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Population in Paraguay compared to Peru: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Paraguay was 6,929,153 in 2024 vs 34,217,848 people in Peru in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Paraguay's population is 7,079,103 people compared to 34,854,181 in Peru.

Population statistics:

  • Peru's population is 4.92 times bigger than Paraguay's.
  • Paraguay is ranked the 108th most populous country in the world, while Peru is the 48th.
  • The countries together account for 0.51% of the world: 0.09% for Paraguay vs 0.42% for Peru.
  • For the last 10 years, Paraguay has had an average growth rate of +1.34% per year vs +1.26% in Peru.
  • Since 2005, the population of Paraguay has increased from 5.45M people to 7.08M (29.9% growth), while Peru has grown from 28.1M to 34.9M (24% growth).
  • Paraguay is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 9.29M people compared to the peak of 41.7M people in 2066 for Peru.

Paraguay vs Peru: live population counter

Paraguay Peru
Current population
7079103
34854181
Population rank 108/197 48/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 0.42%
One net population change
6.18 minutes
1.41 minutes
One birth every
3.84 minutes
58.4 seconds
One death every
13.5 minutes
2.83 minutes
One migration net change every
42.2 minutes
28.6 minutes
Annual migration change -12,451 +18,406
Daily growth/decline +233 +1,020
Annual growth/decline +85,007 +372,231
Annual growth/decline rate +1.24% +1.1%
Population growth rate rank 89/197 97/197

Paraguay and Peru: population history and growth rate by year chart

Paraguay
Population

Growth rate
Peru
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Paraguay Peru Paraguay Peru
1960 1,883,514 10,174,127 - -
1961 1,927,394 10,475,123 2.33% 2.96%
1962 1,973,130 10,784,612 2.37% 2.95%
1963 2,021,909 11,102,099 2.47% 2.94%
1964 2,073,119 11,427,978 2.53% 2.94%
1965 2,125,177 11,761,085 2.51% 2.91%
1966 2,177,584 12,101,297 2.47% 2.89%
1967 2,229,994 12,448,814 2.41% 2.87%
1968 2,282,391 12,803,993 2.35% 2.85%
1969 2,334,992 13,166,767 2.3% 2.83%
1970 2,388,028 13,501,237 2.27% 2.54%
1971 2,442,537 13,838,067 2.28% 2.49%
1972 2,499,881 14,210,147 2.35% 2.69%
1973 2,561,102 14,582,867 2.45% 2.62%
1974 2,625,621 14,956,552 2.52% 2.56%
1975 2,691,648 15,333,957 2.51% 2.52%
1976 2,758,836 15,716,809 2.5% 2.5%
1977 2,827,874 16,109,806 2.5% 2.5%
1978 2,899,269 16,516,059 2.52% 2.52%
1979 2,973,968 16,933,139 2.58% 2.53%
1980 3,053,235 17,360,949 2.67% 2.53%
1981 3,137,604 17,798,805 2.76% 2.52%
1982 3,226,189 18,246,503 2.82% 2.52%
1983 3,318,068 18,705,957 2.85% 2.52%
1984 3,412,936 19,174,716 2.86% 2.51%
1985 3,510,671 19,648,204 2.86% 2.47%
1986 3,611,474 20,117,122 2.87% 2.39%
1987 3,714,889 20,582,320 2.86% 2.31%
1988 3,820,546 21,054,702 2.84% 2.3%
1989 3,927,802 21,532,589 2.81% 2.27%
1990 4,035,747 22,014,771 2.75% 2.24%
1991 4,144,364 22,483,775 2.69% 2.13%
1992 4,253,600 22,946,340 2.64% 2.06%
1993 4,362,696 23,413,783 2.56% 2.04%
1994 4,471,417 23,881,493 2.49% 2%
1995 4,579,806 24,348,919 2.42% 1.96%
1996 4,687,543 24,811,171 2.35% 1.9%
1997 4,794,412 25,274,147 2.28% 1.87%
1998 4,900,025 25,738,095 2.2% 1.84%
1999 5,003,135 26,186,504 2.1% 1.74%
2000 5,100,868 26,598,331 1.95% 1.57%
2001 5,187,689 26,964,601 1.7% 1.38%
2002 5,261,328 27,288,217 1.42% 1.2%
2003 5,326,436 27,580,490 1.24% 1.07%
2004 5,388,175 27,852,190 1.16% 0.99%
2005 5,448,097 28,101,180 1.11% 0.89%
2006 5,505,148 28,324,491 1.05% 0.79%
2007 5,559,386 28,530,699 0.99% 0.73%
2008 5,613,574 28,719,041 0.97% 0.66%
2009 5,671,236 28,896,811 1.03% 0.62%
2010 5,737,971 29,086,019 1.18% 0.65%
2011 5,814,626 29,304,086 1.34% 0.75%
2012 5,897,008 29,550,366 1.42% 0.84%
2013 5,982,445 29,817,919 1.45% 0.91%
2014 6,069,811 30,115,826 1.46% 1%
2015 6,159,103 30,457,600 1.47% 1.13%
2016 6,249,126 30,866,494 1.46% 1.34%
2017 6,338,660 31,324,637 1.43% 1.48%
2018 6,427,382 31,897,584 1.4% 1.83%
2019 6,515,058 32,449,303 1.36% 1.73%
2020 6,603,739 32,838,579 1.36% 1.2%
2021 6,684,182 33,155,882 1.22% 0.97%
2022 6,760,464 33,475,438 1.14% 0.96%
2023 6,844,146 33,845,617 1.24% 1.11%
2024 6,929,153 34,217,848 1.24% 1.1%
2025 7,013,079 34,576,670 1.21% 1.05%
2026 7,095,273 34,922,144 1.17% 1%
2027 7,175,671 35,255,683 1.13% 0.96%
2028 7,254,526 35,578,281 1.1% 0.92%
2029 7,331,909 35,890,705 1.07% 0.88%
2030 7,407,622 36,193,882 1.03% 0.84%
2031 7,481,641 36,488,437 1% 0.81%
2032 7,554,221 36,774,937 0.97% 0.79%
2033 7,625,459 37,054,380 0.94% 0.76%
2034 7,695,120 37,326,798 0.91% 0.74%
2035 7,763,524 37,591,420 0.89% 0.71%
2036 7,830,885 37,848,147 0.87% 0.68%
2037 7,896,975 38,096,898 0.84% 0.66%
2038 7,961,863 38,337,328 0.82% 0.63%
2039 8,025,487 38,569,891 0.8% 0.61%
2040 8,087,571 38,794,647 0.77% 0.58%
2041 8,148,407 39,011,537 0.75% 0.56%
2042 8,208,318 39,220,371 0.74% 0.54%
2043 8,267,008 39,420,647 0.72% 0.51%
2044 8,324,330 39,612,847 0.69% 0.49%
2045 8,380,533 39,796,723 0.68% 0.46%
2046 8,435,754 39,971,719 0.66% 0.44%
2047 8,489,460 40,137,869 0.64% 0.42%
2048 8,541,342 40,294,857 0.61% 0.39%
2049 8,591,710 40,443,273 0.59% 0.37%
2050 8,640,471 40,583,875 0.57% 0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Paraguay increased by 711,006 people (a 13.1% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Paraguay gained 920,000 (a 14.9% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Paraguay was ranked 107th most populous country in 2005 and is 108th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Paraguay's population will grow by 22.1% to 8,640,471 people with a rank change from 108th to 110th. The population of Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.

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