496	109,452	129,352	139,517	139,479	949600	→
Canindeyú	CAN	Depto	Salto del Guairá	14,667	66,409	103,785	140,137	191,114	1466700	→
Central	CEN	Depto	Asunción	2,465	497,388	866,856	1,362,893	1,883,927	246500	→
Concepción	CON	Depto	Concepción	18,051	133,977	167,289	179,450	206,181	1805100	→
Cordillera	COR	Depto	Caacupé	4,948	194,011	198,701	233,854	268,037	494800	→
Guairá	GUA	Depto	Villarrica	3,846	143,510	161,991	178,650	179,555	384600	→
Itapúa	ITA	Depto	Encarnación	16,525	262,680	377,536	453,692	449,642	1652500	→
Misiones	MIS	Depto	San Juan Bautista	9,556	77,475	89,018	101,783	111,142	955600	→
Ñeembucú	NEE	Depto	Pilar	12,147	70,338	69,770	76,348	76,719	1214700	→
Paraguarí	PAR	Depto	Paraguarí	8,705	204,399	208,527	221,932	200,472	870500	→
Presidente Hayes	PHA	Depto	Villa Hayes	72,907	33,021	64,417	82,493	123,313	7290700	→
San Pedro	SPE	Depto	San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	20,002	191,002	280,336	318,698	355,175	2000200	→
Paraguay	PRY	Rep	Asunción	406,752	3,029,830	4,152,588	5,163,198	6,109,903		→

The results of the 2022 census are adjusted for underenumeration.
(1982) UN Demographic Yearbook 1982.
(1992) (2002) (2022) Instituto Nacional de Estadística Paraguay.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2022-11-09
1	Asunción	ASU	462,241
2	Ciudad del Este	APR	325,819
3	Luque	CEN	259,705
4	Capiatá	CEN	236,999
5	San Lorenzo	CEN	225,395
6	Limpio	CEN	139,652
7	Lambaré	CEN	127,150
8	Ñemby	CEN	116,383
9	Pedro Juan Caballero	AMA	114,944

Major Urban Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	Population Calculation (UE-C) 2022-11-09
1	Asunción	ASU	2,224,415
2	Ciudad del Este	APR	553,764
3	Encarnación	ITA	123,237
4	Pedro Juan Caballero	AMA	114,944

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Paraguayan cities and towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results.

The urban population of the correspondung municipality (distrito) is tabulated. In few cases, these figures refer to more than one settlement.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 1982-07-11	Population Census (Cf) 1992-08-26	Population Census (Cf) 2002-08-28	Population Census (Cf) 2022-11-09	Area
Areguá	CEN	5,177	6,374	10,009	70,298	10411
Asunción	ASU	454,881	500,938	512,112	462,241	12869	→
Ayolas	MIS	2,935	9,143	10,851	13,698	2170
Benjamín Aceval	PHA	3,935	6,140	6,865	12,474	706
Caacupé	COR	9,151	12,382	19,131	30,534	1992
Caaguazú	CGZ	19,592	38,220	48,941	64,794	3839
Caazapá	CZP	2,996	3,805	5,990	7,176	323
Cambyretá (incl. Encarnación-Este)	ITA	...	...	...	38,920	2628
Capiatá	CEN	4,456	83,773	154,274	236,999	8819	→
Capitán Bado	AMA	3,224	4,213	7,578	10,902	644
Carapeguá	PAR	3,300	4,840	5,427	10,873	665
Ciudad del Este (Presidente Stroessner)	APR	49,423	133,881	222,274	325,819	15140	→
Concepción	CON	22,957	35,276	43,661	59,374	2418
Coronel Bogado	ITA	5,158	7,214	9,388	9,709	504
Coronel Oviedo	CGZ	21,913	38,316	48,733	67,307	2912
Curuguaty (San Isidro de Curuguaty)	CAN	2,316	6,264	9,493	15,098	679
Dr. J. Eulogio Estigarribia	CGZ	2,679	5,755	9,921	19,475	1075
Encarnación	ITA	29,090	56,261	67,173	84,317	6392
Eusebio Ayala	COR	...	5,322	7,773	7,586	457
Fernando de la Mora	CEN	66,597	95,072	113,560	110,255	2075	→
Filadelfia (Fernheim)	BOQ	...	4,484	7,062	15,514	1892
Fuerte Olimpo	APG	1,343	1,530	1,696	2,572	393
Guarambaré	CEN	4,499	6,995	8,846	26,063	1401
Hernandarias	APR	11,139	28,180	47,266	73,486	5869
Hohenau	ITA	1,817	3,017	4,974	10,217	1982
Horqueta	CON	4,504	8,252	9,946	14,963	681
Itá	CEN	9,311	14,259	17,469	30,843	1717
Itauguá	CEN	5,382	13,910	45,577	67,686	4085
Julián Augusto Saldívar	CEN	...	...	...	60,162	3214
Lambaré	CEN	67,168	99,572	119,795	127,150	2666	→
Limpio	CEN	3,288	26,177	73,158	139,652	10973	→
Loma Plata	BOQ	...	...	...	11,488	1702
Luque	CEN	25,896	84,877	170,986	259,705	15294
María Auxiliadora (Tomás Romero Pereira)	ITA	...	...	5,004	10,518	849
Mariano Roque Alonso	CEN	2,681	39,289	65,229	85,133	3964	→
Minga Guazú	APR	...	8,914	14,806	67,581	6832
Ñemby	CEN	2,556	26,999	71,909	116,383	2863	→
Paraguarí	PAR	6,592	7,269	8,307	12,987	1050
Pedro Juan Caballero	AMA	37,240	53,566	64,592	114,944	4398
Pilar	NEE	13,084	19,121	24,300	31,399	1378
Piribebuy	COR	5,920	7,397	9,617	10,576	593
Presidente Franco	APR	12,637	31,825	47,246	86,878	3696
Salto del Guairá	CAN	7,181	4,563	6,653	17,332	1336
San Antonio	CEN	5,320	7,371	37,795	57,843	2204	→
San Estanislao	SPE	5,544	9,132	13,202	20,587	1175
San Ignacio	MIS	7,071	11,580	13,716	19,449	1074
San Juan Bautista	MIS	6,839	8,127	9,822	12,039	533
San Juan Nepomuceno	CZP	...	3,299	6,937	10,313	541
San Lázaro (incl. Vallemí)	CON	...	...	...	9,611	1036
San Lorenzo	CEN	74,552	133,395	204,356	225,395	5408	→
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	SPE	3,565	4,632	7,927	11,548	436
Santa Rita de Lima	APR	...	2,865	8,572	18,573	1218
Tobatí	COR	5,711	9,014	9,751	14,366	877
Villa Elisa	CEN	6,784	29,796	53,166	71,383	1845	→
Villa Hayes (incl. Remansito)	PHA	7,195	11,859	15,823	37,048	2414
Villarrica	GUA	21,118	27,818	38,961	44,829	1478
Villeta	CEN	5,250	7,439	10,106	16,505	902
Yaguarón	PAR	4,476	5,325	6,788	10,275	480
Ypacaraí	CEN	5,719	7,160	9,073	10,524	517
Ypané	CEN	2,229	3,901	5,972	66,700	5252

Instituto Nacional de Estadística Paraguay.