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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

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

City	Population	Country
Guatemala City	3,036,000	Guatemala
Panama City	1,938,000	Panama
Tegucigalpa	1,527,000	Honduras
San José	1,441,000	Costa Rica
San Salvador	1,111,000	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
Guatemala City	1,221,739	Guatemala
Tegucigalpa	1,190,230	Honduras
San Salvador	1,116,052	El Salvador
Managua	1,039,290	Nicaragua
San Pedro Sula	742,118	Honduras
Villa Nueva	564,686	Guatemala
Mixco	495,079	Guatemala
Panama City	468,843	Panama
San Miguelito	355,429	Panama
San José	333,980	Costa Rica
Soyapango	280,435	El Salvador
Santa Ana	269,386	El Salvador
San Miguel	257,621	El Salvador
Choloma	242,973	Honduras
San Juan Sacatepéquez	237,245	Guatemala
León	204,985	Nicaragua
La Ceiba	204,140	Honduras

See also

• Lists of cities in Central America
• Central America portal

Notes

1. 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.
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.

References

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2. ^ 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. Citypopulation.de Archived 2021-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "El INE te cuenta: principales resultados del censo a nivel departamental y municipios". INE Honduras. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
5. "San Salvador Population 2023". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
6. ^ Anuario Estadístico 2015 (PDF) (Report). INIDE. February 2016. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
7. ^ 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.
8. "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.
9. ^ "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.
10. "2011-2025. Proyecciones distritales. Población total por grupos de edades, según provincia y cantón". INEC. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
11. ^ 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.

• Cities in Central America
• Lists of cities by population
• Cities-related lists of superlatives