Indicator	Value
Total population	6,930,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 6,929,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 6,929,000 people
Median age	26.6 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	73.8–74 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 73.98 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 73.84 years
Ethnic groups	Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry) 95%, other 5%CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other Indigenous languages) 4.1%, no response 0.4% (2012 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Roman Catholic 80.4%, Protestant 7% (Evangelical (non-specific) 6.7%, Evangelical Pentecostal <0.1%, Adventist <0.1%, Protestant (non-specific) <0.1%), Believer (not belonging to the church) 5.7%, other 0.6%, agnostic <0.1%, none 0.2%, unspecified 6.2% (2023 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	63.1% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	1.23 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	19.7 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	5.7 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	69.9 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Aché / Angaité / Ayoreo / Chamacoco / Chiripá / Eastern Bolivian Guaraní / Emok / Enlhet Norte / Enxet Sur / Forest Chorote / Guaná (Paraguay) / Güisnay / Kaiwá / Kimda / Maká / Maskoy Pidgin / Mbyá Guaraní / Nivaclé / Pai Tavytera / Paraguayan Guaraní / Paraguayan Sign Language / Payagua / Pilagá / Portuguese / Riverine Chorote / Sanapaná / Sanapaná (Retired) / Spanish / Tapieté / Toba / Toba-Enenlhet / Vejoz / ZamucoGlottolog [2026]