What is rural population in Paraguay?

Rural population in Paraguay was 2.08 million in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).

What is the highest rural population recorded in Paraguay?

The highest recorded value was 2.38 million in 2014.

What is the lowest rural population recorded in Paraguay?

The lowest recorded value was 1.21 million in 1960.

How does Paraguay rank for rural population?

Paraguay ranks 104th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.

Is rural population rising or falling in Paraguay?

Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Paraguay data come from?

The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Rural population in Paraguay

Name: Rural population in Paraguay
Creator: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Paraguay: Rural population was 2.08 million in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

2.08 million

Change on year

down 0.6%

World rank

104th

of 215 countries

All-time high

2.38 million

in 2014

All-time low

1.21 million

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2025

Rural population in Paraguay, 1960–2025

Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).

Analysis

The most recent figure for rural population in Paraguay is 2.08 million, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rural population in Paraguay peaked at 2.38 million in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.21 million, in 1960.

Paraguay ranks 104th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.34 million	1.21 million	1.48 million	10
1970s	1.64 million	1.51 million	1.76 million	10
1980s	1.90 million	1.79 million	2.00 million	10
1990s	2.09 million	2.01 million	2.15 million	10
2000s	2.23 million	2.17 million	2.30 million	10
2010s	2.35 million	2.28 million	2.38 million	10
2020s	2.13 million	2.08 million	2.24 million	6

Countries ranked near Paraguay

101 Congo 2.33 million compare
102 Greece 2.16 million compare
103 Chile 2.15 million compare
105 Mauritania 2.05 million compare
106 Ireland 1.94 million compare
107 Belarus 1.86 million compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay

Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Rural population 29.6% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.6% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.74 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 1.53 million hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 4,482 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 6.87 million metric tons (2023)
Fertilizer consumption 137.65 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is rural population in Paraguay?: Rural population in Paraguay was 2.08 million in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
What is the highest rural population recorded in Paraguay?: The highest recorded value was 2.38 million in 2014.
What is the lowest rural population recorded in Paraguay?: The lowest recorded value was 1.21 million in 1960.
How does Paraguay rank for rural population?: Paraguay ranks 104th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
Is rural population rising or falling in Paraguay?: Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay data come from?: The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Rural population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.