Uruguay's population rose from 3.21M in 1996 to 3.38M in 2025.
Uruguay · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Uruguay's population growth fell from 0.5 % in 1996 to -0.1 % in 2025.
Uruguay's population density rose from 18.1 in 1994 to 19.4 in 2023.
Uruguay's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.3 % in 1996 to 51.5 % in 2025.
Uruguay's urbanisation rose from 90.8 % in 1996 to 95.7 % in 2025.
Uruguay's urban population rose from 2.91M in 1996 to 3.24M in 2025.
Uruguay's rural population fell from 295,023 in 1996 to 147,108 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %178th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.7 %161st of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.5 %41st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.2 %103rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs79th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts141st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts79th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts60th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.4 pts139th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts60th of 217
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- Net migrationup +0.7 %115th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.5 pts114th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +2.9 %120th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs65th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs57th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs85th of 217