Ranked list of Paraguayan departments

Population figures from the 2021 statistics 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.

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