Population: 3,198,910 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.75% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 17.7 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 9.39 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.09 years
male: 70.88 years
female: 77.47 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.44 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Uruguayan(s)
adjective: Uruguayan

Ethnic divisions: white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%

Religions: Roman Catholic 66% (less than half adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%

Languages: Spanish, Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 96%
Labor force: 1.355 million (1991 est.)
by occupation: government 25%, manufacturing 19%, agriculture 11%, commerce 12%, utilities, construction, transport, and communications 12%, other services 21% (1988 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Uruguay on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uruguay People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uruguay People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.