List of largest cities and towns in Paraguay by population

This list includes all cities and towns in Paraguay with population over 10,000, sorted by population. Capital cities of the departments are listed in bold text. All census totals come from the Department of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (Paraguay)^[1]

Overall

Rank	City/town	Department	Population 2002 Census	Population 1992 Census	Change
1	Asunción	Capital District	512,112	500,938	2.23%
2	Ciudad del Este	Alto Paraná	222,274	133,881	66.02%
3	San Lorenzo	Central	204,356	133,395	53.20%
4	Luque	Central	170,986	84,877	101.45%
5	Capiatá	Central	154,274	83,773	84.16%
6	Lambaré	Central	119,795	99,572	20.31%
7	Fernando de la Mora	Central	113,560	95,072	19.45%
8	Limpio	Central	73,158	26,177	179.47%
9	Ñemby	Central	71,909	26,999	166.34%
10	Encarnación	Itapúa	67,173	56,261	19.40%
11	Mariano Roque Alonso	Central	65,229	39,289	66.02%
12	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	64,592	53,566	20.58%
13	Villa Elisa	Central	53,166	29,796	78.43%
14	Caaguazú	Caaguazú	48,941	38,220	28.05%
15	Coronel Oviedo	Caaguazú	48,773	38,316	27.29%
16	Hernandarias	Alto Paraná	47,266	28,180	67.73%
17	Presidente Franco	Alto Paraná	47,246	31,825	48.46%
18	Itauguá	Central	45,577	13,910	227.66%
19	Concepción	Concepción	43,661	35,276	23.77%
20	Villarrica	Guairá	38,961	27,818	40.06%
21	San Antonio	Central	37,795	7,371	412.75%
22	Pilar	Ñeembucú	24,300	19,121	27.09%
23	Caacupé	Cordillera	19,131	12,382	54.51%
24	Itá	Central	17,469	14,259	22.51%
25	Mariscal Estigarribia	Boquerón	16,418	16,418	0.00%
26	Villa Hayes	Presidente Hayes	15,823	11,859	33.43%
27	Minga Guazú	Alto Paraná	14,806	8,914	66.10%
28	San Ignacio	Misiones	13,716	11,580	18.45%
29	San Estanislao	San Pedro	13,202	9,132	44.57%
30	Ayolas	Misiones	10,851	9,143	18.68%
31	Villeta	Central	10,106	7,439	35.85%
32	Areguá	Central	10,009	6,374	57.03%