Uruguay People:
Population:
3,415,920 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.2% (male:403,041; female:389,427)
15-64 years: 63.6% (male:1,076,960; female:1,095,833)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male:183,877; female:266,782) (2005)
Median age:
total: 32.46 years
male: 31.02 years
female: 33.95 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.47% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
14.09 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
9.06 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.28 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 11.95 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 13.27 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 10.58 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 76.13 years (2005 est.)
male: 72.92 years
female: 79.45 years
Total fertility rate:
1.91 children born/woman (2005 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 (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly) 66%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
Languages:
Spanish, Portunol, 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)
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