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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox place demographics
 | place              = [[Uruguay]]
 | image              = UruguayPop2024.png
 | image_size         = 350
 | caption            = [[Population pyramid]] of [[Uruguay]] in 2024

<!-- main demographics -->
 | size_of_population = {{increase}} 3,444,263 (2023 census)<ref>{{cite book |page=1 |publication-date=May 2021 |publisher=[[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Uruguay)|Instituto Nacional de Estadística]]. Departamento de Difusión y Comunicación |title=Proyecto Censal Censo de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2023 |url=https://censo2023.uy/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Proyecto-Censal-Censo-de-Poblacion-Hogares-y-Viviendas-2023-COMPRIMIDO.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
 | density            = {{increase}} {{cvt|19.43|/km2}} (2024 est.)
 | growth             = {{decrease}} 0.26% (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uruguay/ | title=Uruguay | date=10 May 2022 }}</ref>
 | birth              = {{decrease}} 12.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 | death              = {{decreasePositive}} 9.1 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 | life               = {{increase}} 78.9 years
 | life_male          = {{increase}} 75.8 years
 | life_female        = {{increase}} 82.1 years (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 | fertility          = {{decrease}} 1.75 children born/woman (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 | infant_mortality   = {{decreasePositive}} 8 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 | net_migration       = {{increase}} −0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

<!-- age structure -->
 | age_0-14_years     = {{decrease}} 18.9% (male 329,268/ female 317,925)
 | age_15-64_years    = {{increase}} 65.4% (male 1,112,622/ female 1,128,418)
 | age_65_years       = {{increaseNegative}} 15.7% (male 218,242/ female 318,855) (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
<!-- sex ratio -->
 | total_mf_ratio     = 0.94 male(s)/female (2024 est.)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
 | sr_at_birth        = 1.04 male(s)/female
 | sr_under_15        = 1.04 male(s)/female
 | sr_15-64_years     = 0.99 male(s)/female
 | sr_65_years_over   = 0.68 male(s)/female

<!-- nationality -->
 | nation             = [[Uruguayans|Uruguayan]]
 | major_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[White people|White]] (87.68%)<ref>{{cite web |title=La población afro-uruguaya en el Censo 2011|url=https://www.opp.gub.uy/sites/default/files/cspd/F2_Atlas_Sociodemografico_y_de_la_desigualdad_del_Uruguay_-_La_poblacion_afro_en_el_Censo_2011.pdf|work=2011 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |page=16|language=es|accessdate=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Spanish Uruguayans|Spanish]] (N/D)
** [[Italian Uruguayans|Italian]] (N/D)
** [[French Uruguayans|French]] (N/D)
** [[German Uruguayans|German]] (N/D)
** [[Arab Uruguayans|Arab]] (N/D)
** Others (N/D)
{{tree list/end}}
}}
 | minor_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Afro-Uruguayans|Black]] (4.60%)
* [[Indigenous peoples in Uruguay|Native]] (2.35%)
** [[Charrúa]] (N/D)
** Others (N/D)
* [[East Asian people|East Asian]] (0.23%)
* Other (0.15%)
* Unspecified (4.99%)
{{tree list/end}}
}}

<!-- language -->
 | official           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
 | spoken             = {{hlist|[[Italian language|Italian]]|[[Galician language|Galician]]|[[Basque language|Basque]]}}
}}

This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the population of [[Uruguay]] including population density, [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

{{Uruguay main topics}}

==Population size and structure==
{{Historical populations
|source = <ref>{{cite web |title=Población estimada, crecimiento intercensal y estructura por sexo y edad de Uruguay |url=https://www.gub.uy/instituto-nacional-estadistica/censos2023pvh |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>
|title       = Census population
|percentages = pagr
|1852|131969
|1860|223238
|1908|1042686
|1963|2634555
|1975|2828544
|1985|3008649
|1996|3258203
|2004|3341417
|2011|3412636
|2023|3499451
}}
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Uruguay}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 2,239,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 21.4%, 64.2% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 14.4% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2015">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="70pt"|Total population
! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 0–14<br />(%)
! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 15–64<br />(%)
! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 65+<br />(%)
|-
| 1950
|2 239 000||27.9||63.9||8.2
|-
| 1955
|2 373 000||27.6||64.3||8.1
|-
| 1960
|2 539 000||27.8||64.1||8.1
|-
| 1965
|2 695 000||28.1||63.6||8.3
|-
| 1970
|2 810 000||27.9||63.3||8.8
|-
| 1975
|2 830 000||27.7||62.7||9.6
|-
| 1980
|2 916 000||26.9||62.7||10.4
|-
| 1985
|3 012 000||26.8||62.3||10.9
|-
| 1990
|3 110 000||26.0||62.4||11.6
|-
| 1995
|3 225 000||25.0||62.6||12.4
|-
| 2000
|3 321 000||24.5||62.4||13.0
|-
| 2005
|3 326 000||23.8||62.8||13.5
|-
| 2010
|3 374 000||22.5||63.7||13.8
|-
| 2015
|3 432 000||21.4||64.2||14.4
|}
=== Demographic distribution ===
[[Montevideo metropolitan area|Metropolitan Montevideo]], with about one and a half million inhabitants, is the capital and largest city. The rest of the urban population lives in about 20 towns. Montevideo is about {{convert|200|km|mi|sp=us}} away from [[Buenos Aires]] in neighboring Argentina.

