Largest Cities by Population in Paraguay (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Paraguay ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank Urban Area Population Estimate (2025) 1 Year Change (over 2024) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) Global Rank Projections (2030) Projections (2050)
1 Asunción 1,314,663 0.1% 393 3,345 391 1,314,041 1,261,860
2 Ciudad del Este 412,725 1.79% 109 3,786 1,363 469,486 585,690
3 Encarnacion 170,683 2.09% 47 3,632 3,547 186,788 267,904
4 Coronel Oviedo 112,027 3.23% 25 4,481 5,509 121,055 169,348
5 Caaguazú 109,926 1.85% 21 5,235 5,618 127,977 173,291
6 Pedro Juan Caballero 109,096 1.96% 22 4,959 5,668 119,751 163,807
7 Concepción 91,441 3.1% 18 5,080 6,775 102,389 139,727
8 Villarrica 77,048 2.85% 15 5,137 8,099 86,315 105,885
9 Hernandarias 71,283 2.29% 23 3,099 8,715 77,768 102,167

See also

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.