Uruguay Demographics Profile 2008

Population

3,477,778 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 22.7% (male 401,209/female 388,315)
15-64 years: 64% (male 1,105,891/female 1,120,858)
65 years and over: 13.3% (male 185,704/female 275,801) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 33.2 years
male: 31.8 years
female: 34.6 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.486% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

14.17 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

9.12 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 11.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 76.14 years
male: 72.89 years
female: 79.51 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.94 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.3% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

6,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

less than 500 (2003 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

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.4% (2003 est.)