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Capital city · Paraguay · South America

Asunción

Asuncion · Paraguay
City population
1,482,200
#1
in Paraguay
#324
worldwide
Asunción
-25.286, -57.647
City population
1,482,200
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Paraguay
#1
of 30 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#324
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Paraguay
21.1%
of the national population

About Asunción

The national capital holds 21.1% of Paraguay's population, at 1,482,200. Four cities with populations between 64,000 and 227,876 lie within 15 km: Lambaré, Villa Elisa, Fernando de la Mora, Mariano Roque Alonso, and San Lorenzo. The city sits at 113 m elevation in South America.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Paraguay
#1of 30
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Paraguay
Region
Asuncion
Capital
National capital
Elevation
113 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Asuncion
Coordinates
-25.286, -57.647
Record updated
2019-09-05
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 30 in Paraguay

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

8KMLambaré126K people11KMVilla Elisa64K people14KMFernando de la Mora120K people14KMMariano Roque Alonso72K people15KMSan Lorenzo228K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Asunción1.48M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Asunción compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Asunción1.48M

Asunción Population FAQ

What is the population of Asunción?

Asunción has a city population of 1,482,200. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Asunción?

Asunción is in Asuncion, Paraguay. Its coordinates are -25.286, -57.647.

How big is Asunción compared with other cities in Paraguay?

It is the 1st largest of the 30 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Paraguay, holding 21.1% of the national population.

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