| Area Total | 406,752 sq km |
| Climate | subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west |
| Natural Resources | hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone |
| Imports | $11.35 billion (2017 est.) partners: China 31.3%, Brazil 23.4%, Argentina 12.9%, US 7.4% (2017) |
| Exports | $11.73 billion (2017 est.) partners: Brazil 31.9%, Argentina 15.9%, Chile 6.9%, Russia 5.9% (2017) |
| Government | presidential republic |
| Capital | Asuncion |
| Population | 7 million (July 2018 est.) |
| Ethnicity | mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5% |
| Language | Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German and other indigenous languages) 4.1%, no response 4% (2012 est.) |
News about Paraguay
- US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Ministeron August 5, 2022
Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez at the López Palace.
- Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypoxon August 2, 2022
Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.
- Paraguay has only 83 park rangers; it needs 5,000on August 1, 2022
Paraguayan authorities have admitted they only had 83 properly trained park rangers to guard some 2.4 million protected hectares, way below international standards of one for every 500 hectares.
- Paraguayan President pledges to up intelligence fundingon August 1, 2022
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez last week announced he would up funding for the National Intelligence Secretariat (SNI), an agency created in 2018. Abdo justified his move on the body's precarious budget, due to which it relies on foreign cooperation to fulfill its mission.
- UNWTO helping to promote tourism as a pillar of Paraguay's economic developmenton July 28, 2022
Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Benitez during the Renewable Energy and Sustainable Tourism event, welcomed this week UNWTO’s support as the county works to make tourism a central pillar of economic growth, social opportunity and jobs.
- Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announceson July 27, 2022
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.
- Downspout threatens Paraguay's foreign trade yet againon July 25, 2022
Paraguayan exporters have decried over this weekend their latent concern about the Paraguay and Parana rivers' low levels which might affect the grain season in January and February if no improvement is recorded, it was reported in Asunción.
- Brazil and Paraguay team up against trans-border crimeon July 23, 2022
Authorities from Brazil and Paraguay have launched Operation Ágata and Operation Basalto in a coordinated manner to tackle cross-border organized crime, it was reported this week.
- Former Paraguayan President Cartés "highly corrupt" for US State Dept.on July 23, 2022
Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartés (2013-2018) has been added to the US State Department's "black" list of "highly corrupt" individuals, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday in a statement.
- Rio Grande port in south Brazil plans to increase export shipments from Uruguay and Paraguayon July 20, 2022
The Port of Rio Grande in the Brazilian southernmost state of Rio Grande do sul, will have continuous dredging of its access channel. The decision follows strong long-standing demand from operators and the fact that the main maritime port terminal in the state of Rio Grande do Sul also has close links with the three other Mercosur member countries, […]
