Paraguay

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
6,896,908 1
Urban
61.60% 1
Rural
38.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.4% 2
Homicides
9.29 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
123 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
96 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.51 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
73 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
93.87% 6
Internet Users
43% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$4,400 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
2.2% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
6,861,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
94.60
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
50,001
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
6,086
First Communions per Year
46,820
Confirmations per Year
35,721
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
74,539
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
27,901
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
16,820
Church Marriages per Year
8,316
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
8,042
Priests
900
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,073
Catholics per Priest
7,623
Parishes
422
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
11
Catholic Hospitals
2
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
24