List of largest cities in Central America
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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.
Largest urban agglomerations
[edit]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
[edit]All cities proper with a population of 200,000 or more are included. Estimates are as of 2015.
| City | Population | Country |
| Guatemala City | 1,221,739[3] | Guatemala |
| Tegucigalpa | 1,190,230[4] | Honduras |
| San Salvador | 1,116,052[5] | El Salvador |
| Managua | 1,039,290[6] | Nicaragua |
| San Pedro Sula | 742,118[4] | Honduras |
| Villa Nueva | 564,686[7] | Guatemala |
| Mixco | 495,079[7] | Guatemala |
| Panama City | 468,843[c][9] | Panama |
| San Miguelito | 355,429[9] | Panama |
| San José | 333,980[10] | Costa Rica |
| Soyapango | 280,435[11] | El Salvador |
| Santa Ana | 269,386[11] | El Salvador |
| San Miguel | 257,621[11] | El Salvador |
| Choloma | 242,973[4] | Honduras |
| San Juan Sacatepéquez | 237,245[7] | Guatemala |
| León | 204,985[6] | Nicaragua |
| La Ceiba | 204,140[4] | Honduras |
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Refers to the population of urban localities in the districts of Panamá, Arraiján, La Chorrera and San Miguelito.[2]
- ^ Refers to the urban parts of the municipios of San Salvador, Mejicanos, Soyapango, Delgado, Ilopango, Cuscatancingo, Ayutuxtepeque and San Marcos.[2]
- ^ 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.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". population.un.org. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Archived 2021-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "El INE te cuenta: principales resultados del censo a nivel departamental y municipios". INE Honduras. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ "San Salvador Population 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Anuario Estadístico 2015 (PDF) (Report). INIDE. February 2016. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ "2011-2025. Proyecciones distritales. Población total por grupos de edades, según provincia y cantón". INEC. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ Jump up to: 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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