Uruguay is distinguished by its high literacy rate (97.3%) and a large urban middle class.

As a result of the low birth rate, high life expectancy, and relatively high rate of emigration of younger people, Uruguay's population is quite mature. In 2006, the country had a birth rate of 13.91 births per thousand population, lower than neighboring countries Argentina (16.73 births/1000 population)[3] and Brazil (16.56 births/1,000 population).

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographic distribution by departments according to the Census results
![[Departments of Uruguay|Department]]
!2011 census
!2023 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Evolución demográfica departamental - Censo 2023 |url=https://www.gub.uy/instituto-nacional-estadistica/censos2023pvh |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Artigas}}
|76,043
|77,487
|-
|{{flag|Canelones}}
|536,761
|608,956
|-
|{{flag|Cerro Largo}}
|89,223
|91,025
|-
|{{flag|Colonia}}
|127,358
|135,797
|-
|{{flag|Durazno}}
|59,018
|62,011
|-
|{{flag|Flores}}
|26,509
|26,271
|-
|{{flag|Florida Department|name=Florida}}
|69,265
|70,325
|-
|{{flag|Lavalleja}}
|60,205
|59,175
|-
|{{flag|Maldonado}}
|172,130
|212,951
|-
|{{flag|Montevideo}}
|1,375,540
|1,302,954
|-
|{{flag|Paysandú}}
|117,023
|121,843
|-
|{{flag|Río Negro Department|Río Negro}}
|56,013
|57,334
|-
|{{flag|Rivera}}
|106,522
|109,300
|-
|{{flag|Rocha}}
|73,520
|80,707
|-
|{{flag|Salto}}
|128,803
|136,197
|-
|{{flag|San José}}
|110,323
|119,714
|-
|{{flag|Soriano}}
|84,535
|83,685
|-
|{{flag|Tacuarembó}}
|93,236
|96,013
|-
|{{flag|Treinta y Tres}}
|50,611
|47,706
|}

{{Chart|definition=Uruguay Total Population.chart|data=Uruguay Total Population.tab|Width=500}}

{{Chart|definition=Uruguay Population Change.chart|data=Uruguay Population Change.tab|Width=500}}

=== Structure of the population ===
{{Hidden begin
|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 04.X.2011) (Excluding 437 homeless persons.): <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 577 416
| align="right" | 1 708 461
| align="right" | 3 285 877
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 112 704
| align="right" | 107 641
| align="right" | 220 345
| align="right" | 6.71
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 121 820
| align="right" | 116 248
| align="right" | 238 068
| align="right" | 7.25
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 131 022
| align="right" | 125 530
| align="right" | 256 552
| align="right" | 7.81
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 133 042
| align="right" | 128 649
| align="right" | 261 691
| align="right" | 7.96
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 119 928
| align="right" | 121 078
| align="right" | 241 006
| align="right" | 7.33
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 112 852
| align="right" | 115 533
| align="right" | 228 385
| align="right" | 6.95
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 113 884
| align="right" | 119 481
| align="right" | 233 365
| align="right" | 7.10
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 108 704
| align="right" | 113 817
| align="right" | 222 521
| align="right" | 6.77
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 98 612
| align="right" | 104 486
| align="right" | 203 098
| align="right" | 6.18
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 95 812
| align="right" | 102 961
| align="right" | 198 773
| align="right" | 6.05
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 93 175
| align="right" | 101 390
| align="right" | 194 565
| align="right" | 5.92
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 81 828
| align="right" | 91 179
| align="right" | 173 007
| align="right" | 5.27
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 69 864
| align="right" | 80 911
| align="right" | 150 775
| align="right" | 4.59
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 58 769
| align="right" | 72 794
| align="right" | 131 563
| align="right" | 4.00
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 47 705
| align="right" | 64 690
| align="right" | 112 395
| align="right" | 3.42
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 36 806
| align="right" | 56 853
| align="right" | 93 659
| align="right" | 2.85
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 24 912
| align="right" | 45 593
| align="right" | 70 505
| align="right" | 2.15
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 11 535
| align="right" | 25 891
| align="right" | 37 426
| align="right" | 1.14
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 3 636
| align="right" | 10 477
| align="right" | 14 113
| align="right" | 0.43
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 733
| align="right" | 2 813
| align="right" | 3 546
| align="right" | 0.11
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 73
| align="right" | 446
| align="right" | 519
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 365 546
| align="right" | 349 419
| align="right" | 714 965
| align="right" | 21.76
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 1 027 701
| align="right" | 1 079 485
| align="right" | 2 107 186
| align="right" | 64.13
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 184 169
| align="right" | 279 557
| align="right" | 464 026
| align="right" | 14.12
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

