| People | Paraguay |
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Population:
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6,831,306 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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18 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 36.9% (male 1,283,311/female 1,240,769)
15-64 years: 57.9% (male 1,988,256/female 1,968,869)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 161,811/female 188,290) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.7 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 22 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.39% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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28.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.49 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 25.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.56 years
male: 72.99 years
female: 78.26 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.8 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.5% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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15,000 (1999 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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600 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Paraguayan(s)
adjective: Paraguayan |
Ethnic groups:
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mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census) |
Languages:
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Spanish (official), Guarani (official) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 94.9%
female: 93% (2003 est.) |
People - note:
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