3,360,105 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.39% (male 419,932; female 399,605)
15-64 years: 62.61% (male 1,038,785; female 1,064,891)
65 years and over: 13% (male 180,130; female 256,762) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.78% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
17.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.03 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
Total Population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
14.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.44 years
male: 72.11 years
female: 78.96 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.33% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
6,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
150 (1999 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 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: 97.3%
male: 96.9%
female: 97.7% (1995 est.)