{{Hidden begin
|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Data refer to national projections.): <ref name="auto"/>
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 718 089
| align="right" | 1 824 936
| align="right" | 3 543 026
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 115 596
| align="right" | 110 257
| align="right" | 225 853
| align="right" | 6.37
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 117 523
| align="right" | 112 140
| align="right" | 229 663
| align="right" | 6.48
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 120 433
| align="right" | 115 127
| align="right" | 235 560
| align="right" | 6.65
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 127 596
| align="right" | 122 265
| align="right" | 249 861
| align="right" | 7.05
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 135 201
| align="right" | 130 480
| align="right" | 265 682
| align="right" | 7.50
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 134 040
| align="right" | 131 180
| align="right" | 265 220
| align="right" | 7.49
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 125 736
| align="right" | 124 495
| align="right" | 250 231
| align="right" | 7.06
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 118 584
| align="right" | 119 068
| align="right" | 237 652
| align="right" | 6.71
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 118 608
| align="right" | 122 445
| align="right" | 241 053
| align="right" | 6.80
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 111 148
| align="right" | 115 632
| align="right" | 226 780
| align="right" | 6.40
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 99 048
| align="right" | 106 336
| align="right" | 205 384
| align="right" | 5.80
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 94 956
| align="right" | 104 859
| align="right" | 199 816
| align="right" | 5.64
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 86 974
| align="right" | 99 168
| align="right" | 186 142
| align="right" | 5.25
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 71 453
| align="right" | 86 108
| align="right" | 157 560
| align="right" | 4.45
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 54 568
| align="right" | 71 791
| align="right" | 126 360
| align="right" | 3.57
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 39 695
| align="right" | 58 860
| align="right" | 98 555
| align="right" | 2.78
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 25 487
| align="right" | 44 662
| align="right" | 70 149
| align="right" | 1.98
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 14 098
| align="right" | 30 179
| align="right" | 44 277
| align="right" | 1.25
|-
| align="right" | 90+
| align="right" | 7 343
| align="right" | 19 885
| align="right" | 27 227
| align="right" | 0.77
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 353 552
| align="right" | 337 524
| align="right" | 691 076
| align="right" | 19.51
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 1 151 893
| align="right" | 1 175 927
| align="right" | 2 327 820
| align="right" | 65.70
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 212 644
| align="right" | 311 485
| align="right" | 524 129
| align="right" | 14.79
|-
|}
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==Vital statistics==
{{Chart|definition=Uruguay TFR.chart|data=Uruguay TFR.tab|Width=500}}

