- Population

Population 3,460,607 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure 0-14 years: 23% (male 403,745/female 390,623)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 1,096,225/female 1,112,568)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male 184,303/female 273,143) (2007 est.)
Median age total: 32.9 years
male: 31.5 years
female: 34.4 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate 0.504% (2007 est.)
Birth rate 14.41 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate 9.16 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.985 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.675 male(s)/female
total population: 0.948 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate total: 12.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth total population: 75.93 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 79.3 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate 1.97 children born/woman (2007 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.)