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The two lists of the largest cities in Central America given below are based on two different definitions of a city, the urban agglomeration, and the city proper. In both lists Central America is defined as consisting of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. All estimates and projections given have a reference date of mid-2015.

Guatemala City, the largest urban agglomeration in Central America
Panama City, the second largest agglomeration in Central America
San José, the third largest agglomeration in Central America

Largest urban agglomerations

Estimates for all agglomerations with 300,000 or more inhabitants are included.[1] Projections are as of 2022.

City Population Country
Guatemala City 3,036,000  Guatemala
Panama City 1,938,000[a]  Panama
Tegucigalpa 1,527,000  Honduras
San José 1,441,000  Costa Rica
San Salvador 1,111,000[b]  El Salvador
Managua 1,083,000  Nicaragua
San Pedro Sula 956,000  Honduras
Alajuela 398,000  Costa Rica
Heredia 348,000  Costa Rica

Largest cities proper

All cities proper with a population of 200,000 or more are included. Estimates are as of 2015.

City Population Country
Tegucigalpa 1,190,230[3]  Honduras
San Salvador 1,116,052[4]  El Salvador
Managua 1,039,290[5]  Nicaragua
Guatemala City 994,078[6]  Guatemala
San Pedro Sula 742,118[3]  Honduras
Villa Nueva 564,686[6]  Guatemala
Mixco 495,079[6]  Guatemala
Panama City 468,843[c][8]  Panama
San Miguelito 355,429[8]  Panama
San José 333,980[9]  Costa Rica
Soyapango 280,435[10]  El Salvador
Santa Ana 269,386[10]  El Salvador
San Miguel 257,621[10]  El Salvador
Choloma 242,973[3]  Honduras
San Juan Sacatepéquez 237,245[6]  Guatemala
León 204,985[5]  Nicaragua
La Ceiba 204,140[3]  Honduras

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Refers to the population of urban localities in the districts of Panamá, Arraiján, La Chorrera and San Miguelito.[2]
  2. ^ Refers to the urban parts of the municipios of San Salvador, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Delgado, Ilopango, Cuscatancingo, Ayutuxtepeque and San Marcos.[2]
  3. ^ Panama's National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) defines the city proper of Panama City as comprising the corregimientos of San Felipe, El Chorrillo, Santa Ana, Calidonia, Curundú, Betania, Bella Vista, Pueblo Nuevo, San Francisco, Parque Lefevre, Río Abajo, Juan Diaz and Pedregal.[7]

References

  1. ^ "World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". population.un.org. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  2. ^ a b World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision (Report). United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. June 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  3. ^ a b c d "El INE te cuenta: principales resultados del censo a nivel departamental y municipios". INE Honduras. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ^ "San Salvador Population 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  5. ^ a b Anuario Estadístico 2015 (PDF) (Report). INIDE. February 2016. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  6. ^ a b c d Guatemala: Estimaciones de la Población total por municipio. Período 2008-2020. (al 30 de junio) (PDF) (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  7. ^ "Cuadro 11. SUPERFICIE, POBLACIÓN Y DENSIDAD DE POBLACIÓN EN LA REPÚBLICA, SEGÚN PROVINCIA, COMARCA INDÍGENA, DISTRITO Y CORREGIMIENTO: CENSOS DE 1990 A 2010". Resultados Finales Básicos (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Contraloría General de la República de Panamá. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  8. ^ a b "Boletín 16. Estimaciones y proyecciones de la Población Total del País, por Provincia, Comarca Indígena, Distrito y corregimiento, según sexo y edad: años 2010-20". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Contraloría General de la República de Panamá. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  9. ^ "2011-2025. Proyecciones distritales. Población total por grupos de edades, según provincia y cantón". INEC. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  10. ^ a b c El Salvador: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población Municipal 2005-2025 (Revisión 2014) (Report). Dirección General de Estadística y Censos. September 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
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