An estimated 13,700 Nivaclé people live in the President Hayes and Boquerón Departments in Paraguay, while approximately 200 Nivaclé people live in the Salta Province of Argentina.

[2] A very small number of Nivaclé live in Tarija, Bolivia.

In the last 50 years, 15,000 Mennonites from Canada, Russia, and Germany have settled in traditional Nivaclé territory.

"[4] They are also known as the Ashlushlay, Axluslay, Chulupí, and Nivaklé people.

A dictionary has been published for the language, and the Bible was translated into Nivaclé in 1995.