Paraguay
Population 2026
7,095,273
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.17%
- Density
- 18 per km²
- Land area
- 396,012 km²
- Capital
- Asuncion
- Currency
- Guarani (PYG)
- Official languages
- ES-PY, GN
- Urban population
- 70.4%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 134,6922026
- Deaths
- 41,1232026
- Birth rate
- 19.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.42
- Life expectancy
- 74.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 27.3
- Net migration
- -12,423
Age distribution
- 0–1428.4%
- 15–6464.9%
- 65+6.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $49.3B
- GDP per capita
- $7.0K
- GDP growth
- +6.6%
- Inflation
- 4.0%
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
- Exports
- $18.3B
- Imports
- $19.4B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture11.6%
- Industry32.3%
- Manufacturing19.4%
- Services48.1%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture16.0%
- Industry19.0%
- Services65.1%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AsunciónAsuncion | 1,482,2002019 |
| 2 | Ciudad del EsteAlto Paraná Department | 301,8152026 |
| 3 | San LorenzoCentral Department | 227,8762019 |
| 4 | CapiatáCentral Department | 198,5532026 |
| 5 | LambaréCentral Department | 126,3772026 |
| 6 | Fernando de la MoraCentral Department | 120,1672026 |
| 7 | LimpioCentral Department | 96,1432019 |
| 8 | NembyCentral Department | 94,6412019 |
| 9 | Pedro Juan CaballeroAmambay Department | 75,1092026 |
| 10 | EncarnaciónItapúa | 74,9832026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7,095,273 | 135K | 41.1K |
| 2020 | 6,603,741 | 139K | 40.3K |
| 2010 | 5,737,973 | 129K | 29.9K |
| 2000 | 5,100,875 | 137K | 27.2K |
| 1990 | 4,035,752 | 139K | 26.1K |
| 1980 | 3,053,239 | 110K | 25.9K |
| 1970 | 2,388,030 | 88.3K | 22.4K |
| 1960 | 1,883,517 | 79.9K | 19.9K |
| 1950 | 1,504,351 | 66.9K | 17.6K |