Territorial change of Paraguay

“Paraguay” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1811 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1936 – 2023, at ≈ 402 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1811 – 1813	≈ 322 thousand km²
AD 1814 – 1819	≈ 323 thousand km²
AD 1820 – 1821	≈ 322 thousand km²
AD 1822 – 1864	≈ 322 thousand km²
AD 1865 – 1865	≈ 383 thousand km²
AD 1866 – 1867	≈ 322 thousand km²
AD 1868 – 1869	≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1877 – 1935	≈ 159 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 2023	≈ 402 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024	≈ 402 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1936 – 2023 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1811	≈ 322 thousand km²	31 of 131
AD 1812	≈ 322 thousand km²	31 of 133
AD 1814	≈ 323 thousand km²	33 of 142
AD 1815	≈ 323 thousand km²	33 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 322 thousand km²	30 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 322 thousand km²	32 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 322 thousand km²	34 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 322 thousand km²	37 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 322 thousand km²	39 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 322 thousand km²	39 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 322 thousand km²	40 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 322 thousand km²	35 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 322 thousand km²	35 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 322 thousand km²	35 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 322 thousand km²	38 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 322 thousand km²	37 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 322 thousand km²	37 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 383 thousand km²	35 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 322 thousand km²	36 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 38 thousand km²	87 of 134
AD 1877	≈ 159 thousand km²	47 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 159 thousand km²	48 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 159 thousand km²	49 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 159 thousand km²	48 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 159 thousand km²	50 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 159 thousand km²	49 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 159 thousand km²	48 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 159 thousand km²	46 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 159 thousand km²	47 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 159 thousand km²	47 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 159 thousand km²	45 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 159 thousand km²	45 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 159 thousand km²	44 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 159 thousand km²	44 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 159 thousand km²	45 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 159 thousand km²	46 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 159 thousand km²	48 of 71
AD 1918	≈ 159 thousand km²	49 of 80
AD 1919	≈ 159 thousand km²	53 of 88
AD 1920	≈ 159 thousand km²	52 of 84
AD 1922	≈ 159 thousand km²	53 of 87
AD 1924	≈ 159 thousand km²	52 of 86
AD 1926	≈ 159 thousand km²	51 of 84
AD 1927	≈ 159 thousand km²	51 of 84
AD 1928	≈ 159 thousand km²	51 of 85
AD 1929	≈ 159 thousand km²	51 of 85
AD 1930	≈ 159 thousand km²	52 of 86
AD 1932	≈ 159 thousand km²	54 of 88
AD 1936	≈ 402 thousand km²	42 of 89
AD 1938	≈ 402 thousand km²	43 of 88
AD 1939	≈ 402 thousand km²	43 of 86
AD 1940	≈ 402 thousand km²	43 of 77
AD 1941	≈ 402 thousand km²	41 of 74
AD 1942	≈ 402 thousand km²	44 of 75
AD 1943	≈ 402 thousand km²	42 of 73
AD 1944	≈ 402 thousand km²	38 of 73
AD 1945	≈ 402 thousand km²	39 of 76
AD 1946	≈ 402 thousand km²	41 of 83
AD 1947	≈ 402 thousand km²	45 of 92
AD 1948	≈ 402 thousand km²	45 of 96
AD 1949	≈ 402 thousand km²	44 of 96
AD 1950	≈ 402 thousand km²	43 of 94
AD 1953	≈ 402 thousand km²	44 of 97
AD 1956	≈ 402 thousand km²	44 of 103
AD 1958	≈ 402 thousand km²	44 of 101
AD 1960	≈ 402 thousand km²	48 of 107
AD 1961	≈ 402 thousand km²	53 of 122
AD 1962	≈ 402 thousand km²	53 of 122
AD 1963	≈ 402 thousand km²	54 of 129
AD 1967	≈ 402 thousand km²	56 of 140
AD 1969	≈ 402 thousand km²	55 of 145
AD 1973	≈ 402 thousand km²	55 of 152
AD 1974	≈ 402 thousand km²	55 of 152
AD 1976	≈ 402 thousand km²	56 of 157
AD 1979	≈ 402 thousand km²	56 of 161
AD 1983	≈ 402 thousand km²	56 of 162
AD 1987	≈ 402 thousand km²	56 of 164
AD 1990	≈ 402 thousand km²	58 of 164
AD 1991	≈ 402 thousand km²	58 of 164
AD 1992	≈ 402 thousand km²	62 of 185
AD 1996	≈ 402 thousand km²	62 of 186
AD 2000	≈ 402 thousand km²	62 of 188
AD 2006	≈ 402 thousand km²	61 of 187
AD 2008	≈ 402 thousand km²	61 of 187
AD 2011	≈ 402 thousand km²	61 of 187
AD 2014	≈ 402 thousand km²	63 of 191
AD 2022	≈ 402 thousand km²	63 of 191
AD 2024	≈ 402 thousand km²	62 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1820: number 148 of 30.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Bolivia — 89 frames
Argentine Confederation — 45 frames
Argentina — 42 frames
Brazil — 35 frames
Empire of Brazil — 28 frames
Brazil — 12 frames
Brazil — 10 frames
Río de la Plata — 10 frames
Brazil — 7 frames
Crown of Castile — 6 frames
Kingdom of Portugal — 5 frames
Gran Colombia — 3 frames
Uruguay — 1 frames
Peru–Bolivian Confederation — 1 frames
Federal League (1815–1820) — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 6 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1936	gained	Bolivia	≈ 244 thousand km²
AD 1868	lost	Empire of Brazil	≈ 208 thousand km²
AD 1868	lost	Argentine Confederation	≈ 77 thousand km²
AD 1865	gained	Empire of Brazil	≈ 60 thousand km²
AD 1866	lost	Empire of Brazil	≈ 60 thousand km²
AD 1870	lost	Empire of Brazil	≈ 38 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the central region of South America. It borders Bolivia to the northwest and north, Brazil to the northeast and east, and Argentina to the southeast, south, and west.

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