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Ranked list of Paraguayan departments

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

By population

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Rank Department Population (2022) %
1 Central 1,866,562 30.55%
2 Alto Paraná 784,839 12.85%
3 Asunción 477,346 7.82%
4 Itapúa 436,966 7.15%
5 Caaguazú 430,142 7.04%
6 San Pedro 341,895 5.6%
7 Cordillera 271,475 4.45%
8 Concepción 204,536 3.35%
9 Paraguarí 199,430 3.27%
10 Canindeyú 189,128 3.1%
11 Guairá 180,121 2.95%
12 Amambay 173,770 2.84%
13 Caazapá 140,060 2.29%
14 Presidente Hayes 126,880 2.07%
15 Misiones 114,542 1.87%
16 Ñeembucú 85,749 1.4%
17 Boquerón 68,595 1.12%
18 Alto Paraguay 17,608 0.28%
Paraguay 6,109,644 100%

By area

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Rank Department Area (km2) %
1 Boquerón 91,699 22.5%
2 Alto Paraguay 82,349 20.2%
3 Presidente Hayes 72,907 17.9%
4 San Pedro 20,002 4.9%
5 Concepción 18,051 4.4%
6 Itapúa 16,525 4.1%
7 Alto Paraná 14,895 3.7%
8 Canindeyú 14,667 3.6%
9 Amambay 12,933 3.2%
10 Ñeembucú 12,147 3.0%
11 Caaguazú 11,474 2.8%
12 Misiones 9,556 2.3%
13 Caazapá 9,496 2.3%
14 Paraguarí 8,705 2.1%
15 Cordillera 4,948 1.2%
16 Guairá 3,846 0.9%
17 Central 2,465 0.6%
18 Asunción 117 0.0%
Paraguay 406,752 100%

By density

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Rank Department Density
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]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Paraguay has 6,109,644 inhabitants, according to the last Census". ABC Color (in Spanish). August 31, 2023. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 December 2018.