Official Languages

Languages spoken here

German (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Japanese (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Paraguayan Sign Language (secondary) · Plautdietsch (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Spanish (secondary) · Ukrainian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Paraguay

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Guarani	6211000	Guarani, Paraguayan	Christianity
Portuguese	189000	Portuguese	Christianity
Latin American, general	143000	Spanish	Christianity
Afro-Paraguayan	71000	Spanish	Christianity
German	62000	German, Standard	Christianity
Mennonite	47000	Plautdietsch	Christianity
Brazilian, Mestizo	42000	Portuguese	Christianity
Italian	42000	Italian	Christianity
Ukrainian	42000	Ukrainian	Christianity
Guarani, Mbya	29000	Guarani, Mbya	Ethnic Religions
Guarani, Ava	18000	Guarani, Ava	Ethnic Religions
Nivacle	17000	Nivacle	Ethnic Religions
Pai Tavytera	15000	Pai Tavytera	Ethnic Religions
Deaf	15000	Paraguayan Sign Language	Unknown
Han Chinese, Mandarin	11000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Enlhet	8900	Enlhet	Ethnic Religions
Korean	8100	Korean	Christianity
Japanese	7200	Japanese	Buddhism
Maskoy Pidgin	7200	Guarani, Paraguayan	Christianity
Angaite	4200	Angaite	Ethnic Religions
Sanapana	2900	Sanapana	Ethnic Religions
Enxet	2800	Enxet	Ethnic Religions
Ayoreo	2600	Ayoreo	Christianity
Toba-Maskoy	2600	Toba-Maskoy	Ethnic Religions
Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	2500	Guarani, Eastern Bolivian	Ethnic Religions
Guarani Nandeva	2500	Nandeva	Ethnic Religions
Ache	2000	Ache	Ethnic Religions
Chamacoco, Tomaraho	1900	Chamacoco	Ethnic Religions
Toba Qom	1500	Toba	Christianity
Emok	1400	Spanish	Christianity
Maka	1300	Maka	Ethnic Religions
Jewish, Spanish-speaking	1200	Spanish	Judaism
Guana	600	Guana (Paraguay)	Ethnic Religions
Chorote, Manjuy	400	Chorote, Iyo'wujwa	Ethnic Religions
Pilaga Toba	300	Pilaga	Christianity
Chamacoco, Ybytoso	200	Chamacoco	Ethnic Religions

Languages

30 languages recorded here.

Ache

Angaite

Ayoreo

Chamacoco

Chinese, Mandarin

Chorote, Iyo'wujwa

Enlhet

Enxet

German, Standard

Guana (Paraguay)

Guarani, Ava

Guarani, Eastern Bolivian

Guarani, Mbya

Guarani, Paraguayan

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Maka

Nandeva

Nivacle

Pai Tavytera

Paraguayan Sign Language

Pilaga

Plautdietsch

Portuguese

Sanapana

Spanish

Toba

Toba-Maskoy

Ukrainian

All catalogue fields

150 fields recorded

rog3: PA
iso3: PRY
iso2: PY
ctry: Paraguay
poplpeoples: 7015000
cntpeoples: 36
cntpeopleslr: 6
poplpeopleslr: 28000
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: spa
officiallang: Spanish
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 94.606311959289
percentevangelical: 8.0555771199305
c_10_40window: N
rog2: LAM
continent: South America
regioncode: 11
regionname: America, Latin
workersneeded: 6
harvest_rog3: PA
harvest_iso3: PRY
harvest_iso2: PY
harvest_owcountrycode: PARA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: PY
harvest_countrynumber: 166
harvest_ctry: Paraguay
harvest_ctryshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamechinese: 巴拉圭
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 巴拉圭
harvest_countrynamedutch: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamefrench: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamegerman: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Paraguay
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynameitalian: Paraguay
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamekorean: 파라과이
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 파라과이
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Paraguai
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Paraguai
harvest_countrynamerussian: Парагвай
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Парагвай
harvest_countrynamespanish: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Paraguay
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Paraguay
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en el
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: LAM
harvest_regioncode2414: 7
harvest_regioncode: 11
harvest_unsr: 005
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Asunción
harvest_population: 7013000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/paraguay.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-pa.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/paraguay
harvest_jpscale: 4
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 6.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 4.5119863
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.0999999
harvest_owcountrypage: paraguay
harvest_literacyrate: 95
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 62
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: spa
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: gug
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 1.62
harvest_pctbahai: 0.12
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.19
harvest_pctchinese: 0.03
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 0.06
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.03
harvest_pctnonreligious: 1.65
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 96.3
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 5.05
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 4.62
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.33
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 86
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.19
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 1.3
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.8100000000000002
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -2
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.6929999999999999
harvest_hdirank: 110
harvest_internetusers: 51.3
harvest_flashmapzoom: 200
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -10
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -98
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: -23
harvest_googlemaplng: -58
harvest_ctrylatitude: -23.442503
harvest_ctrylongitude: -58.443832
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/paraguay/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 403
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.293680297397769
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=py&joshua=pa
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-paraguay
harvest_internetusage: 65
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.sbp.org.py/v1/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 157046
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 406752
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 38
harvest_countryphonecode: 595
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 98.3
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 2.5
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 97
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 4.3
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 97.95
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 4.8
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .py
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/paraguay
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00