Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Demographic profile: Paraguay is a country of emigration; it has not attracted large numbers of immigrants because of political instability, civil wars, years of dictatorship, and the greater appeal of neighboring countries. Paraguay first tried to encourage immigration in 1870 in order to rebound from the heavy death toll it suffered during the War of the Triple Alliance, but it received few European and Middle Eastern immigrants. In the 20th century, limited numbers of immigrants arrived from Lebanon, Japan, South Korea, and China, as well as Mennonites from Canada, Russia, and Mexico. Large flows of Brazilian immigrants have been arriving since the 1960s, mainly to work in agriculture. Paraguayans continue to emigrate to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, the United States, Italy, Spain, and France.
Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Paraguay on this page is re-published from the 2019 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Paraguay People 2019 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Paraguay People 2019 should be addressed to the CIA.
7,025,763
(July 2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
106
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun:
Paraguayan(s)
adjective:
Paraguayan
mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1%
(2002 census)
Paraguay falls below the Latin American average in several socioeconomic categories, including immunization rates, potable water, sanitation, and secondary school enrollment, and has greater rates of income inequality and child and maternal mortality. Paraguay's poverty rate has declined in recent years but remains high, especially in rural areas, with more than a third of the population below the poverty line. However, the well-being of the poor in many regions has improved in terms of housing quality and access to clean water, telephone service, and electricity. The fertility rate continues to drop, declining sharply from an average 4.3 births per woman in the late 1990s to about 2 in 2013, as a result of the greater educational attainment of women, increased use of contraception, and a desire for smaller families among young women.
0-14 years: 24.13%
(male 862,803 /female 832,325)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 18.8%
(male 664,086 /female 656,947)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 41.59%
(male 1,461,657 /female 1,460,565)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 8.13%
(male 290,719 /female 280,328)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 7.35%
(male 242,783 /female 273,550)
(2018 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Paraguay. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
total dependency ratio: 56.6
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 47.2
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 9.4
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 10.6
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 28.7 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 28.5 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 28.9 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
131
1.17%
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
93
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
16.6 births/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
107
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
4.8 deaths/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
201
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
106
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
most of the population resides in the eastern half of the country; to the west lies the Gran Chaco (a semi-arid lowland plain), which accounts for 60% of the land territory, but only 2% of the overall population
urban population: 61.6% of total population
(2018)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.71% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
3.222 million ASUNCION (capital)
(2018)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
22.9 years
(2008 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
132 deaths/100,000 live births
(2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
64
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 18.1 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 21.4 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 14.7 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
86
total population: 77.6 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 74.9 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 80.4 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
68
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
1.9 children born/woman
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
132
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
68.4%
(2016)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
9.8% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world:
26
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.29 physicians/1,000 population
(2012)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.3 beds/1,000 population
(2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 100% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 94.9% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 98% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 5.1% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 2% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - total country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 95.5% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 78.4% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 88.6% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 4.5% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 21.6% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 11.4% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - total country ranks ]
0.5%
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
67
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
20,000
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
84
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
<1000
(2016 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
intermediate
(2016)
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
(2016)
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever
(2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
20.3%
(2016)
country comparison to the world:
100
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
1.3%
(2016)
country comparison to the world:
120
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
5% of GDP
(2012)
country comparison to the world:
77
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
(2015 est.)
total population: 95.1%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 95.8%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 94.3%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 12 years
(2010)
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total country ranks ]
male: 12 years
(2010)
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ]
female: 13 years
(2010)
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female country ranks ]
total: 20.8%
(2016 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ]
male: 16.9%
(2016 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male country ranks ]
female: 25.5%
(2016 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
59
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