Paraguay

Elders in numbers

of people are 65 or older

6.7%

people aged 65 or older

471.2K

will be 65 or older in 2050

12.4%

is how long people live after 60, on average

19.2 years

of people 65+ live alone

9.9%

women 10.7%, men 9%

of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like

0.5%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2016; UN, 2002 census

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Languages

27 languages, 21 of them endangered

• KaskiháCritically endangered
• AchéSeverely endangered
• AngaitéSeverely endangered
• Ava GuaraniDefinitely endangered
• AyoreoDefinitely endangered
• ChamacocoDefinitely endangered
• Iyojwa'ja ChoroteDefinitely endangered
• Joseph MfonyamDefinitely endangered
• MakáDefinitely endangered
• MaskoyDefinitely endangered
• NivacléDefinitely endangered
• PilagáDefinitely endangered

Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

UNESCO intangible heritage

• Ñai'ũpo art, ancestral ceramic craftsmanship2025
• Guarania, sound of Paraguayan soul2024
• Ancestral and traditional techniques for the elaboration of the 'Poncho Para'i de 60 Listas', from the city of Piribebuy, Republic of Paraguay2023
• Practices and traditional knowledge of Terere in the culture of Pohã Ñana, Guaraní ancestral drink in Paraguay2020

List and years: ich.unesco.org