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 and latest official estimates and projections.

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 Estimate (E) 2012-07-01	Population Projection (P) 2020-07-01
Paraguay	PRY	Rep	Asunción	406,752	3,029,830	4,152,588	5,163,198	6,461,041	7,252,700		→
Alto Paraguay (incl. Chaco)	APG	Depto	Fuerte Olimpo	82,349	9,021	12,156	11,587	15,682	18,200	8234900	→
Alto Paraná	APR	Depto	Ciudad del Este	14,895	199,644	406,584	558,672	737,092	830,900	1489500	→
Amambay	AMA	Depto	Pedro Juan Caballero	12,933	68,395	99,860	114,917	151,395	172,200	1293300	→
Asunción	ASU	CpDst	Asunción	117	454,881	500,938	512,112	529,433	521,600	11700	→
Boquerón (incl. Nueva Asunciõn)	BOQ	Depto	Filadelfia	91,669	14,790	29,060	41,106	56,440	66,800	9166900	→
Caaguazú	CGZ	Depto	Coronel Oviedo	11,474	299,437	386,412	435,357	518,218	563,800	1147400	→
Caazapá	CZP	Depto	Caazapá	9,496	109,452	129,352	139,517	172,345	192,000	949600	→
Canindeyú	CAN	Depto	Salto del Guairá	14,667	66,409	103,785	140,137	198,899	235,000	1466700	→
Central	CEN	Depto	Asunción	2,465	497,388	866,856	1,362,893	1,855,241	2,201,100	246500	→
Concepción	CON	Depto	Concepción	18,051	133,977	167,289	179,450	226,585	255,000	1805100	→
Cordillera	COR	Depto	Caacupé	4,948	194,011	198,701	233,854	279,860	311,300	494800	→
Guairá	GUA	Depto	Villarrica	3,846	143,510	161,991	178,650	209,900	227,700	384600	→
Itapúa	ITA	Depto	Encarnación	16,525	262,680	377,536	453,692	554,653	616,600	1652500	→
Misiones	MIS	Depto	San Juan Bautista	9,556	77,475	89,018	101,783	116,672	128,100	955600	→
Ñeembucú	NEE	Depto	Pilar	12,147	70,338	69,770	76,348	86,180	90,300	1214700	→
Paraguarí	PAR	Depto	Paraguarí	8,705	204,399	208,527	221,932	248,461	259,000	870500	→
Presidente Hayes	PHA	Depto	Villa Hayes	72,907	33,021	64,417	82,493	109,818	128,000	7290700	→
San Pedro	SPE	Depto	San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	20,002	191,002	280,336	318,698	394,169	435,100	2000200	→

In contrast to census results, population estimates and projections are adjusted for underenumeration.
(1982) UN Demographic Yearbook 1982.
(1992) (2002) (2012) (2020) Paraguay Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Calculation (UE-P) 2020-07-01
1	Asunción	ASU	521,600
2	Ciudad del Este	APR	304,300
3	Luque	CEN	260,200
4	San Lorenzo	CEN	258,900
5	Capiatá	CEN	241,000

Major Urban Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	Population Calculation (UE-P) 2020-07-01
1	Asunción	ASU	2,351,800
2	Ciudad del Este	APR	491,300

