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Demographics of Paraguay Population pyramid of Paraguay in 2020 Population 6,109,644 (2022 census) Growth rate 0.89% (2022 census) Birth rate 16.32 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Death rate 4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Life expectancy 78.37 years Fertility rate 2.4 children born/woman (2022 census) Infant mortality rate 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births Net migration rate -0.07 ...
Indigenous peoples in Paraguay, or Native Paraguayans, include 17 ethnic groups belonging to five language families. [1][2] While only a 1.7% of Paraguay 's population is fully indigenous, 75% of the population identifies as being partially of indigenous descent; [3] however, the majority do not identify as being indigenous but as Mestizos.
Racial and ethnic groups [ edit ] As in other Latin American countries, in Paraguay, from the onset of Spanish colonization and settlement , miscegenation or mestizaje was the norm rather than the exception.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Paraguay". The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Template:Ancestry and ethnicity in Paraguay.
White Paraguayans. White Paraguayans or European Paraguayans are Paraguayan people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Spain, Italy and Germany, and to a lesser extent, Ukraine and Poland. Paraguayan people of European ancestry mostly descend from people who arrived over the centuries from Spain and Italy.
The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay ...
By the 1960s the Northern Aché were the last large uncontacted ethnic group in Paraguay, but they were constantly persecuted by colonists, loggers, and ranchers. Paraguay, like other Latin American countries, had a long colonial history of Indian enslavement that continued well after the official prohibition of slavery in 1869. Aché bands ...
Culture of Paraguay. The culture of Paraguay reflects the Spanish and indigenous influences of the country. Paraguay 's cultural heritage can be traced to the extensive intermarriage between the original male Spanish settlers and indigenous Guaraní women. Their culture is highly influenced by various European countries, including Spain.