Editing Demographics of Paraguay (section)

== Vital statistics ==
Registration of vital events in [[Paraguay]] are not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
<ref name="WPP 2010"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Period
! colspan=3 | per year
! colspan=3 | per 1000
! rowspan=2 | total fertility rate (number of children per woman)
! rowspan=2 | infant mortality rate per 1000 births
! colspan=3 | Life expectancy
|-
! live births !! deaths !! natural change
! crude birth rate !! crude death rate !! natural change
! total !! males !! females
|-
| 1950–1955 || 70,000|| 14,000|| 56,000||44.3||8.9||35.4||6.50||73||62.6||60.5||64.6
|-
| 1955–1960 || 76,000|| 15,000|| 61,000||42.7||8.6||34.1||6.50||70||63.2||61.1||65.1
|-
| 1960–1965 || 84,000|| 16,000|| 68,000||41.3||8.0||33.3||6.45||62||64.3||62.3||66.3
|-
| 1965–1970 || 92,000|| 18,000|| 74,000||39.5||7.6||31.8||6.15||59||65.0||63.0||66.9
|-
| 1970–1975 || 94,000|| 19,000|| 75,000||35.6||7.1||28.6||5.35||53||65.9||63.7||68.0
|-
| 1975–1980 || 108,000|| 21,000|| 87,000||36.1||6.9||29.2||5.20||51||66.5||64.3||68.7
|-
| 1980–1985 || 129,000|| 24,000|| 105,000||37.3||6.8||30.4||5.20||49||67.0||64.9||69.3
|-
| 1985–1990 || 139,000|| 26,000|| 113,000||34.9||6.6||28.3||4.77||47||67.6||65.4||69.9
|-
| 1990–1995 || 145,000|| 28,000|| 117,000||32.0||6.2||25.8||4.31||43||68.5||66.3||70.8
|-
| 1995–2000 || 148,000|| 30,000|| 118,000||29.3||5.9||23.3||3.88||39||69.4||67.2||71.7
|-
| 2000–2005 || 151,000|| 32,000|| 119,000||25.1||5.4||19.7||3.24||36||70.7||68.7||72.9
|-
| 2005–2010 || 153,000|| 34,000|| 119,000||23.4||5.4||18.0||2.89||32||71.7||69.7||73.9
|-
| 2010–2015 || 161,000|| 38,000|| 123,000||21.7||5.4||16.3||2.60||30||72.2||70.0||74.5
|-
| 2015–2020 || 165,000|| 43,000|| 122,000||20.7||5.5||15.2||2.45||28||72.7||70.4||75.1
|-
| 2020–2025 ||||||||19.4||5.7||13.7||1.95||||||||
|-
| 2025–2030 ||||||||18.0||6.0||12.0||1.84||||||||
|}

