Demographics of Paraguay


This article discusses the demographic features of the population of Paraguay, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Characteristics

's population is distributed unevenly through the country. The vast majority of the people live in the eastern region, most within of Asunción, the capital and largest city, which borders on Argentina to the south and west. The Gran Chaco in the north-west, which accounts for about 60% of Paraguayan territory, is home to less than 2% of the population. The Paraguay government encouraged massive settlement of the vast Gran Chaco.
Ethnically, culturally, and socially, Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 95% of the people are mestizo and whites. Little trace is left of the original Guaraní culture except the language, which is spoken by 90% of the population. About 75% of all Paraguayans also speak Spanish. Guaraní and Spanish are official languages.
Some demographers contend that the total "mostly white" percentage has grown in the last century as a result of European immigration, and white people are now estimated at 20% or one-fifth of the country's population.
Not completely homogeneous, Paraguay has a history of other settlement, especially in the 20th century: Germans with long-time Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner himself of German ancestry; Italians ; Japanese with Okinawans; Koreans; ethnic Chinese; Arabs, Ukrainians; Poles; Southern Europeans; Jews; Brazilians; and Argentines are among those who have settled in Paraguay. There are also an estimated 234,000 Afro-Paraguayans, or 4% of the population.
European and Middle Eastern immigrants began making their way to Paraguay in the decades following the Paraguayan War of 1864-1870. Only 28,000 men and 200,000 women had survived the war, the reason why Paraguay had since then a high rate of illegitimate births. The government pursued a pro-immigration policy in an effort to increase population. Government records indicated that approximately 12,000 immigrants entered the port of Asunción between 1882 and 1907, of that total, almost 9,000 came from Italy, Germany, France, and Spain. Migrants also arrived from neighboring Spanish American countries, especially Argentina.
The immigrant ethnic groups kept their cultures and languages to some extent, especially Brazilians - known as "Brasiguayos".
Official records gave an imprecise sense of the number of Brazilians who came to the country. According to the 1982 census, 99,000 Brazilians resided in Paraguay. Most analysts discounted this figure, however, and contended that between 300,000 and 350,000 Brazilians lived in the eastern border region.
Analysts also rejected government figures on the number of immigrants from South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The 1982 census reported that there were 2,700 Koreans in Paraguay, along with another 1,100 non-Japanese or non-Korean Asian immigrants. The actual number of Koreans and ethnic Chinese, however, was believed to be between 30,000 and 50,000. Virtually all Koreans and ethnic Chinese lived in Ciudad del Este or Asunción and played a major role in the importation and sale of electronic goods manufactured in Asia.
Paraguay became the site of radical and progressive colonies inspired by political thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A group of radical socialist Australians in the 1890s voluntarily went to create a failed master-planned community, known as Nueva Australia ; and Elisabeth Nietzsche, a German racial ideologist and sister of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche came to Paraguay in her attempt to build a colony, Nueva Germania devoted to a hypothetical pure white "Nordic" society.

Population

According to the total population was in, compared to only 1,473,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 33.5%, 61.4% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.1% was 65 years or older
Total population
Proportion
aged 0–14
Proportion
aged 15–64
Proportion
aged 65+
19501 47347.050.12.9
19551 67447.549.53.0
19601 90647.849.03.2
19652 17647.549.23.3
19702 48346.150.43.5
19752 80244.152.33.6
19803 19542.553.83.8
19853 69841.654.53.9
19904 24441.454.64.0
19954 79540.355.44.3
20005 32338.557.24.4
20055 82435.559.84.7
20106 24832.961.85.2
20156 68930.463.75.9
20207 13328.964.36.8

Structure of the populationhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm

Structure of the population :
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total3 426 5083 356 8676 783 374100
0–4377 989363 561741 55010,93
5–9372 142358 751730 89310,77
10–14364 020351 350715 36910,55
15–19351 038339 645690 68310,18
20–24331 748322 813654 5619,65
25–29303 291297 128600 4198,85
30–34257 335252 770510 1047,52
35–39203 351200 858404 2095,96
40–44173 976173 202347 1775,12
45–49160 044158 383318 4274,69
50–54140 818137 891278 7094,11
55–59120 438116 493236 9313,49
60–6495 42492 423187 8482,77
65–6967 62367 777135 4012,00
70–7447 77850 65398 4311,45
75–7931 69436 08567 7791,00
80+27 80037 08264 8820,96

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Paraguay not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
Births and deaths
YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural increaseCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural increaseTFR
2012118,54922,80795,752
2018123,18729,13994,048

Total fertility rate

Total Fertility Rate :
YearTFR
19904.6
1995/964.3
19984.3
20042.9
20082,5

Ethnic groups

Religions

Languages

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Median age

0.3%

HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS

13,000

HIV/AIDS – deaths

<500

Literacy