Population
The General Directorate of Statistics, Polls and Census reports the following numbers with regard to population:
- In 1992 the district had 17,148 inhabitants, the majority of whom lived in the Town of Santa Rosa del Aguaray. In 2002 Santa Rosa del Aguaray became a municipality in its own right. Consequently the District of Nueva Germania lost most of its population and territory, though it retained the Mennonite colony Rio Verde to the north of Santa Rosa del Aguaray.
- The population is mostly rural and occupied in agricultural activities.
- The projected net population by sex for 2002 is 4,335 inhabitants (2,323 men and 2,012 women).
As of 2002, about 10% of the inhabitants were of mainly German origin.
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