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Paraguay
Republic of Paraguay
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Population
6.11M
Capital
Asunción
Area
406,752 km²
Currency
PYG
Paraguayan guaraní
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$44.46B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$6,416
as of 2024
Population
6.93M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
1.2%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
3.8%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
5.7%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
81.6%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
73.98
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
8.4%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
3.5%
as of 2024
Urban population (% of total)
69.9%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
2.42
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
76.8%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
396,012
as of 2023
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About Paraguay
- Languages
- Guaraní, Spanish
- Currencies
- Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)
- Timezones
- UTC-04:00
- Demonym
- Paraguayan
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- PY · PRY
- Map
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