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Paraguay: map and facts
Paraguay is in South America. It has about 7.01 million people (2025), the 106th largest population. It covers 406,752 km², the 59th largest by area. That is about 17 people per km². Its highest point is Cerro Tres Kandu, at 842 m. The longest river on its map is the Parana, 2,570 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 7,013,078 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 406,752 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Asunción
- Highest point: Cerro Tres Kandu, 842 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 36.5% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Paraguay, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Parana: 2,570 km
- Pilcomayo: 1,500 km
Also on the map: Verde and Jejui Guazu.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Cerro Tres Kandu: 842 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Gran Chaco and Chaco Boreal.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): savanna 61%, grassland 12.6%, wooded savanna 12.3%, farmland 4.6%, farmland with natural plants 3.9%, evergreen broadleaf forest 2.4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 88.3%, hills 6.7%, plateaus 5%.
Forests covered 36.5% of its land in 2024, down from 64.6% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Paraguay shares land borders with Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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