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Paraguay: cities by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · UN World Population Prospects

Paraguay has a population of 7,095,279 (UN estimate, 2026), with Asuncion as its capital. The 50 largest of its 171 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+39%

since 2000 (5,100,868)

+22%

projected by 2050 (8,640,464)

people per km²

UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.

Full UN series, 1950 to 2050

Year	Population
1950	1,504,344
1975	2,691,648
2000	5,100,868
2005	5,448,097
2010	5,737,971
2015	6,159,103
2020	6,603,739
2025	7,013,078
2026	7,095,279
2030 projected	7,407,618
2050 projected	8,640,464

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Paraguay

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Asunción	Asuncion	1,482,200
2	Ciudad del Este	Alto Paraná Department	301,815
3	San Lorenzo	Central Department	227,876
4	Capiatá	Central Department	198,553
5	Lambaré	Central Department	126,377
6	Fernando de la Mora	Central Department	120,167
7	Limpio	Central Department	96,143
8	Nemby	Central Department	94,641
9	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay Department	75,109
10	Encarnación	Itapúa	74,983
11	Mariano Roque Alonso	Central Department	72,008
12	Itauguá	Central Department	64,997
13	Villa Elisa	Central Department	64,099
14	Villa Hayes	Presidente Hayes	57,217
15	Caacupé	Cordillera Department	56,864
16	San Antonio	Central Department	55,754
17	Caaguazú	Caaguazú Department	54,808
18	Presidente Franco	Alto Paraná Department	54,292
19	Coronel Oviedo	Caaguazú Department	51,286
20	Concepción	Concepción	48,123
21	Villarrica	Guairá	41,157
22	Doctor Juan Eulogio Estigarribia	Caaguazú Department	38,894
23	Villeta	Central Department	36,985
24	Pilar	Ñeembucú Department	32,810
25	Yby Yaú	Concepción	31,290
26	Caazapá	Caazapá	23,996
27	Filadelfia	Boquerón Department	19,927
28	Itá	Central Department	18,459
29	San Juan Bautista	Misiones Department	16,593
30	Loma Plata	Boquerón Department	16,460
31	Nueva Esperanza	Canindeyú	12,717
32	Ayolas	Misiones Department	12,061
33	Santa Rita	Alto Paraná Department	11,823
34	Colonia General Alfredo Stroessner	Caaguazú Department	11,558
35	San Pedro de Ycuamandyyú	San Pedro Department	11,548
36	Areguá	Central Department	11,222
37	San Isidro de Curuguaty	Canindeyú	11,095
38	Horqueta	Concepción	10,531
39	Lima	San Pedro Department	10,367
40	Piribebuy	Cordillera Department	10,337
41	Paraguarí	Paraguarí	10,079
42	Tobatí	Cordillera Department	9,952
43	Ypacarai	Central Department	9,655
44	Capitán Bado	Amambay Department	9,114
45	Guarambaré	Central Department	9,065
46	Eusebio Ayala	Cordillera Department	8,253
47	San Juan Nepomuceno	Caazapá	7,893
48	Benjamín Aceval	Presidente Hayes	7,751
49	Doctor Juan León Mallorquín	Alto Paraná Department	7,481
50	Salto del Guairá	Canindeyú	7,385

Twenty years earlier: Paraguay in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,516,399.

Common questions

What is the population of Paraguay?

Paraguay has a population of 7,095,279, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 8,640,464 — a forecast, not a measurement.

What is the capital of Paraguay?

Asuncion. The largest place we record there is Asunción, with 1,482,200 people.

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Asunción

The largest place we record in Paraguay: 1,482,200 people

Paraguay in 2005

The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 5,516,399 then

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