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| | Background In the disastrous War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70) - between Paraguay and Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay - Paraguay lost two-thirds of all adult males and much of its territory. It stagnated economically for the next half century. In the Chaco War of 1932-35, large, economically important areas were won from Bolivia. The 35-year military dictatorship of Alfredo STROESSNER was overthrown in 1989, and, despite a marked increase in political infighting in recent years, relatively free and regular presidential elections have been held since then. The People | Population | 6,669,086 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 37.2% (male 1,262,408/female 1,220,809)
15-64 years: 57.7% (male 1,933,559/female 1,915,033)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 155,660/female 181,617) (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.34 years
male: 72.78 years
female: 78.02 years (2007 est.) | Population growth rate | 2.416% (2007 est.) | | Ethnic groups | mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5% | | Religions | Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census) | | Population below poverty line | 32% (2005 est.) | | People living with HIV/AIDS | 15,000 (1999 est.) | | HIV/AIDS - deaths | 600 (2003 est.) | | Mobile phones in use | 3.233 million (2006) | | Internet users | 260,000 (2006) |
Data (Background & The People) provided by The World Factbook |
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