People have dealt with stomach acidârelated woes in a variety of ways, proven and otherwise, for eons, but it wasn't until the mid-1970s and the introduction of cimetidine (Tagamet) that a treatment targeted the production of stomach acid itself.
Population of Paraguay 2015. As of 1 January 2016, the population of Paraguay was estimated to be 6 683 941 people. This is an increase of 1.34 % (88 120 people) compared to population of 6 595 821 the year before. In 2015 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 105 929.
The war claimed the lives of nine-tenths of Paraguay's adult male population as it battled Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay over access to the sea. Paraguay won the Chaco from Bolivia during a war in the 1930s that claimed 36,000 Paraguayan soldiers. This history helps explain the country's low population density. However, in recent decades high population growth has led to a dramatic increase in landless Paraguayan families.