Population density — all countries

Population density — Paraguay

Population density in Paraguay in 2023 — 17.3 per km². Ranked 192 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 256.3%.

2023 17.3 per km² +1.24% vs 2022
World rank 192of 215
Period maximum 17.3 per km²2023
Period minimum 4.9 per km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · people per km²

Population density — Paraguay, 1961–20230510152019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 4.9 per km²1963: 5.1 per km²1965: 5.3 per km²1967: 5.6 per km²1969: 5.9 per km²1971: 6.1 per km²1973: 6.4 per km²1975: 6.8 per km²1977: 7.1 per km²1979: 7.5 per km²1981: 7.9 per km²1983: 8.4 per km²1985: 8.8 per km²1987: 9.4 per km²1989: 9.9 per km²1991: 10.4 per km²1993: 11 per km²1995: 11.5 per km²1997: 12.1 per km²1999: 12.6 per km²2001: 13.1 per km²2003: 13.4 per km²2005: 13.7 per km²2007: 14 per km²2009: 14.3 per km²2011: 14.6 per km²2013: 15.1 per km²2015: 15.5 per km²2017: 16 per km²2019: 16.4 per km²2021: 16.8 per km²2023: 17.3 per km²
Change over the period: +12.4 (+256.25%) Average annual rate: 2.07 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Paraguay

Paraguay 17.3 per km²
World 62.1 per km²
South America computed 24.9 per km²
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.7 per km²
Population density — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per km² Change Change, %
2023 17.3 +0.2 +1.24%
2022 17.1 +0.2 +1.47%
2021 16.8 +0.2 +1.22%
2020 16.6 +0.2 +1.36%
2019 16.4 +0.2 +1.36%
2018 16.2 +0.2 +1.4%
2017 16 +0.2 +1.43%
2016 15.7 +0.2 +1.46%
2015 15.5 +0.2 +1.47%
2014 15.3 +0.2 +1.46%
2013 15.1 +0.2 +1.45%
2012 14.8 +0.2 +1.42%
2011 14.6 +0.2 +1.34%
2010 14.4 +0.2 +1.18%
2009 14.3 +0.1 +1.03%
2008 14.1 +0.1 +0.97%
2007 14 +0.1 +0.99%
2006 13.9 +0.1 +1.05%
2005 13.7 +0.2 +1.11%
2004 13.6 +0.2 +1.16%
2003 13.4 +0.2 +1.24%
2002 13.2 +0.2 +1.42%
2001 13.1 +0.2 +1.7%
2000 12.8 +0.2 +1.95%
1999 12.6 +0.3 +2.1%
1998 12.3 +0.3 +2.2%
1997 12.1 +0.3 +2.28%
1996 11.8 +0.3 +2.35%
1995 11.5 +0.3 +2.42%
1994 11.3 +0.3 +2.49%
1993 11 +0.3 +2.56%
1992 10.7 +0.3 +2.64%
1991 10.4 +0.3 +2.69%
1990 10.2 +0.3 +2.75%
1989 9.9 +0.3 +2.81%
1988 9.6 +0.3 +2.84%
1987 9.4 +0.3 +2.86%
1986 9.1 +0.3 +2.87%
1985 8.8 +0.2 +2.86%
1984 8.6 +0.2 +2.86%
1983 8.4 +0.2 +2.85%
1982 8.1 +0.2 +2.82%
1981 7.9 +0.2 +2.76%
1980 7.7 +0.2 +2.67%
1979 7.5 +0.2 +2.58%
1978 7.3 +0.2 +2.52%
1977 7.1 +0.2 +2.5%
1976 6.9 +0.2 +2.5%
1975 6.8 +0.2 +2.51%
1974 6.6 +0.2 +2.52%
1973 6.4 +0.2 +2.45%
1972 6.3 +0.1 +2.35%
1971 6.1 +0.1 +2.28%
1970 6 +0.1 +2.27%
1969 5.9 +0.1 +2.3%
1968 5.7 +0.1 +2.35%
1967 5.6 +0.1 +2.41%
1966 5.5 +0.1 +2.47%
1965 5.3 +0.1 +2.51%
1964 5.2 +0.1 +2.53%
1963 5.1 +0.1 +2.47%
1962 5 +0.1 +2.37%
1961 4.9

About the indicator

Population divided by the land area of the country (excluding inland water bodies). Average density says little about actual settlement: in countries with vast deserts or tundra almost the whole population lives on a small part of the territory, so the average figure comes out an order of magnitude below the actual density of the settled areas.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by land area: it is the whole population of the group over its whole area. It cannot be an average of country densities — otherwise Monaco would weigh as much as Russia.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.