Paraguay

• Area: 406,752 sq. km (157,048 sq. mi.)
• Population: 6,862,812 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 1.17% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 77.2 years (2016)
• Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
• Religions: Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1%
• Formal name: Republic of Paraguay
• Alternate names: El Paraguay, Paraguái, Republic of Paraguay, República del Paraguay, Tetã Paraguái
• Government type: presidential republic
• Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Horacio CARTES Jara
• Capital: Asunción
• Administrative divisions: 17 departments and 1 capital city
• GDP per capita (PPP): $8,700 (2015 est.)
• Exports: soybeans, livestock feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather
• Imports: road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts
• Currency: guarani (PYG)

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