Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies approved a bill by Yamil Esgaib amending the Penal Code and providing for sentences of up to 15 years for officials who facilitate the escape of people deprived of their liberty, sending the text to the Senate.
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Paraguay is undergoing a clear demographic transition: according to INE, the total fertility rate is 1.9 children per woman in 2026, life expectancy is rising and the share of older people is increasing. At the same time, Paraguay remains a relatively young country and its population is still growing. There are striking differences between current figures from Paraguay's INE and the UN World Population Prospects. INE puts the 2026 population at about 6.46 million, with a median age of 29.4 and 8.9% aged 65 or older; the UN series gives about 7.01 million people for 2025, a median age of 28 and 6.7% aged 65+. The differences result from separate statistical and projection systems, but both point toward the same broad trend: Paraguay is ageing, gradually rather than suddenly.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce launched MIC MAP, a platform that integrates territorial, productive, logistics, energy, social and trade data from across Paraguay to guide public policy, investment and productive planning.
Digitalization, used by about 85% of Paraguay’s population in 2025, is driving e-commerce, fintech, digital wallets, QR payments and online betting, while virtual transactions are expected to exceed 40 million in 2026.
Paraguayan children and adolescents presented seven demands for rights, such as decent work and mental health, in a context where official data reveals high rates of poverty, violence, and nutrition problems in this population.
An official study by Paraguay's Ministry of Health reveals that 24% of the population over 50 suffers from some form of visual impairment, affecting approximately 236,000 people, with cataracts being the leading cause of blindness.
Paraguay's labor market expanded in the second quarter of 2026, but informality reached 61.6% of the non-agricultural employed population, with 1.75 million workers lacking social protection.
Paraguay's National Institute of Statistics reports the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in the second quarter of 2026, but underemployment, which measures people working fewer hours than they desire, rose to 4.8%.
Paraguay's first multidimensional poverty map, released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), reveals extreme disparity between districts, with Puerto Pinasco reaching 82.2% of its population in this condition and Fernando de la Mora registering only 0.9%.
A study by Aneaes indicates that graduates from accredited programs in Paraguay earn up to 13% higher salaries in formal employment, while a critic points out that the public sector is the largest employer of professionals from non-accredited courses.
The 2022 Census reveals that Asunción is the city losing the most inhabitants in Paraguay, with an intense migratory flow to the Central department, redrawing
The Che Róga Porã program has already benefited 6,100 families in Paraguay with housing credits, expanded the income limit to include more workers, and seeks to reduce the deficit of 1.1 million homes, while generating jobs and even serving Paraguayans abroad.
On Accountants Day, Alba Talavera, Director of Education at the Colegio de Contadores del Paraguay (CCP), stated that artificial intelligence and other technologies help streamline tasks but cannot replace the accounting professional, emphasizing that regulatory and technological updates are essential for the sector's future, which has 24,093 professionals nationwide, according to data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).