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How many babies are born in Paraguay?

135 thousand babies born in Paraguay in 2026. That is 0.10% of all births worldwide, and the 98th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Paraguay: history and projections

1K10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Paraguay’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~700 ~17K 42.2 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4.1K ~100K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~8.1K ~200K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~13.5K ~300K 44.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~20.8K ~464K 44.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 66.9K 1.5M 44.5 UN estimate
2000 137K 5.1M 26.9 UN estimate
2023 137K 6.84M 20.0 UN estimate
2026 135K 7.1M 19.0 UN projection
2050 124K 8.64M 14.4 UN projection
2075 106K 9.28M 11.5 UN projection
2100 89.9K 9.05M 9.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Paraguay among estimates through 2023 were in 1995, at about 142K. That is roughly 202 times the estimated ~702 births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.37 children per woman, fertility in Paraguay is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Paraguay each year?

An estimated 135 thousand babies are born in Paraguay in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 369 a day and 0.10% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Paraguay?

Paraguay has an estimated 19.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.37 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.