Population: 2,988,813 (July 1989), growth rate 0.4% (1989)

Birth rate: 17 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 2 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 34 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 75 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 2.3 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Uruguayan(s); adjective--Uruguayan

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

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

Language: Spanish

Literacy: 94%

Labor force: 1,300,000; 25% government, 19% manufacturing, 11% agriculture, 12% commerce, 12% utilities, construction, transport, and communications, 21% other services (1988 est.)

Organized labor: Interunion Workers' Assembly/National Workers' Confederation (PIT/CNT) Labor Federation

NOTE: The information regarding Uruguay on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uruguay People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uruguay People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.