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Asunción: population

Asunción, Paraguay: 1.31 million people in 2025, by the UN estimate.

Rank among the cities of the country: 1 of 9.

In 1975 it had 663,000 people.

In 2000 it had 1.38 million people, so it has grown by -5% since then.

For 2050 the UN projects 1.26 million people.

A city here is a dense area of at least 1,500 people per km² with at least 50,000 people, drawn on a population grid by the UN degree of urbanisation. It can differ from the city’s administrative borders and from national statistics. Years from 2026 on are projections.

Population, 1975 to 2050Projected from 20260500K1M1.5M2M19801990200020102020203020402050
2025 Asunción: 1.3M

Largest cities: Paraguay

City20252050, projected
Asunción1,314,6631,261,860
Ciudad del Este412,725585,690
Encarnacion170,683267,904
Coronel Oviedo112,027169,348
Caaguazú109,926173,291
Pedro Juan Caballero109,096163,807
Concepción91,441139,727
Villarrica77,048105,885
Hernandarias71,283102,167

Paraguay: population and ages

Sources: World Urbanization Prospects 2025, UN DESA Population Division (CC BY 3.0 IGO).

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