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Paraguay: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 6,780,744 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.141 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 54.144 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 62.818 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 15.6 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 70.262 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 40.02 billion kWh (2021) #60
Consumption 7.68 billion kWh (2021) #111
Exports 28.01 billion kWh (2021) #7
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 40.02 billion kWh (2021) #27

Oil

Ranking
Production 2 thousand bbl/day (2021) #100
Consumption 52.18 thousand bbl/day (2021) #99
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2021) #100

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #97
Consumption (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #122
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 0 trillion cu ft (2021) #100

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 799 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 4,743,692 (2018 est.)
Highways 74,676 km (2017)
Internet Users 3,524,045 (2016 est.)
Railways 30 km (2014)
Telephones 302,754 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationCentral South America, northeast of Argentina, southwest of Brazil
Total Area406,752 sq. km
Land Area397,302 sq. km
Water Area9,450 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatesubtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
Terraingrassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere
Lowest Pointjunction of Rio Paraguay and Rio Parana 46 m
Highest Point Cerro Pero 842 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020