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 (Cp) 2022-11-09 | |||
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Paraguay | PRY | Rep | Asunción | 406,752 | 3,029,830 | 4,152,588 | 5,163,198 | 6,109,644 | → | ||
Alto Paraguay (incl. Chaco) | APG | Depto | Fuerte Olimpo | 82,349 | 9,021 | 12,156 | 11,587 | 17,608 | 8234900 | → | |
Alto Paraná | APR | Depto | Ciudad del Este | 14,895 | 199,644 | 406,584 | 558,672 | 784,839 | 1489500 | → | |
Amambay | AMA | Depto | Pedro Juan Caballero | 12,933 | 68,395 | 99,860 | 114,917 | 173,770 | 1293300 | → | |
Asunción | ASU | CpDst | Asunción | 117 | 454,881 | 500,938 | 512,112 | 477,346 | 11700 | → | |
Boquerón (incl. Nueva Asunciõn) | BOQ | Depto | Filadelfia | 91,669 | 14,790 | 29,060 | 41,106 | 68,595 | 9166900 | → | |
Caaguazú | CGZ | Depto | Coronel Oviedo | 11,474 | 299,437 | 386,412 | 435,357 | 430,142 | 1147400 | → | |
Caazapá | CZP | Depto | Caazapá | 9,496 | 109,452 | 129,352 | 139,517 | 140,060 | 949600 | → | |
Canindeyú | CAN | Depto | Salto del Guairá | 14,667 | 66,409 | 103,785 | 140,137 | 189,128 | 1466700 | → | |
Central | CEN | Depto | Asunción | 2,465 | 497,388 | 866,856 | 1,362,893 | 1,866,562 | 246500 | → | |
Concepción | CON | Depto | Concepción | 18,051 | 133,977 | 167,289 | 179,450 | 204,536 | 1805100 | → | |
Cordillera | COR | Depto | Caacupé | 4,948 | 194,011 | 198,701 | 233,854 | 271,475 | 494800 | → | |
Guairá | GUA | Depto | Villarrica | 3,846 | 143,510 | 161,991 | 178,650 | 180,121 | 384600 | → | |
Itapúa | ITA | Depto | Encarnación | 16,525 | 262,680 | 377,536 | 453,692 | 436,966 | 1652500 | → | |
Misiones | MIS | Depto | San Juan Bautista | 9,556 | 77,475 | 89,018 | 101,783 | 114,542 | 955600 | → | |
Ñeembucú | NEE | Depto | Pilar | 12,147 | 70,338 | 69,770 | 76,348 | 85,749 | 1214700 | → | |
Paraguarí | PAR | Depto | Paraguarí | 8,705 | 204,399 | 208,527 | 221,932 | 199,430 | 870500 | → | |
Presidente Hayes | PHA | Depto | Villa Hayes | 72,907 | 33,021 | 64,417 | 82,493 | 126,880 | 7290700 | → | |
San Pedro | SPE | Depto | San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú | 20,002 | 191,002 | 280,336 | 318,698 | 341,895 | 2000200 | → |
- 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 (Cp) 2022-11-09 | |
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1 | Asunción | ASU | 477,346 |
Major Urban Agglomerations
Name | Adm. | Population Calculation (UE-C) 2022-11-09 | |
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1 | Asunción | ASU | 2,080,000 |
2 | Ciudad del Este | APR | 470,000 |
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.
