Paraguay's population rose from 4.69M in 1996 to 7.01M in 2025.
Paraguay · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Paraguay's population growth fell from 2.3 % in 1996 to 1.2 % in 2025.
Paraguay's population density rose from 11.3 in 1994 to 17.3 in 2023.
Paraguay's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.5 % in 1996 to 49.9 % in 2025.
Paraguay's urbanisation rose from 54.9 % in 1996 to 70.4 % in 2025.
Paraguay's urban population rose from 2.57M in 1996 to 4.94M in 2025.
Paraguay's rural population fell from 2.11M in 1996 to 2.08M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.2 %80th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.3 %76th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.1 %174th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.2 %179th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs137th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts79th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.0 pts99th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts129th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.1 pts119th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts128th of 217
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- Net migrationup +0.2 %157th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts142nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +1.3 %104th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs115th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs118th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs113th of 217