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Paraguay

PY / PRY   -23.5°, -58.0°

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People are called
Paraguayan
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+595
Capital
Asunción
Population
6,811,297
Area
406,756 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Paraguayan guaraní
Languages
Guarani 80.3%, Spanish 61.5%
Sells
soybeans, beef, electricity, corn
Sells to
Argentina 33%, Brazil 25%, Chile 10%
Land borders
3: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+595
Founded
1811
Hemisphere
Southern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Paraguayan

These are English demonyms for people from Paraguay. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Paraguay yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Guaraniofficial
80.3%
Spanishofficial
61.5%

Largest cities

Asunción  capital 1,482,200
Ciudad del Este 301,815
San Lorenzo 227,876
Capiatá 198,553
Lambaré 126,377

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

Climate zone

Landlocked. Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia
Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia First dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco, also known as Doctor Francia or to Paraguayans of his time as Karai Guasu, was a lawyer, politician, statesman and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its 1811 independence from the Spanish...
Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Dictator, 1954-1989 Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was a Paraguayan politician, army general, and military dictator who ruled as the 42nd president of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 1989.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: languages.