Demographics of Paraguay - Population

Population

According to the 2010 revison of the World Population Prospects the total population was 6,455,000 in 2010, 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
(x 1000)
Proportion
aged 0–14
(%)
Proportion
aged 15–64
(%)
Proportion
aged 65+
(%)
1950 1 473 47.0 50.1 2.9
1955 1 674 47.5 49.5 3.0
1960 1 906 47.8 49.0 3.2
1965 2 176 47.5 49.2 3.3
1970 2 483 46.1 50.4 3.5
1975 2 802 44.1 52.3 3.6
1980 3 195 42.5 53.8 3.8
1985 3 698 41.6 54.5 3.9
1990 4 244 41.4 54.6 4.0
1995 4 795 40.3 55.4 4.3
2000 5 344 38.2 57.5 4.4
2005 5 898 35.8 59.5 4.7
2010 6 455 33.5 61.4 5.1

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