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Uruguay People 1996

Population:

3,222,716 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

25% (female 392,262; male 409,580)

15-64 years:

63% (female 1,026,314; male 995,492)

65 years and over:

12% (female 233,377; male 165,691) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.74% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

17.57 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

9.27 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

16.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

74.46 years

male:

71.24 years

female:

77.83 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.41 children born/woman (1995 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.)

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