Ranked list of Paraguayan departments

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

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By population

RankDepartmentPopulation (2022) %
1 Central 1,866,56230.55%
2 Alto Paraná 784,83912.85%
3 Asunción 477,3467.82%
4 Itapúa 436,9667.15%
5 Caaguazú 430,1427.04%
6 San Pedro 341,8955.6%
7 Cordillera 271,4754.45%
8 Concepción 204,5363.35%
9 Paraguarí 199,4303.27%
10 Canindeyú 189,1283.1%
11 Guairá 180,1212.95%
12 Amambay 173,7702.84%
13 Caazapá 140,0602.29%
14 Presidente Hayes 126,8802.07%
15 Misiones 114,5421.87%
16 Ñeembucú 85,7491.4%
17 Boquerón 68,5951.12%
18 Alto Paraguay 17,6080.28%
Paraguay 6,109,644100%

By area

RankDepartmentArea (km²) %
1 Boquerón 91,69922.5%
2 Alto Paraguay 82,34920.2%
3 Presidente Hayes 72,90717.9%
4 San Pedro 20,0024.9%
5 Concepción 18,0514.4%
6 Itapúa 16,5254.1%
7 Alto Paraná 14,8953.7%
8 Canindeyú 14,6673.6%
9 Amambay 12,9333.2%
10 Ñeembucú 12,1473.0%
11 Caaguazú 11,4742.8%
12 Misiones 9,5562.3%
13 Caazapá 9,4962.3%
14 Paraguarí 8,7052.1%
15 Cordillera 4,9481.2%
16 Guairá 3,8460.9%
17 Central 2,4650.6%
18 Asunción 1170.0%
Paraguay 406,752100%

By density

RankDepartmentDensity
1 Asunción 4,453.9
2 Central 910.3
3 Cordillera 63.7
4 Guairá 59.8
5 Alto Paraná 56.5
6 Caaguazú 49.7
7 Itapúa 37.8
8 Paraguarí 29.9
9 San Pedro 22.0
10 Caazapá 20.5
11 Canindeyú 16.3
12 Concepción 14.3
13 Misiones 13.6
14 Amambay 13.5
15 Ñeembucú 7.5
16 Presidente Hayes 1.8
17 Boquerón 0.7
18 Alto Paraguay 0.2
Paraguay 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
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 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

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