Name | Adm. | Population Census (Cf) 1982-07-11 | Population Census (Cf) 1992-08-26 | Population Census (Cf) 2002-08-28 | Area | ||
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Areguá | CEN | 5,177 | 6,374 | 10,009 | 1143 | ||
Asunción | ASU | 454,881 | 500,938 | 512,112 | 12842 | → | |
Ayolas | MIS | 2,935 | 9,143 | 10,851 | 2950 | ||
Benjamín Aceval | PHA | 3,935 | 6,140 | 6,865 | 271 | ||
Caacupé | COR | 9,151 | 12,382 | 19,131 | 1696 | ||
Caaguazú | CGZ | 19,592 | 38,220 | 48,941 | 4293 | ||
Caazapá | CZP | 2,996 | 3,805 | 5,990 | 370 | ||
Capiatá | CEN | 4,456 | 83,773 | 154,274 | 8780 | → | |
Ciudad del Este (Presidente Stroessner) | APR | 49,423 | 133,881 | 222,274 | 14560 | → | |
Concepción | CON | 22,957 | 35,276 | 43,661 | 2465 | ||
Coronel Bogado | ITA | 5,158 | 7,214 | 9,388 | 450 | ||
Coronel Oviedo | CGZ | 21,913 | 38,316 | 48,733 | 2601 | ||
Curuguaty (San Isidro de Curuguaty) | CAN | 2,316 | 6,264 | 9,493 | 735 | ||
Dr. J. Eulogio Estigarribia | CGZ | 2,679 | 5,755 | 9,921 | 867 | ||
Encarnación | ITA | 29,090 | 56,261 | 67,173 | 6396 | ||
Eusebio Ayala | COR | ... | 5,322 | 7,773 | 378 | ||
Fernando de la Mora | CEN | 66,597 | 95,072 | 113,560 | 2075 | → | |
Filadelfia (Fernheim) | BOQ | ... | 4,484 | 7,062 | 1556 | ||
Fuerte Olimpo | APG | 1,343 | 1,530 | 1,696 | 277 | ||
Guarambaré | CEN | 4,499 | 6,995 | 8,846 | 473 | ||
Hernandarias | APR | 11,139 | 28,180 | 47,266 | 4944 | ||
Horqueta | CON | 4,504 | 8,252 | 9,946 | 528 | ||
Itá | CEN | 9,311 | 14,259 | 17,469 | 889 | ||
Itauguá | CEN | 5,382 | 13,910 | 45,577 | 4746 | ||
Lambaré | CEN | 67,168 | 99,572 | 119,795 | 2677 | → | |
Limpio | CEN | 3,288 | 26,177 | 73,158 | 10975 | → | |
Luque | CEN | 25,896 | 84,877 | 170,986 | 10349 | ||
Mariano Roque Alonso | CEN | 2,681 | 39,289 | 65,229 | 3989 | → | |
Minga Guazú | APR | ... | 8,914 | 14,806 | 1601 | ||
Ñemby | CEN | 2,556 | 26,999 | 71,909 | 2900 | → | |
Paraguarí | PAR | 6,592 | 7,269 | 8,307 | 931 | ||
Pedro Juan Caballero | AMA | 37,240 | 53,566 | 64,592 | 3079 | ||
Pilar | NEE | 13,084 | 19,121 | 24,300 | 1287 | ||
Piribebuy | COR | 5,920 | 7,397 | 9,617 | 460 | ||
Presidente Franco | APR | 12,637 | 31,825 | 47,246 | 2972 | ||
Salto del Guairá | CAN | 7,181 | 4,563 | 6,653 | 1381 | ||
San Antonio | CEN | 5,320 | 7,371 | 37,795 | 2203 | → | |
San Estanislao | SPE | 5,544 | 9,132 | 13,202 | 750 | ||
San Ignacio | MIS | 7,071 | 11,580 | 13,716 | 1084 | ||
San Juan Bautista | MIS | 6,839 | 8,127 | 9,822 | 517 | ||
San Juan Nepomuceno | CZP | ... | 3,299 | 6,937 | 570 | ||
San Lorenzo | CEN | 74,552 | 133,395 | 204,356 | 5421 | → | |
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú | SPE | 3,565 | 4,632 | 7,927 | 436 | ||
Santa Rita de Lima | APR | ... | 2,865 | 8,572 | 1126 | ||
Tobatí | COR | 5,711 | 9,014 | 9,751 | 649 | ||
Villa Elisa | CEN | 6,784 | 29,796 | 53,166 | 1844 | → | |
Villa Hayes | PHA | 7,195 | 11,859 | 15,823 | 728 | ||
Villarrica | GUA | 21,118 | 27,818 | 38,961 | 1449 | ||
Villeta | CEN | 5,250 | 7,439 | 10,106 | 781 | ||
Ypacaraí | CEN | 5,719 | 7,160 | 9,073 | 469 | ||
Ypané | CEN | 2,229 | 3,901 | 5,972 | 173 |
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística Paraguay.