===Official vital statistics===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="70pt"|Average population<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United nations. Demographic Yearbooks|website=Unstats.un.org|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/socio-demograficos/vitales2008.asp|title=Instituto Nacional de Estadistica: Estadisticas vitales|website=Ine.gub.uy|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918154131/http://www.ine.gub.uy/socio-demograficos/vitales2008.asp|archive-date=18 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width="70pt"|Live births
! width="70pt"|Deaths
! width="70pt"|Natural change
! width="70pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|Crude migration rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt"|[[Total fertility rate]]{{refn|group=fn|In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases. }}<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| 1900
| 926,000
|30,580||12,878||17,702
|33.0||13.9||19.1 ||
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.5
|-
| 1901
| 951,000
|31,703||12,504||19,199
|33.3||13.1||20.2||6.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.41
|-
| 1902
| 976,000
|31,526||13,439||18,087
|32.3||13.8||18.5||7.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.31
|-
| 1903
|1,004,000
|32,600||13,673||18,927
|32.5||13.6||18.9||9.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.34
|-
| 1904
|1,023,000
|style="text-align:right; color:red;"|26,984||11,515||15,469
|26.4||11.3||15.1||3.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.37
|-
| 1905
|1,056,000
|33,709||13,612||20,097
|31.9||12.9||19.0||12.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.4
|-
| 1906
|1,087,000
|32,578||15,083||17,495
|30.0||13.9||16.1||12.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.42
|-
| 1907
|1,124,000
|33,657||15,561||18,096
|29.9||13.8||16.1||16.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.45
|-
| 1908
|1,043,000
|35,520||14,421||21,099
|34.1||13.8||20.2||-97.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.43
|-
| 1909
|1,079,000
|35,663||15,249||20,414
|33.1||14.1||18.9||14.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.41
|-
| 1910
|1,116,000
|35,927||16,515||19,412
|32.2||14.8||17.4||15.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.38
|-
| 1911
|1,160,000
|37,530||16,552||20,978
|32.4||14.3||18.1||19.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.36
|-
| 1912
|1,208,000
|39,171||16,745||22,426
|32.4||13.9||18.6||21.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.34
|-
| 1913
|1,261,000
|40,315||15,374||24,941
|32.0||12.2||19.8||22.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.22
|-
| 1914
|1,297,000
|38,571||15,350||23,221
|29.7||11.8||17.9||9.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.1
|-
| 1915
|1,327,000
|38,046||16,602||21,444
|28.7||12.5||16.2||6.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.98
|-
| 1916
|1,359,000
|36,983||20,338||16,645
|27.2||15.0||12.2||11.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.86
|-
| 1917
|1,387,000
|36,752||17,348||19,404
|26.5||12.5||14.0||6.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.74
|-
| 1918
|1,409,000
|38,914||20,009||18,905
|27.6||14.2||13.4||2.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.69
|-
| 1919
|1,442,000
|39,307||18,904||20,403
|27.3||13.1||14.1||8.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.64
|-
| 1920
|1,473,000
|39,335||19,041||20,294
|26.7||12.9||13.8||7.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.59
|-
| 1921
|1,505,000
|39,611||18,449||21,162
|26.3||12.3||14.1||7.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.53
|-
| 1922
|1,542,000
|40,261||16,415||23,846
|26.1||10.6||15.5||8.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.48
|-
| 1923
|1,579,000
|40,231||18,110||22,121
|25.5||11.5||14.0||9.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.45
|-
| 1924
|1,616,000
|41,880||19,132||22,748
|25.9||11.8||14.1||8.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.43
|-
| 1925
|1,653,000
|42,167||19,332||22,835
|25.5||11.7||13.8||8.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.4
|-
| 1926
|1,695,000
|43,091||17,828||25,263
|25.4||10.5||14.9||9.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.37
|-
| 1927
|1,737,000
|42,845||19,939||22,906
|24.7||11.5||13.2||11.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.34
|-
| 1928
|1,782,000
|44,632||19,070||25,562
|25.0||10.7||14.3||11.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.27
|-
| 1929
|1,823,000
|44,236||19,660||24,576
|24.3||10.8||13.5||9.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.2
|-
| 1930
|1,875,000
|45,718||20,049||25,669
|24.4||10.7||13.7||14.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.13
|-
| 1931
|1,922,000
|44,854||21,163||23,691
|23.3||11.0||12.3||12.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3.06
|-
| 1932
|1,956,000
|44,036||19,825||24,211
|22.5||10.1||12.4||5.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.99
|-
| 1933
|1,982,000
|41,650||20,358||21,292
|21.0||10.3||10.7||2.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.93
|-
| 1934
|2,007,000
|41,337||20,065||21,272
|20.6||10.0||10.6||1.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.86
|-
| 1935
|2,030,000
|41,426||21,514||19,912
|20.4||10.6||9.8||1.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.8
|-
| 1936
|2,053,000
|40,705||19,843||20,862
|19.8||9.7||10.2||1.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.74
|-
| 1937
|2,080,000
|41,337||21,561||19,776
|19.9||10.4||9.5||3.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.68
|-
| 1938
|2,108,000
|41,701||21,658||20,043
|19.8||10.3||9.5||3.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1939
|2,132,000
|42,862||19,341||23,521
|20.1||9.1||11.0||0.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1940
|2,155,000
|42,893||20,695||22,198
|19.9||9.6||10.3||0.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1941
|2,175,000
|44,287||20,381||23,906
|20.4||9.4||11.0||-1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1942
|2,194,000
|42,670||20,646||22,024
|19.4||9.4||10.0||-1.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1943
|2,211,000
|43,500||20,738||22,762
|19.7||9.4||10.3||-2.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1944
|2,216,000
|46,443||19,990||26,453
|21.0||9.0||11.9||-9.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1945
|2,266,000
|49,021||19,627||29,394
|21.6||8.7||13.0||9.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1946
|2,290,000
|48,978||18,415||30,563
|21.4||8.0||13.3||-2.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1947
|2,317,000
|46,796||20,139||26,657
|20.2||8.7||11.5||0.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1948
|2,343,000
|49,033||19,326||29,707
|20.9||8.2||12.7||-1.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1949
|2,383,000
|54,838||18,351||36,487
|23.0||7.7||15.3||1.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1950
|2,239,000
|56,858||19,199||37,659
|25.4||8.6||16.8||-81.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1951
|2,261,000
|45,281||19,190||26,091
|20.0||8.5||11.5||-1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1952
|2,286,000
|46,710||19,083||27,627
|20.4||8.4||12.1||-1.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1953
|2,313,000
|47,464||19,408||28,056
|20.5||8.4||12.1||-0.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1954
|2,342,000
|49,888||19,153||30,735
|21.3||8.2||13.1||-0.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1955
|2,373,000
|56,111||20,611||35,500
|23.7||8.7||15.0||-1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1956
