Demographics of Paraguay

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Paraguay is projected at 7.22 million, up by 1.22% compared with 7.13 million in 2020. Paraguay is ranked 106th in terms of population and 92nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.14 million births in Paraguay in 2021. That is 392 per day, which is ranked 99th. The crude birth rate is 19.83 per 1000 people. There are 40.7 thousand deaths in Paraguay in 2021. That is 111 per day, which is ranked 115th. The crude death rate is 5.64 per 1000 people.

4.47 million people are living in urban areas, which is 62.5% of Paraguay population. Paraguay is ranked 123rd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Paraguay in 2021 is 103.25 males per 100 females. There are 3.67 million males and 3.55 million females in Paraguay. The percentage of female population is 49.20% compare to 50.80% male population. Paraguay has 0.12 million more males than females. Paraguay is at 176th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Paraguay population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,473,241	-
1955	1,673,667	2.57
1960	1,903,990	2.64
1965	2,172,309	2.68
1970	2,474,757	2.54
1975	2,791,236	2.48
1980	3,181,627	2.79
1985	3,676,206	2.94
1990	4,223,413	2.7
1995	4,776,838	2.37
2000	5,323,202	2.05
2005	5,824,095	1.63
2010	6,248,017	1.36
2015	6,688,746	1.35
2016	6,777,878	1.33
2017	6,867,058	1.32
2018	6,956,069	1.3
2019	7,044,639	1.27
2020	7,132,530	1.25
2021	7,219,641	1.22

Total
Crude

Paraguay death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	13,127	67,469	8.81	45.11
1955	14,651	72,907	8.73	43.49
1960	15,695	80,103	8.23	41.96
1965	16,876	88,037	7.75	40.42
1970	18,215	92,136	7.37	37.32
1975	19,630	99,813	7.01	35.61
1980	21,584	117,046	6.75	36.59
1985	23,917	132,862	6.49	36.09
1990	25,788	141,412	6.11	33.49
1995	27,536	145,996	5.76	30.52
2000	29,303	143,351	5.51	26.97
2005	31,327	139,901	5.39	24.04
2010	33,817	140,701	5.41	22.49
2015	36,262	141,879	5.42	21.20
2020	39,834	143,305	5.59	20.09
2021	40,697	143,124	5.64	19.83

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Paraguay

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	509,268	963,985	-	34.568
1955	586,668	1,086,341	2.86	35.067
1960	676,837	1,226,038	2.93	35.569
1965	786,779	1,384,080	3.15	36.243
1970	917,029	1,557,077	3.01	37.065
1975	1,087,938	1,703,024	3.90	38.981
1980	1,325,938	1,854,692	4.15	41.688
1985	1,651,691	2,020,135	4.63	44.983
1990	2,051,842	2,161,900	4.27	48.694
1995	2,481,860	2,278,990	3.63	52.131
2000	2,934,051	2,368,649	3.23	55.331
2005	3,340,099	2,455,395	2.19	57.633
2010	3,680,011	2,529,866	1.90	59.261
2015	4,033,246	2,605,873	1.78	60.750
2020	4,394,032	2,672,298	1.70	62.183
2021	4,468,355	2,681,496	1.69	62.496

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Paraguay population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	360,860	344,518	705,378	9.77	104.743
05-09	349,573	334,357	683,930	9.47	104.551
10-14	346,247	331,525	677,772	9.39	104.441
15-19	336,055	321,535	657,590	9.11	104.516
20-24	344,352	329,470	673,822	9.33	104.517
25-29	330,985	317,545	648,530	8.98	104.232
30-34	307,653	295,583	603,236	8.36	104.083
35-39	270,677	259,311	529,988	7.34	104.383
40-44	217,801	207,384	425,185	5.89	105.023
45-49	168,712	161,623	330,335	4.58	104.386
50-54	148,156	144,925	293,081	4.06	102.229
55-59	131,824	129,961	261,785	3.63	101.434
60-64	112,915	111,490	224,405	3.11	101.278
65-69	93,353	93,419	186,772	2.59	99.929
70-74	65,579	68,280	133,859	1.85	96.044
75-79	42,027	47,149	89,176	1.24	89.137
80-84	24,875	30,691	55,566	0.77	81.050
85-89	10,893	15,133	26,026	0.36	71.982
90-94	3,923	6,395	10,318	0.14	61.345
95-99	891	1,647	2,538	0.04	54.098
100+	113	236	349	0.00	47.881
Total	3,667,464	3,552,177	7,219,641		103.246