Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Paraguay

Urban population share in Paraguay in 2025 — 70.4%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 34.8 pp.

2025 70.4% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 89of 217
Period maximum 70.4%2025
Period minimum 35.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Paraguay, 1960–202530405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35.6%1962: 35.8%1964: 36.1%1966: 36.3%1968: 36.6%1970: 37%1972: 37.4%1974: 38.1%1976: 39%1978: 40.1%1980: 41.4%1982: 42.7%1984: 44.3%1986: 46.1%1988: 48.1%1990: 50.1%1992: 51.8%1994: 53.3%1996: 54.9%1998: 56.3%2000: 57.5%2002: 58.3%2004: 58.7%2006: 59%2008: 59.2%2010: 59.5%2012: 59.9%2014: 60.7%2016: 62.1%2018: 63.9%2020: 66.1%2022: 68.6%2024: 69.9%2025: 70.4%
Change over the period: +34.8 pp Annual average: 0.54 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 70.4%
World 57.8%
South America computed 85.5%
Urban population share — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 70.4 +0.5 pp
2024 69.9 +0.5 pp
2023 69.3 +0.7 pp
2022 68.6 +1.3 pp
2021 67.3 +1.2 pp
2020 66.1 +1.1 pp
2019 65 +1.1 pp
2018 63.9 +1 pp
2017 63 +0.9 pp
2016 62.1 +0.8 pp
2015 61.3 +0.6 pp
2014 60.7 +0.5 pp
2013 60.2 +0.3 pp
2012 59.9 +0.2 pp
2011 59.7 +0.2 pp
2010 59.5 +0.1 pp
2009 59.4 +0.1 pp
2008 59.2 +0.1 pp
2007 59.1 +0.1 pp
2006 59 +0.1 pp
2005 58.9 +0.2 pp
2004 58.7 +0.2 pp
2003 58.6 +0.2 pp
2002 58.3 +0.3 pp
2001 58 +0.5 pp
2000 57.5 +0.6 pp
1999 57 +0.6 pp
1998 56.3 +0.7 pp
1997 55.6 +0.7 pp
1996 54.9 +0.8 pp
1995 54.1 +0.8 pp
1994 53.3 +0.8 pp
1993 52.6 +0.8 pp
1992 51.8 +0.8 pp
1991 51 +0.9 pp
1990 50.1 +1 pp
1989 49.1 +1 pp
1988 48.1 +1 pp
1987 47.1 +1 pp
1986 46.1 +1 pp
1985 45.2 +0.9 pp
1984 44.3 +0.8 pp
1983 43.5 +0.7 pp
1982 42.7 +0.7 pp
1981 42.1 +0.7 pp
1980 41.4 +0.6 pp
1979 40.8 +0.6 pp
1978 40.1 +0.6 pp
1977 39.5 +0.5 pp
1976 39 +0.5 pp
1975 38.5 +0.4 pp
1974 38.1 +0.4 pp
1973 37.7 +0.3 pp
1972 37.4 +0.2 pp
1971 37.2 +0.2 pp
1970 37 +0.2 pp
1969 36.8 +0.2 pp
1968 36.6 +0.2 pp
1967 36.5 +0.1 pp
1966 36.3 +0.1 pp
1965 36.2 +0.1 pp
1964 36.1 +0.1 pp
1963 35.9 +0.1 pp
1962 35.8 +0.1 pp
1961 35.7 +0.1 pp
1960 35.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.