tified: Nuclear Test Ban
Geography - note: landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and
Brazil; population concentrated in southern part of country
People Paraguay
Population: 5,884,491 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 38.7% (male 1,156,366; female 1,119,558)
15-64 years: 56.6% (male 1,671,721; female 1,658,683) 65 years and over:
4.7% (male 128,137; female 150,026) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.57% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 30.5 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate: 4.69 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03
male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over:
0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 28.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: 76.77 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility
rate: 4.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.11% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 220 (1999 est.)
Nationality: noun: Paraguayan(s) adjective: Paraguayan
Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant
Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total
population: 92.1% male: 93.5% female: 90.6% (1995 est.)
Government Paraguay
Country name: Republic of Paraguay conventional short form: Paraguay
Government type: constitutional republic
Capital: Asuncion
Administrative divisions: 17 departments (departamentos, singular -
departamento) and 1 capital city*; Alto Paraguay, Alto Parana, Amambay,
Asuncion*, Boqueron, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion,
Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Presidente
Hayes, San Pedro
Independence: 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
National holiday: Independence Day, 14 May (1811)
Constitution: promulgated 20 June 1992
Legal system: based on Argentine codes, Roman law, and French codes;
judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court of Justice
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory up to age 75
Executive branch: chief of state: President Luis Angel GONZALEZ MACCHI
(since 28 March 1999); Vice President Ju
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