_*People #_Population: 4,798,739 (July 1991), growth rate 2.9% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 35 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 47 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 67 years male, 72 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 4.7 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Paraguayan(s); adjective—Paraguayan
_#_Ethnic divisions: mestizo (Spanish and Indian) 95%, white and Indian 5%
_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 90%; Mennonite and other Protestant denominations