|2,405,000
|56,389||19,895||36,494
|23.5||8.3||15.2||-1.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1957
|2,438,000
|56,337||21,722||34,615
|23.1||8.9||14.2||-0.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1958
|2,471,000
|57,100||20,937||36,163
|23.1||8.5||14.6||-1.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1959
|2,505,000
|56,589||23,523||33,066
|22.6||9.4||13.2||0.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1960
|2,539,000
|56,302||22,104||38,507
|22.2||8.7||15.2||-1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1961
|2,572,000
|54,950||21,954||42,503
|21.4||8.5||16.5||-3.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1962
|2,604,000
|56,120||22,563||43,541
|21.6||8.7||16.7||-4.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1963
|2,635,000
|57,141||23,524||39,542
|21.7||8.9||15.0||-3.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1964
|2,666,000
|55,100||24,118||38,707
|20.7||9.0||14.5||-2.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1965
|2,695,000
|53,830||24,774||35,440
|20.0||9.2||13.2||-2.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1966
|2,723,000
|51,120||24,862||33,966
|18.8||9.1||12.5||-2.2
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1967
|2,750,000
|52,010||26,484||34,024
|18.9||9.6||12.4||-2.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1968
|2,775,000
|53,330||25,991||35,277
|19.2||9.4||12.7||-3.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1969
|2,795,000
|56,750||27,544||28,456
|20.3||9.9||10.2||-3.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1970
|2,810,000
|54,870||26,441||28,429
|19.5||9.4||10.1||-4.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1971
|2,818,000
|55,990||28,527||27,463
|19.9||10.1||9.7||-6.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1972
|2,821,000
|56,470||28,327||28,143
|20.0||10.0||10.0||-8.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1973
|2,822,000
|56,640||28,438||28,202
|20.1||10.1||10.0||-10.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1974
|2,824,000
|58,280||28,289||29,991
|20.7||10.0||10.6||-9.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1975
|2,830,000
|59,140||27,439||31,703
|20.9||9.7||11.2||-9.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1976
|2,842,000
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|59,190||28,845||30,345
|20.8||10.2||10.7||-6.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1977
|2,857,000
|57,976||28,927||29,049
|20.3||10.1||10.2||-4.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1978
|2,876,000
|57,276||28,076||29,235
|19.9||9.8||10.2||-3.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1979
|2,896,000
|55,770||28,321||27,449
|19.3||9.8||9.5||-2.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1980
|2,916,000
|53,854||29,844||24,010
|19.1||10.6||8.5||-1.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1981
|2,935,000
|53,923||27,644||26,279
|18.4||9.4||9.0||-2.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1982
|2,954,000
|53,594||27,186||26,527
|18.2||9.2||9.0||-2.6
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1983
|2,973,000
|53,405||28,475||24,930
|18.0||9.6||8.4||-2.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1984
|2,993,000
|53,348||30,011||23,337
|17.8||10.0||7.8||-1.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1985
|3,012,000
|53,766||28,566||25,200
|17.9||9.5||8.4||-2.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1986
|3,031,000
|54,080||28,791||25,289
|17.9||9.5||8.4||-2.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1987
|3,050,000
|53,368||29,885||23,483
|17.5||9.8||7.7||-1.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1988
|3,069,000
|55,798||30,912||24,886
|18.2||10.1||8.1||-1.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1989
|3,089,000
|55,324||29,629||25,703
|17.9||9.6||8.3||-1.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1990
|3,110,000
|56,013||30,225||26,277
|18.0||9.7||8.5||-1.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|
|-
| 1991
|3,132,000
|54,754||29,787||24,980
|17.5||9.5||8.0||-1.0
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.51
|-
| 1992
|3,155,000
|54,190||29,964||24,182
|17.2||9.5||7.7||-0.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.49
|-
| 1993
|3,178,000
|55,953||31,547||24,337
|17.6||9.9||7.7||-0.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.47
|-
| 1994
|3,201,000
|55,990||30,122||25,868
|17.5||9.4||8.1||-0.9
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.44
|-
| 1995
|3,224,000
|56,695||31,525||25,170
|17.6||9.8||7.8||-0.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.40
|-
| 1996
|3,258,203
|58,862||31,108||27,754
|18.1||9.6||8.5||-1.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.36
|-
| 1997
|3,285,940
|56,344||30,451||27,581
|17.7||9.3||8.4||-1.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.33
|-
| 1998
|3,312,094
|54,760||31,917||22,843
|16.6||9.7||6.9||-0.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.29
|-
| 1999
|3,335,615
|54,004||32,430||21,574
|16.3||9.8||6.5||-1.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.27
|-
| 2000
|3,349,115
|52,770||30,456||22,314
|15.9||9.2||6.7||-3.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.24
|-
| 2001
|3,351,491
|51,959||31,228||20,731
|15.6||9.4||6.2||-4.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.22
|-
| 2002
|3,346,677
|51,953||31,628||20,325
|15.6||9.5||6.1||-5.8
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.21
|-
| 2003
|3,338,399
|50,631||32,587||18,044
|15.2||9.8||5.4||-6.3
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.19
|-
| 2004
|3,341,417
|50,052||32,222||17,832
|15.1||9.7||5.4||-5.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.17
|-
| 2005
|3,352,355
|46,944||32,319||14,625
|14.1||9.7||4.4||-4.1
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.16
|-
| 2006
|3,358,005
|47,410||31,056||16,354
|14.2||9.3||4.9||-3.4
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.14
|-
| 2007
|3,358,794
|47,373||33,706||13,667
|14.2||10.1||4.1||-1.7
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.13
|-
| 2008
|3,363,060
|47,484||31,363||16,121
|14.2||9.4||4.8||-1.5
|style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|2.11
|-
| 2009
|3,378,083
|47,152||32,179||14,973
|14.1||9.6||4.5||-1.2
|2.09
|-
| 2010
|3,396,706
|47,420||33,474||13,946
|14.1||10.0||4.2||-0.6
|2.08
|-
| 2011
|3,412,636
|46,699||32,807||13,892
|13.9||9.7||4.1||-0.8
|2.06
|-
| 2012
|3,427,550
|48,200||33,002||15,198
|14.3||9.8||4.5||8.1
|2.05
|-
| 2013
|3,442,033
|48,681||32,795||15,886
|14.2||9.5||4.7||-0.6
|2.03
|-
| 2014
|3,457,315
|48,368||32,120||16,248
|14.0||9.4||4.6||-0.8
|2.02
|-
| 2015
|3,472,590
|48,926||32,967||15,959
|14.1||9.5||4.6||-0.6
|1.95
|-
| 2016
|3,486,152
|47,049||34,274||12,775
|13.5||9.8||3.7||-0.3
|1.87
|-
| 2017
|3,496,713
|43,036||33,173||9,863
|12.3||9.5||2.8||1.2
||1.71
|-
| 2018
|3,503,978
|40,139||34,269||5,870
|11.4||9.8||1.6||2.1
| 1.60
|-
| 2019
|3,507,770
|37,468||34,807||2,661
|10.6||9.9||0.7||2.7
|| 1.50
|-
| 2020
|style="color: blue"|3,510,305
|35,866||32,640||3,226
|10.2||9.2||1.0||2.7
|| 1.40
|-
| 2021
|3,508,363
|34,597||style="color: red"|  41,729||style="color: red"|-7,132
|9.8||11.8||style="color: red"|-2.0||5.4
|1.34
|-
| 2022
|3,501,498
|32,301||39,376||style="color: red"|-7,075
|9.1||11.1||style="color: red"|-2.0||5.3
| 1.28
|-
| 2023
|3,496,400
|31,381||34,677||style="color: red"|-3,296
|9.0||9.9||style="color: red"|-0.9||-31.1
|| 1.25
|-
| 2024
|3,491,764
|29,899||35,956||style="color: red"|–6,057
|8.6||10.3||style="color: red"|–1.7||0.41
|style="text-align:right; color:red;"| 1.19(e)
|-
| 2025
|3,485,931
||||
||||||
|
|
|
|}

