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Paraguay
Community
Area 406,752 square kilometres (land area 397,302 square kilometres)
Population,
600,000 (1850)
228,000 (1870)*
460,000 (1886)
481,000 (1890)
630,103 (1899)
1,141,332 (1945)
1,341,333 (1950)
1,900,000 (1960) +41.7%
2,475,000 (1970) +30.3%
3,180,000 (1980) +28.5%
4,210,000 (1990) +32.4%
5,300,000 (2000) +25.9%
6,210,000 (2010) +17.2%
7,133,000 (2020) +14.9%
*Paraguay fought a disastrous war
against both Argentina and Brazil simultaneously in the 1860s. This war caused
the death of 90% of the Paraguayan male population, leaving the country with a
population of 200,000 women but just 28,000 men.
Ethnicity, % , The Paraguayan State does not collect� data on race or ethnicity; however it does track the proportion of indigenous inhabitants.
|
|
Amerindian |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1970 |
5.0 |
74.0 |
21.0 |
|
2009 |
1.7 |
95.0 |
|
|
2017 |
|
95.0 |
|
Religion, %
|
|
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
No Religion |
|
2002 |
7.3 |
89.6 |
1.1 |
|
2013 |
8.0 |
88.0 |
2.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.0 |
|
1938 |
|
|
98.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1948 |
|
|
75.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
47.0 (+38.0) |
|
9.0 |
42.3 |
3.8 |
32.9 |
|
1960 |
6.5 |
42.0 (+34.0) |
61.3 |
8.0 |
47.9 |
3.2 |
35.6 |
|
1970 |
5.7 |
37.0 (+29.7) |
58.0 |
7.3 |
46.1 |
3.5 |
37.1 |
|
1980 |
5.2 |
37.0 (+30.1) |
50.0 |
6.9 |
42.5 |
3.8 |
41.7 |
|
1990 |
4.5 |
33.0 (+26.6) |
37.1 |
6.4 |
41.3 |
4.1 |
48.7 |
|
2000 |
3.5 |
27.1 (+21.3) |
27.7 |
5.8 |
38.2 |
4.4 |
55.3 |
|
2010 |
2.7 |
22.4 (+16.8) |
21.9 |
5.6 |
32.7 |
5.3 |
58.5 |
|
2015 |
2.5 |
21.1 (+15.4) |
18.9 |
5.7 |
30.1 |
6.0 |
59.7 |
|
2017 |
2.5 |
20.8 (+15.0) |
17.8 |
5.8 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
17.2 |
|
29.4 |
6.4 |
61.6 |
Life expectancy,
51.9 (1952)
63.8 (1960); 61.9 (M), 65.8 (F)
65.4 (1970); 63.4 (M), 67.5 (F)
66.8 (1980); 64.6 (M), 69.0 (F)
68.0 (1990); 65.8 (M), 70.3 (F)
70.1 (2000); 67.9 (M), 72.3 (F)
72.3 (2010); 67.9 (M); 74.5 (F)
74.3 (2020); 72.3 (M), 76.4 (F)
Population of principal cities, 1,000s MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
ASUNCION1 |
MA |
Ciudad Este |
Luque |
San Lorenzo |
|
1850 |
48 |
|
|
|
|
|
1900 |
52 |
|
|
|
|
|
1913 |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
1938 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
1945 |
131 |
|
|
|
|
|
1956 |
206 |
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
445 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
482 |
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
729 |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
502 |
|
|
|
|
|
1992 |
|
945 |
134 |
|
134 |
|
2000 |
|
1,224 |
|
|
|
|
2002 |
512 |
|
222 |
185 |
204 |
|
2010 |
|
1,977 |
|
|
|
|
2016 |
525 |
2,199 |
294 |
264 |
253 |
1Asuncion was founded by Spanish explorers in 1537, on
the Feast Day of the Assumption, 15th August.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1948 |
109 |
0.05 |
84 |
5.51 |
|
1955 |
230 |
0.06 |
|
|
|
1965 |
400 |
0.05 |
184 |
4.81 |
|
1970 |
550 |
0.05 |
222 |
4.23 |
|
1975 |
1,352 |
0.08 |
485 |
6.20 |
|
1980 |
4,095 |
0.15 |
1,287 |
10.22 |
|
1985 |
2,966 |
0.07 |
808 |
4.42 |
|
1990 |
5,695 |
0.10 |
1,352 |
5.64 |
|
1995 |
9,062 |
0.12 |
1,903 |
6.33 |
|
2000 |
8,200 |
0.08 |
1,545 |
4.24 |
|
2005 |
8,735 |
0.07 |
1,507 |
3.40 |
|
2010 |
20,030 |
0.13 |
3,225 |
6.67 |
|
2015 |
27,280 |
0.15 |
4,100 |
7.29 |
|
2016 |
27,440 |
0.15 |
4,080 |
