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Paraguay

🌎 Americas

Population (2024)

6,861,524

6.9 million

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Key Facts About Paraguay

  • Paraguay is one of the most bilingual countries in the Americas, with Spanish and Guaraní as official languages.
  • The Itaipu Dam on the Paraguay–Brazil border is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world.
  • Paraguay generates nearly all of its electricity from hydropower.
  • The Gran Chaco region in western Paraguay is one of South America's last great wildernesses.
  • Paraguay is one of only two landlocked countries in South America.

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