What share of people in Paraná are over 65?

12.6% of residents of Paraná were aged 65 or over in the first quarter of 2026, 9th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on that measure (all 31 survey areas: 12.7%).

Paraná: population and official figures

Population of the urban area (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

289,000

Q2 2026

In depth

Economy, jobs and prices in Paraná: The unemployment rate in Paraná was 6.7% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), joint 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 5.6% a year earlier, so it is up 1.1 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.
Health in Paraná: 27.6% of people in Paraná had no health cover that they pay for or that is deducted from their pay (no social insurance, private plan or public plan) in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH); that is 11th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site. The figure for all 31 survey areas was 34.1%.
Education in Paraná: 96.6% of children aged 4 to 17 in Paraná were attending school in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 13th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the rate for all 31 survey areas was 96.8%.
Poverty and living standards in Paraná: 34.3% of people in Paraná lived below the poverty line in the first half of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 15th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; across the 31 survey areas the rate was 32.3%. That is about 99,000 people.

What is the population of Paraná?

The Gran Paraná urban area, which this site calls Paraná, had an estimated 289,000 residents in the second quarter of 2026 in INDEC's Permanent Household Survey (EPH), 13th smallest of 30 Argentine cities on this site. It is 1.0% of the 30,158,000 people living in the 31 urban areas the survey covers.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

How many people live in a household in Paraná?

Paraná had an estimated 102,887 private households in the first quarter of 2026, an average of 2.81 people per household, 12th smallest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on household size; the figure for all 31 survey areas is 2.95.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

How many children live in Paraná?

19.8% of residents of Paraná were under 15 in the first quarter of 2026, 4th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 22.2%).

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

How many people work in Paraná?

Of the 289,000 residents of Paraná, 134,000 were in the labour force in the second quarter of 2026 (125,000 employed and 9,000 unemployed), a participation rate of 46.4%.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

Who runs Paraná?

In Argentina, cities and towns are run by provinces: Governor and provincial legislature directly elected; Buenos Aires City elects its own head of government (jefe de gobierno) and legislature. Write their own constitutions, run police, schools, hospitals, courts and set the rules for their municipalities.

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Mercado de trabajo. Tasas e indicadores socioeconómicos (EPH), segundo trimestre de 2026 (Tables 3.2 and 3.3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b0a700bac4db…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH): bases de microdatos usuarias, individual y hogar, primer trimestre de 2026 (figures computed with the survey weights), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d9d23945d4b1…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Incidencia de la pobreza y la indigencia en 31 aglomerados urbanos, primer semestre de 2026 (Tables 4.1 and 4.2), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d944f84c823a…)

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