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Paraguay      Country: Paraguay Internet: .py Continent: South America Government URL: http://www.presidencia.gov.py Area: 406750 sq km Population: 6,506,464 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 6300.846 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 3173.813 Population Women: 3127.033 Annual Growth Rate: 2.37 % Birth Rate: 29.1 % Death Rate: 4.49 % Life Expectancy: 75.1 years Infant Mortality Rate: 24.78 % Fertility Rate: 3.89 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.5 % HIV AIDS Living With: 15,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 600 Labor Force: 2,742,000 Unemployment Rate: 9.4 % GDP Per Capita: $4,700 GDP Purchasing Power: $30,640,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 3.2 Industrial Growth: 0 Inflation Rate CP: 9 % Investment Gross Fixed: 19.3 Public Debt: 30.9 Capital: Asuncion / Asunción Capital Population: 1482200 (metro area) / 525100 Capital Coordinates: 25 16 S, 57 40 W UTC Offset: -4 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 21 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 3100 km Roadways: 29500 km Railways: 36 km Airports: 881 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 200000 Internet Hosts: 13178 Telephones Mobile: 1,887,000 Telephones Main: 320300 Debt External: $3,722,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $1,543,000,000 Imports: $4,500,000,000 Exports: $1,690,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$300,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 3,133,000,000 Electricity Production: 51,770,000,000 Oil Consumption: 27,000 Oil Production: 0  Map of Paraguay

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