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title: "Paraguay — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Paraguay: capital Asunción, area 406,752 km², population 7,013,078 (2025), currency Paraguayan guaraní. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/paraguay/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Paraguay

**Paraguay: Capital Asunción**

406,752 km² · 7,013,078 people (2025) · Paraguayan guaraní

One of only two landlocked countries in South America, though ocean-going ships reach Asunción up the Paraguay River. The Itaipú dam, shared with Brazil, generates more electricity in a typical year than any other hydro plant except the Three Gorges. West of the river, the Gran Chaco is a vast dry scrub plain with some of the lowest population density on the continent.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Asunción
- **Area:** 406,752 km² — 157,048 sq mi
- **Population:** 7,013,078 (2025)
- **Density:** 17.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Paraguayan guaraní (PYG, ₲)
- **Official languages:** Guaraní, Spanish
- **Time zone:** UTC-03:00
- **Calling code:** +595
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** PY · PRY
- **Continent:** South America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 60 of 200
- **By population:** 108 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 37,053,428 |
| Iraq | 438,317 | 47,020,774 |
| Paraguay ← | 406,752 | 7,013,078 |
| Zimbabwe | 390,757 | 16,950,795 |
| Japan | 377,915 | 123,366,734 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Paraguay?

Asunción

### What currency does Paraguay use?

The Paraguayan guaraní (PYG).

### How big is Paraguay?

406,752 km², or 157,048 square miles — 60 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Paraguay drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Uzbekistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/uzbekistan/)
- [Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country/iraq/)
- [Zimbabwe](https://atoneplace.net/country/zimbabwe/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]