7.10 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
56.0 |
|
|
|
25.0 |
|
1970 |
|
|
|
14.0 |
|
|
|
1980 |
26.0 |
49.0 |
16.4 |
19.0 |
57.0 |
32.0 |
|
1990 |
24.0 |
38.0 |
25.0 |
21.0 |
51.0 |
31.0 |
|
2000 |
24.0 |
|
26.0 |
|
50.0 |
|
|
2010 |
21.8 |
26.5 |
18.2 |
18.5 |
60.1 |
55.0 |
|
2016 |
20.0 |
|
30.3 |
|
49.7 |
|
Communications
Language, %
|
� |
Guarani only |
Guarani & Spanish |
Spanish only |
|
1990 |
40.1 |
48.2 |
6.4 |
|
2002 |
24.8 |
51.5 |
7.6 |
Literacy
73.0% (1960)
80.1% (1980); 85.1% (M), 75.5% (F)
88.0% (1985); 91.0% (M), 85.0% (F)
92.1% (1995); 93.5% (M), 90.6% (F)
93.5% (2000); 94.5% (M), 92.5% (F)
93.7% (2010); 94.4% (M), 93.1% (F)
95.1% (2015); 95.8% (M), 94.3% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
6,051 |
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
|
180 |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
|
|
2,800 |
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
|
1,800 |
1,350 |
|
1955 |
|
|
6,000 |
3,660 |
|
|
1962 |
|
|
|
7,376 |
3,480 |
|
1964 |
|
|
9,800 |
|
|
|
1967 |
|
|
|
|
7,750 |
|
1968 |
6,258 |
638 |
19,000 |
8,000 |
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
|
8,400 |
|
1978 |
12,000 |
1,200 |
|
19,000 |
16,000 |
|
1986 |
23,606 |
2,159 |
93,000 |
62,000 |
|
|
1996 |
29,500 |
|
|
71,000 |
50,000 |
|
2002 |
|
|
|
294,700 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
365,000 |
|
|
|
2010 |
32,059 |
4,860 |
450,000 |
|
|
|
2011 |
|
|
919,247* |
490,674 |
51,655 |
|
2013 |
|
|
1,227,500 |
|
|
*Includes 237,174 two and three-wheeled vehicles.
Railways; First railway opened 1861, 72 km, Asuncion to Paraguari. In 2006 all passenger traffic except tourist steam trains ceased; these too were halted when a bridge collapsed. By early 2013 freight traffic had almost ceased.
Length, kilometres
72 (1870)
72 (1880)
150 (1890)
250 (1900)
306 (1910)
467 (1920)
438 (1941)
497 (1950)
441 (1984)
441 (2000)
Electronic communications, �TV broadcasting began 1965
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
3,133 |
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
|
1941 |
3,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1943 |
|
|
14,500 |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
5,225 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
70,000 |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
|
|
80,000 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
105,000 |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
9,883 |
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
11,363 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1967 |
15,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1975 |
29,977 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
180,000 |
55,000 |
|
|
|
1977 |
41,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
49,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
250,000 |
80,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
112,400 |
|
730,000 |
300,000 |
|
|
|
1992 |
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
15,800 |
870,000 |
450,000 |
|
|
|
1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
2000 |
282,900 |
821,000 |
961,000 |
1,200,000 |
70,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
2005 |
|
1,890,000 |
|
|
460,000 |
500,000 |
|
2010 |
465,000 |
5,915,000 |
|
|
|
1,330,000 |
|
2011 |
|
6,529,053 |
|
|
|
1,543,715 |
|
2016 |
368,000 |
7,490,000 |
|
|
|
3,524,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Paraguay,
67,793 (1968)
93,023 (1972)
178,000 (1982)
280,000 (1990)
438,000 (1995)
289,000 (2000)
341,000 (2005)
465,000 (2010)
1,214,000 (2015)