=== Registered births and deaths ===
Note that the numbers of births and deaths below are considered incomplete by the UN and by year of registration rather than by year of occurrence.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! width="70" | Year of registration
! width="70" | Population
! width="70" | Live births
! width="70" | Deaths
! width="70" | Natural increase
! width="70" | Crude birth rate
! width="70" | Crude death rate
! width="70" | Rate of natural increase
! width="70" | TFR
|-
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" | 6,168,757
| align="right" | 103,309
| align="right" | 18,758
| align="right" | 84,551
| align="right" | 16.7
| align="right" | 3.0
| align="right" | 13.7
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 6,265,877
| align="right" | 100,584
| align="right" | 21,281
| align="right" | 79,303
| align="right" | 16.1
| align="right" | 3.4
| align="right" | 12.7
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 6,363,276
| align="right" | 111,945
| align="right" | 22,652
| align="right" | 89,293
| align="right" | 17.6
| align="right" | 3.6
| align="right" | 14.0
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 6,461,041
| align="right" | 118,549
| align="right" | 22,807
| align="right" | 95,752
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 3.5
| align="right" | 14.8
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 6,559,027
| align="right" | 114,619
| align="right" | 24,193
| align="right" | 90,426
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 3.7
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 6,657,232
| align="right" | 116,592
| align="right" | 22,625
| align="right" | 93,967
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 3.4
| align="right" | 14.1
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 6,755,756
| align="right" | 132,241
| align="right" | 24,885
| align="right" | 107,356
| align="right" | 19.6
| align="right" | 3.7
| align="right" | 15.9
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 6,854,536
| align="right" | 128,117
| align="right" | 27,243
| align="right" | 100,874
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | 4.0
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 6,953,646
| align="right" | 129,903
| align="right" | 26,404
| align="right" | 103,499
| align="right" | 18.7
| align="right" | 3.8
| align="right" | 14.9
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 7,052,983
| align="right" | 123,187
| align="right" | 29,139
| align="right" | 94,048
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 4.1
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 7,152,703
| align="right" | 117,347
| align="right" | 32,362
| align="right" | 84,985
| align="right" | 16.4
| align="right" | 4.5
| align="right" | 11.9
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Proyecciones de población nacional, áreas urbana y rural, por sexo y edad, PARAGUAY 2020 |url=https://www.ine.gov.py/Publicaciones/Biblioteca/documento/9017_Paraguay_2020.pdf |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadistica |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| align="right" | 7,252,672
| align="right" | 95,649
| align="right" | 36,466
| align="right" | 59,183
| align="right" | 13.2
| align="right" | 5.0
| align="right" | 8.2
| align="right" | 2.41
|-
| align="right" | 2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Proyecciones de población nacional, áreas urbana y rural, por sexo y edad, PARAGUAY 2021 |url=https://www.ine.gov.py/Publicaciones/Biblioteca/documento/9017_Paraguay_2020.pdf |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadistica |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
| align="right" | 7,353,038
| align="right" | 112,966
| align="right" | 50,898
| align="right" | 63,314
| align="right" | 15.4
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2022 (ca)
| align="right" | 6,284,020<ref>{{cite web |title=Proyecciones de la población nacional por sexo y edad al 2050. Revisión 2024 Revisión 2024 |url=https://www.ine.gov.py/publication-single.php?codec=266 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Paraguay |access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref>
| align="right" | 111,992
| align="right" | 38,356
| align="right" | 73,636
| align="right" | 17.8
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 11.7
| align="right" | 
|-
| align="right" | 2023
| align="right" | 6,326,825
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 37,570
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 
| align="right" |
|-
| align="right" | 2024
| align="right" | 6,372,623
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
|}
(ca) = 2022 census adjusted population.

==== Current vital statistics ====
<ref>{{cite journal |title=Excess mortality using raw death counts |url=https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid#excess-mortality-using-raw-death-counts |journal=Our World in Data |date=5 March 2020 |access-date=23 January 2023|last1=Ritchie |first1=Hannah |author1-link=Hannah Ritchie |last2=Mathieu |first2=Edouard |last3=Rodés-Guirao |first3=Lucas |last4=Appel |first4=Cameron |last5=Giattino |first5=Charlie |last6=Ortiz-Ospina |first6=Esteban |last7=Hasell |first7=Joe |last8=MacDonald |first8=Bobbie |last9=Beltekian |first9=Diana |last10=Roser |first10=Max |author10-link=Max Roser }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January–August 2023'''
|
| 26,299
|
|-
| '''January–August 2024'''
|
| 25,804
|
|-
| '''Difference'''
|
| {{decreasepositive}} -495 (-1.88%)
|
|}

=== Demographic and Health Surveys ===
Total Fertility Rate (Wanted Fertility Rate):<ref name=population/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="70" | Year
! width="90pt"| TFR (Total)
|-
| align="right" | 1990
| align="right" | 4.6
|-
| align="right" | 1995
| align="right" | 4.0
|-
| align="right" | 2000
| align="right" | 3.7
|-
| align="right" | 2005
| align="right" | 2.9
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 2.5
|-
| align="right" | 2024
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| align="right" | 2030
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| align="right" | 2035
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| align="right" | 2040
| align="right" | 1.75
|-
| align="right" | 2045
| align="right" | 1.73
|-
| align="right" | 2050
| align="right" | 1.72
|}