====Current vital statistics====
{{Update|section|date=July 2025}}
<ref>{{cite journal |title=Excess mortality using raw death counts |url=https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid#excess-mortality-using-raw-death-counts |journal=Our World in Data |date=5 March 2020 |access-date=22 October 2022 |last1=Mathieu |first1=Edouard |last2=Ritchie |first2=Hannah |author2-link=Hannah Ritchie |last3=Rodés-Guirao |first3=Lucas |last4=Appel |first4=Cameron |last5=Giattino |first5=Charlie |last6=Hasell |first6=Joe |last7=MacDonald |first7=Bobbie |last8=Dattani |first8=Saloni |last9=Beltekian |first9=Diana |last10=Ortiz-Ospina |first10=Esteban |last11=Roser |first11=Max }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January - May 2022'''
| 
| 16,657
| 
|-
| '''January - May 2023'''
| 
| 13,750
| 
|-
| '''Difference'''
| 
| {{decreasepositive}} -2,907 (-17.45%)
| 
|}

===Total fertility rate (1880–1899)===
The [[total fertility rate]] is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: [[Our World In Data]] and [[Gapminder Foundation]].<ref name="ourworldindata.org">{{citation|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1880&time=1800..2015&country=URY|title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries|author=Max Roser|date=2014|work=[[Our World In Data]], [[Gapminder Foundation]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1880!!1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in Uruguay||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.76||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.76|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.76 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.71||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.21||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.45||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.56||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.64||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.63||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.57||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.45
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in Uruguay||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.44||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.31|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.04 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.11||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.25||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.07||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.3||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.5||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.6
|}

