| Population |
3,399,237 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 23.5% (male 406,500; female 392,497)
15-64 years: 63.4% (male 1,066,464; female 1,087,100)
65 years and over: 13.1% (male 182,654; female 264,022) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 32.2 years
male: 30.7 years
female: 33.7 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.51% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
14.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
9.07 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 12.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 13.67 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 75.92 years
male: 72.71 years
female: 79.24 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.96 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.3% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
6,300 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 500 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: uruguayan(s)
adjective: uruguayan |
| Ethnic groups |
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian, practically nonexistent |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% |
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier) |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: oriental republic of uruguay
conventional short form: uruguay
local short form: uruguay
former: banda oriental, cisplatine province
local long form: republica oriental del uruguay |