Population:
6,995,655 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
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:
total: 21.9 years
male: 21.6 years
female: 22.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.364% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
28.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
4.46 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 60% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
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:
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:
total population: 75.77 years
male: 73.19 years
female: 78.49 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.75 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
21,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria (2009)

Nationality:
noun: Paraguayan(s)
adjective: Paraguayan

Ethnic groups:
mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%

Religions:
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)

Languages:
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)

Literacy:
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):
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Education expenditures:
4% of GDP (2004)