Contents: Cities & Towns

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

The urban population of the correspondung municipality ("distrito") is tabulated.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 1982-07-11	Population Census (Cf) 1992-08-26	Population Census (Cf) 2002-08-28	Population Calculation (UE-E) 2012-07-01	Population Calculation (UE-P) 2020-07-01	Area
Areguá	CEN	5,177	6,374	10,009	14,200	17,400	1143
Asunción	ASU	454,881	500,938	512,112	529,400	521,600	12842	→
Ayolas	MIS	2,935	9,143	10,851	12,400	13,600	2950
Benjamín Aceval	PHA	3,935	6,140	6,865	9,300	10,900	271
Caacupé	COR	9,151	12,382	19,131	23,300	26,200	1696
Caaguazú	CGZ	19,592	38,220	48,941	58,300	62,900	4293
Caazapá	CZP	2,996	3,805	5,990	6,800	7,100	370
Capiatá	CEN	4,456	83,773	154,274	206,700	241,000	8780	→
Ciudad del Este (Presidente Stroessner)	APR	49,423	133,881	222,274	281,400	304,300	14560	→
Concepción	CON	22,957	35,276	43,661	56,000	63,500	2465
Coronel Bogado	ITA	5,158	7,214	9,388	11,000	11,800	450
Coronel Oviedo	CGZ	21,913	38,316	48,733	62,500	71,700	2601
Curuguaty (San Isidro de Curuguaty)	CAN	2,316	6,264	9,493	14,900	18,000	735
Dr. J. Eulogio Estigarribia	CGZ	2,679	5,755	9,921	13,300	15,800	867
Encarnación	ITA	29,090	56,261	67,173	85,700	97,900	6396
Eusebio Ayala	COR	...	5,322	7,773	9,500	10,700	378
Fernando de la Mora	CEN	66,597	95,072	113,560	153,400	180,200	2075	→
Filadelfia (Fernheim)	BOQ	...	4,484	7,062	10,100	12,300	1556
Fuerte Olimpo	APG	1,343	1,530	1,696	2,300	2,600	277
Guarambaré	CEN	4,499	6,995	8,846	14,800	20,700	473
Hernandarias	APR	11,139	28,180	47,266	60,500	65,200	4944
Horqueta	CON	4,504	8,252	9,946	12,100	13,200	528
Itá	CEN	9,311	14,259	17,469	23,900	28,400	889
Itauguá	CEN	5,382	13,910	45,577	67,100	84,400	4746
Lambaré	CEN	67,168	99,572	119,795	158,400	182,700	2677	→
Limpio	CEN	3,288	26,177	73,158	114,200	150,600	10975	→
Luque	CEN	25,896	84,877	170,986	225,800	260,200	10349
Mariano Roque Alonso	CEN	2,681	39,289	65,229	89,200	105,800	3989	→
Minga Guazú	APR	...	8,914	14,806	22,500	28,200	1601
Ñemby	CEN	2,556	26,999	71,909	110,600	144,100	2900	→
Paraguarí	PAR	6,592	7,269	8,307	9,000	9,100	931
Pedro Juan Caballero	AMA	37,240	53,566	64,592	84,500	95,000	3079
Pilar	NEE	13,084	19,121	24,300	27,500	28,800	1287
Piribebuy	COR	5,920	7,397	9,617	12,400	14,700	460
Presidente Franco	APR	12,637	31,825	47,246	73,400	93,600	2972
Salto del Guairá	CAN	7,181	4,563	6,653	14,400	23,500	1381
San Antonio	CEN	5,320	7,371	37,795	55,600	70,000	2203	→
San Estanislao	SPE	5,544	9,132	13,202	16,900	19,100	750
San Ignacio	MIS	7,071	11,580	13,716	17,000	19,900	1084
San Juan Bautista	MIS	6,839	8,127	9,822	12,200	14,200	517
San Juan Nepomuceno	CZP	...	3,299	6,937	9,500	11,500	570
San Lorenzo	CEN	74,552	133,395	204,356	244,100	258,900	5421	→
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	SPE	3,565	4,632	7,927	9,300	9,700	436
Santa Rita de Lima	APR	...	2,865	8,572	13,700	18,200	1126
Tobatí	COR	5,711	9,014	9,751	12,200	14,100	649
Villa Elisa	CEN	6,784	29,796	53,166	70,400	81,200	1844	→
Villa Hayes	PHA	7,195	11,859	15,823	20,100	22,400	728
Villarrica	GUA	21,118	27,818	38,961	47,300	52,500	1449
Villeta	CEN	5,250	7,439	10,106	14,800	18,600	781
Ypacaraí	CEN	5,719	7,160	9,073	12,000	13,800	469
Ypané	CEN	2,229	3,901	5,972	9,800	13,300	173

In contrast to census results, population estimates and projections are adjusted for underenumeration.
Paraguay Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos (web).
(2012) (2020) computed by »City Population« using data from that source.