Paraguay

Demographic profile
Medium variant
1950-2010

Indicator 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Population 1 473 1 675 1 907 2 178 2 485 2 805 3 199 3 704 4 250 4 802 5 350 5 904 6 460
(thousands)
Male population 725 823 939 1 079 1 240 1 408 1 613 1 872 2 148 2 428 2 707 2 985 3 260
(thousands)
Female population 748 852 968 1 099 1 245 1 397 1 586 1 832 2 102 2 374 2 643 2 919 3 200
(thousands)
Population sex 96.9 96.6 97.0 98.1 99.5 100.8 101.7 102.2 102.2 102.3 102.4 102.3 101.9
ratio (males per
100 females)
Percentage aged 18.3 19.0 18.4 17.9 17.3 15.8 16.0 16.4 15.5 14.3 13.3 12.3 11.5
0-4 (%)
Percentage aged 28.7 28.5 29.5 29.6 28.9 28.3 26.5 25.2 25.9 26.0 24.9 23.5 22.1
5-14 (%)
Percentage aged 19.1 17.9 18.0 18.3 19.5 20.4 20.3 20.1 19.1 18.9 20.1 20.7 20.3
15-24 (%)
Percentage aged 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.5 7.0 7.7
60 or over (%)
Percentage aged 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.8 5.2
65 or over (%)
Percentage aged 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
80 or over (%)
Percentage of 44.6 43.5 42.7 42.5 43.4 44.7 45.7 46.7 46.9 47.7 49.2 50.4 51.5
women aged 15-
49 (%)
Median age 16.5 16.2 16.1 16.2 16.7 17.6 18.4 18.9 19.3 19.7 20.4 21.7 23.1
(years)
Population density 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 16
(population per
sq. km)

Paraguay
Demographic profile
Medium variant
1950-2010

1950- 1955- 1960- 1965- 1970- 1975- 1980- 1985- 1990- 1995- 2000- 2005-
Indicator 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Population change per 40 46 54 61 64 79 101 109 110 110 111 111
year (thousands)
Births per year, both 70 76 84 92 94 108 129 139 145 148 151 153
sexes combined
(thousands)
Deaths per year, both 14 15 16 18 19 21 24 26 28 30 32 34
sexes combined
(thousands)
Population growth rate 2.57 2.60 2.66 2.64 2.43 2.63 2.93 2.75 2.44 2.16 1.97 1.80
(%)
Crude birth rate (births 44.2 42.6 41.2 39.4 35.6 36.1 37.3 34.9 32.0 29.3 26.9 24.8
per 1,000 population)
Crude death rate 8.8 8.5 7.9 7.6 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.6
(deaths per 1,000
population)
Total fertility (children 6.50 6.50 6.45 6.15 5.35 5.20 5.20 4.77 4.31 3.88 3.48 3.08
per woman)
Net reproduction rate 2.76 2.78 2.80 2.69 2.37 2.31 2.32 2.14 1.95 1.77 1.60 1.42
(daughters per woman)
Infant mortality rate 73.4 69.7 62.3 58.6 53.1 51.0 48.9 46.7 42.9 39.2 35.5 32.0
(infant deaths per
1,000 live births)
Life expectancy at 62.6 63.2 64.4 65.0 65.9 66.5 67.1 67.6 68.5 69.4 70.8 71.8
birth, both sexes
combined (years)
Life expectancy at 60.7 61.3 62.5 63.1 63.8 64.4 64.9 65.4 66.3 67.2 68.7 69.7
birth, males (years)
Life expectancy at 64.7 65.2 66.4 67.0 68.1 68.7 69.3 69.9 70.8 71.7 72.9 73.9
birth, females (years)