| People | Paraguay |
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Population:
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6,995,655 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 60% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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18 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 36.7% (male 1,304,115/female 1,260,560)
15-64 years: 58.1% (male 2,043,509/female 2,023,317)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 168,554/female 195,600) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.9 years
male: 21.6 years
female: 22.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.364% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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28.17 births/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 24.68 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 75.77 years
male: 73.19 years
female: 78.49 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.75 children born/woman (2009 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 (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.6% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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21,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2007 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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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