Population: 3,334,074 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
24% (male 417,288; female 397,125)
15-64 years:
63% (male 1,030,201; female 1,057,968)
65 years and over:
13% (male 178,393; female 253,099) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.77% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 17.42 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 9.06 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.7 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 15.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
75.24 years
male:
71.9 years
female:
78.75 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.37 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Uruguayan(s)
adjective:
Uruguayan
Ethnic groups: white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian, practically nonexistent
Religions: Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%
Languages: Spanish
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97.3%
male:
96.9%
female:
97.7% (1995 est.)