List of largest cities in Central America

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
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

• 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]
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.^[8]