Ranked list of Paraguayan departments explained

Population figures from the 2022 Census by the INE, the National Statistics Institute.[1]

By population

RankDepartmentPopulation (2022)%
align=right 1Centralalign=right 1,866,562align=right 30.55%
align=right 2Alto Paranáalign=right 784,839align=right 12.85%
align=right 3Asunciónalign=right 477,346align=right 7.82%
align=right 4Itapúaalign=right 436,966align=right 7.15%
align=right 5Caaguazúalign=right 430,142 align=right 7.04%
align=right 6San Pedroalign=right 341,895align=right 5.6%
align=right 7Cordilleraalign=right 271,475align=right 4.45%
align=right 8Concepciónalign=right 204,536align=right 3.35%
align=right 9Paraguaríalign=right 199,430align=right 3.27%
align=right 10Canindeyúalign=right 189,128align=right 3.1%
align=right 11Guairáalign=right 180,121align=right 2.95%
align=right 12Amambayalign=right 173,770align=right 2.84%
align=right 13Caazapáalign=right 140,060align=right 2.29%
align=right 14Presidente Hayesalign=right 126,880align=right 2.07%
align=right 15Misionesalign=right 114,542align=right 1.87%
align=right 16Ñeembucúalign=right 85,749align=right 1.4%
align=right 17Boquerónalign=right 68,595align=right 1.12%
align=right 18Alto Paraguayalign=right 17,608align=right 0.28%
Paraguayalign=right 6,109,644align=right 100%

By area

RankDepartmentArea (km2)%
align=right 1Boquerónalign=right 91,699align=right 22.5%
align=right 2Alto Paraguayalign=right 82,349align=right 20.2%
align=right 3Presidente Hayesalign=right 72,907align=right 17.9%
align=right 4San Pedroalign=right 20,002align=right 4.9%
align=right 5Concepciónalign=right 18,051align=right 4.4%
align=right 6Itapúaalign=right 16,525align=right 4.1%
align=right 7Alto Paranáalign=right 14,895align=right 3.7%
align=right 8Canindeyúalign=right 14,667align=right 3.6%
align=right 9Amambayalign=right 12,933align=right 3.2%
align=right 10Ñeembucúalign=right 12,147align=right 3.0%
align=right 11Caaguazúalign=right 11,474align=right 2.8%
align=right 12Misionesalign=right 9,556align=right 2.3%
align=right 13Caazapáalign=right 9,496align=right 2.3%
align=right 14Paraguaríalign=right 8,705align=right 2.1%
align=right 15Cordilleraalign=right 4,948align=right 1.2%
align=right 16Guairáalign=right 3,846align=right 0.9%
align=right 17Centralalign=right 2,465align=right 0.6%
align=right 18Asunciónalign=right 117align=right 0.0%
Paraguayalign=right 406,752align=right 100%

By density

RankDepartmentDensity
align=right 1Asunciónalign=right 4,453.9
align=right 2Centralalign=right 910.3
align=right 3Cordilleraalign=right 63.7
align=right 4Guairáalign=right 59.8
align=right 5Alto Paranáalign=right 56.5
align=right 6Caaguazúalign=right 49.7
align=right 7Itapúaalign=right 37.8
align=right 8Paraguaríalign=right 29.9
align=right 9San Pedroalign=right 22.0
align=right 10Caazapáalign=right 20.5
align=right 11Canindeyúalign=right 16.3
align=right 12Concepciónalign=right 14.3
align=right 13Misionesalign=right 13.6
align=right 14Amambayalign=right 13.5
align=right 15Ñeembucúalign=right 7.5
align=right 16Presidente Hayesalign=right 1.8
align=right 17Boquerónalign=right 0.7
align=right 18Alto Paraguayalign=right 0.2
Paraguayalign=right 18.1

This is a list of regions of Paraguay by Human Development Index as of 2017.[2]

RankRegionHDI (2017)
High human development
1Central (Asunción, Central)0.743
–0.702
Medium human development
2South-East (Guairá, Misiones, Paraguarí, Ñeembucú)0.692
3North-East (Caaguazú, Alto Paraná, Canindeyú)0.679
4South-West (Caazapá, Itapúa)0.678
5North-West (Boquerón, Alto Paraguay, Presidente Hayes,
Concepción, Amambay, San Pedro, Cordillera)		0.674

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paraguay has 6,109,644 inhabitants, according to the last Census. August 31, 2023. ABC Color. ES. 31 August 2023. 5 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230905110622/https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2023/08/31/paraguay-tiene-6109644-de-habitantes-segun-el-ultimo-censo-de-poblacion-y-viviendas/. live.
  2. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 4 December 2018.

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