===UN estimates===
The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates for Uruguay.
<ref name="WPP 2010">{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|archivedate=6 May 2011|website=population.un.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2|Period
! rowspan=2|Live births<br />per year
! rowspan=2|Deaths<br />per year
! rowspan=2|Natural change<br />per year
! rowspan=2|CBR*
! rowspan=2|CDR*
! rowspan=2|NC*
! rowspan=2|TFR*
! rowspan=2|IMR*
! colspan=3|Life expectancy
|-
! total
! males
! females
|-
| 1950–1955 || 49,000|| 24,000|| 25,000||21.2||10.5||10.7||2.73||57||66.0||63.3||69.3
|-
| 1955–1960 || 54,000|| 25,000|| 29,000||21.9||10.0||11.9||2.83||53||67.0||64.2||70.3
|-
| 1960–1965 || 57,000|| 25,000|| 32,000||21.9||9.5||12.4||2.90||48||68.3||65.3||71.5
|-
| 1965–1970 || 56,000|| 26,000|| 30,000||20.5||9.6||10.8||2.80||47||68.5||65.5||71.8
|-
| 1970–1975 || 60,000|| 28,000|| 32,000||21.1||10.0||11.1||3.00||46||68.7||65.6||72.1
|-
| 1975–1980 || 58,000|| 29,000|| 29,000||20.2||10.1||10.1||2.89||42||69.5||66.3||73.1
|-
| 1980–1985 || 54,000|| 29,000|| 25,000||18.3||9.8||8.5||2.57||34||70.9||67.6||74.5
|-
| 1985–1990 || 56,000|| 30,000|| 26,000||18.2||9.8||8.4||2.53||23||72.1||68.6||75.7
|-
| 1990–1995 || 58,000|| 31,000|| 27,000||18.2||9.7||8.5||2.49||20||73.0||69.2||76.8
|-
| 1995–2000 || 55,000|| 31,000|| 24,000||16.9||9.5||7.4||2.30||16||74.2||70.4||77.9
|-
| 2000–2005 || 53,000|| 31,000|| 22,000||15.9||9.5||6.5||2.20||14||75.3||71.6||78.9
|-
| 2005–2010 || 51,000|| 31,000|| 20,000||15.1||9.3||5.8||2.12||13||76.4||72.7||79.9
|-
| 2010–2015 || 49,000|| 32,000|| 17,000||14.5||9.4||5.1||2.05||11||77.1||73.6||80.5
|-
| 2015–2020 || 49,000|| 32,000|| 17,000||14.1||9.3||4.8||2.00||10||77.9||74.5||81.1
|-
|align="left" colspan="12" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}

===Life expectancy===
[[File:Life expectancy in Uruguay.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in Uruguay since 1900]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Uruguay -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Uruguay since 1960 by gender]]

==Ethnic groups ==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Racial groups in Uruguay (2011 census)<ref name=enha_asc>{{cite web|title=Atlas Sociodemografico y de la Desigualdad en Uruguay, 2011: Ancestry |language=es |publisher=National Institute of Statistics |url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/Atlas_Sociodemografico/Atlas_fasciculo_2_Afrouruguayos.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209083630/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/Atlas_Sociodemografico/Atlas_fasciculo_2_Afrouruguayos.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2014 |page=15}}</ref><ref name=CIA>{{cite web |author=Central Intelligence Agency |title=Uruguay |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |location=Langley, Virginia |year=2016 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uruguay/ |access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
|label1 = [[White Latin Americans|Whites]]
|value1 = 87.68
|color1 = #FBC5A7
|label2 = [[Afro-Uruguayan|Blacks]]
|value2 = 4.60
|color2 = #62402F
|label3 = [[Indigenous peoples in Uruguay|Indigenous]]
|value3 = 2.35
|color3 = #BE7343
|label4 = [[Asian Latin American|East Asians]]
|value4 = 0.23
|color4 = #E8BF88
|label5 = Other/none
|value5 = 5.14
|color5 = Lightgray
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Most Uruguayans are descended from colonial-era settlers and [[Immigration to Uruguay|immigrants]] from Europe with almost 88% of the population being of either sole or partial [[European ethnic groups|European descent]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portal/constituciones/pais.formato?pais=Uruguay&indice=datos|title=Constituciones hispanoamericanas|website=Cervantesvirtual.com|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> with a majority of these being [[Spaniards]], followed closely by [[Italians]], and smaller numbers of [[French people|French]], [[Germans]], [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], British ([[English people|English]] or [[Scottish people|Scots]]), [[Irish people|Irish]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]], [[Russians]], [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Bulgarians]], [[Hungarians]], [[Ukrainians]], [[Lithuanians]], [[Estonians]], [[Latvians]], [[Swedish people|Swedes]], [[Danish people|Danes]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[Belgians]], [[Austrians]], [[Croats]], [[Serbs]], [[Greeks]] and others.

