Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Americas · South America

How many babies are born in Paraguay?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Paraguay through history

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Estimated annual births in Paraguay, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 137K 6.93M 19.7 UN projection
2026 135K 7.1M 19.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Paraguay are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1995, at about 142K. That is roughly 192 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.