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The People of Paraguay

Paraguayan People

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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.)

Death rate: 4.49 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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

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.)