Population figures from the 2021 statistics[1] by the INE, the National Statistics Institute.

By population

Rank Department Population (2021)  %
1 Central 2,243,792 30.1%
2 Alto Paraná 842,307 11.5%
3 Itapúa 625,096 8.5%
4 Caaguazú 569,967 7.8%
5 Asunción 521,101 7.1%
6 San Pedro 440,335 6.0%
7 Cordillera 315,245 4.3%
8 Paraguarí 260,331 3.5%
9 Concepción 258,653 3.5%
10 Canindeyú 239,386 3.3%
11 Guairá 230,112 3.1%
12 Caazapá 194,512 2.6%
13 Amambay 174,721 2.4%
14 Presidente Hayes 130,258 1.8%
15 Misiones 129,787 1.8%
16 Ñeembucú 90,774 1.2%
17 Boquerón 68,080 0.9%
18 Alto Paraguay 18,581 0.3%
Paraguay 7,353,038 100%

By area

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 406,782 100%

By density

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

  1. ↑ Población nacional estimada y proyectada, según sexo, departamento, y distrito, 2000-2025. Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
  2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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