Paraguay 
Facts
Population: 6,669,086 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 37.2% (male 1,262,408/female 1,220,809)
15-64 years: 57.7% (male 1,933,559/female 1,915,033)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 155,660/female 181,617) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.416% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 28.77 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 4.54 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.857 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 26.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.34 years
male: 72.78 years
female: 78.02 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.84 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 15,000 (1999 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 600 (2003 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.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $31.26 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 4% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $4,800 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22.4%
industry: 18.4%
services: 59.2% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 2.742 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 45%
industry: NA%
services: NA%.
Population below poverty line: 32% (2005 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.8% (1998).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.5% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 9.4% (2005 est.).
Budget: revenues: $1.773 billion
expenditures: $1.733 billion; including capital expenditures of $700 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber.
Industries: sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power.
Industrial production growth rate: 0% (2000 est.).
Electricity - production: 51.77 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 3.133 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 45.01 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $1.69 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.).
Exports - commodities: soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather.
Exports - partners: Uruguay 28.4%, Brazil 19.3%, Argentina 6.4%, Russia 6%, China 4.1% (2005).
Imports: $4.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery.
Imports - partners: Brazil 27.2%, China 20.5%, Argentina 19.7%, US 5.3%, Switzerland 4.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $3.722 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $NA.
Currency (code): guarani (PYG).
Exchange rates: guarani per US dollar - 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004), 6,424.3 (2003), 5,716.3 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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http://www.abc.com.py/
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http://www.ultimahora.com.py/
Paraguay in the News
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World Press Review - Paraguay's banking disaster.
After weathering one of the most half-hearted coup attempts in Latin America, Paraguay’s President Luis González Macchi declared a state of emergency, granting himself broad powers to rule by decree.
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