There are also smaller numbers of [[Western Asia]]n (Turks, Israelis, and Lebanese) and [[South Caucasus]] ethnic groups ([[Armenian people|Armenians]], [[Georgians]], and [[Azeris]]).

Many Swiss settlements (''colonias'' or "colonies"), such as Colonia Suiza, [[Colonia Valdense]] and [[Nueva Helvecia]], were founded in the department of [[Colonia Department|Colonia]]. Also, there are towns founded by early British settlers, such as [[Conchillas]] and [[Barker, Uruguay|Barker]]. A Russian colony called [[San Javier, Uruguay|San Javier]] was founded in the 1910s in the department of [[Río Negro Department|Río Negro]]. There are also [[Mennonite]] colonies in the department of Río Negro and in the department of [[Canelones Department|Canelones]].

Many of the European immigrants arrived in the late 19th century and have heavily influenced the architecture and culture of Montevideo and other major cities. For this reason, Montevideo and life within the city are very reminiscent of Western Europe.

The rest of the Uruguayan population is Black/[[Afro-Uruguayan]] of African descent and about 1 or 2% are of Asian descent, mostly are Lebanese/Syrian Arab, and Chinese or Japanese ancestry.

[[Amerindians]] descendants make up a small population in the Rural North region, with [[Mestizo]]s making up 6% of the population.

Uruguay has the highest percentage of self-identified [[White Latin Americans]] of any country in Latin America, however genetic studies have found that over a third of Uruguayans in the samples studied had Amerindian admixture.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lr21.com.uy/comunidad/462619-en-uruguay-hay-115118-descendientes-de-indigenas | title=En Uruguay hay 115.118 descendientes de indígenas | date=14 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uypress.net/Secciones/En-Uruguay-un-34-de-la-poblacion-tiene-ascendencia-indigena-uc80899 | title=En Uruguay un 34% de la población tiene ascendencia indígena }}</ref>

==Emigration==
{{main article|Emigration from Uruguay}}
During the past four decades, an estimated 500,000 Uruguayans had emigrated, principally to Brazil, Argentina and Europe. (Argentina is the main destination for Uruguayans, but they are also drawn to Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany.)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Main countries of origin immigrants in Uruguay 2020|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272980/leading-countries-origin-migrants-uruguay/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Statista|language=en}}</ref> Other Uruguayans went to various countries in Europe, Australia and the USA.

Neighboring ties and short distances between Uruguayan cities and Argentine capital Buenos Aires, have drawn a path of success for very talented Uruguayans who settled in the neighbor country and became famous and locally accepted. Some famous Uruguayans who excelled in Argentina are entrepreneur and financier [[Juan Navarro Castex|Juan Navarro]], sports journalist [[Victor Hugo Morales]], singer and actress [[Natalia Oreiro]], soccer players [[Antonio Alzamendi]], [[Enzo Francescoli]] and [[Carlos Goyen]], actor [[Daniel Hendler]], actress [[China Zorrilla]], entertainer [[Carlos Perciavalle]] and former playboy and journalist [[Luis César Avilés]].

Emigration to the United States also rose at the beginning of the century, but remains a small part of the US population. The majority of Uruguayans in the US live in [[New York City]], [[New Jersey]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Florida]], and urban areas of [[California]].

==Religion==
{{Main article|Religion in Uruguay}}
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|title=Religion in Uruguay <ref name="CIAPAPUANEWGUINEA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uruguay/|title=South America :: URUGUAY|date=10 May 2022 |publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Judaism|Jewish]]|black|0.3}}

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Uruguay has no official religion, church and state are officially separated, and [[religious freedom]] is guaranteed. A 2008 survey by the [[National Statistics Institute (Uruguay)|National Statistics Institute]] gave Catholicism as the main religion, with 45.7% of the population, 9.0% are non-Catholic Christians, 0.6% are [[Animists]] or [[Umbanda|Umbandists]] (an [[Afro-Brazilian]] religion) and 0.4% Jewish. 30.1% reported believing in a god, but not belonging to any religion, while 14% were [[Atheist]] or Agnostic.<ref name="ine-rel">{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gub.uy/anda/ddibrowser/?id=11&section=variable&varid=V157 |title=Encuesta Continua de Hogares 2008 – Religion |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |access-date=2010-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114015256/http://www.ine.gub.uy/anda/ddibrowser/?id=11&section=variable&varid=V157 |archive-date=14 November 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Among the sizeable [[Armenians in Uruguay|Armenian]] community in Montevideo the dominant religion is Christianity, specifically [[Armenian Apostolic]].<ref>{{cite web|author=1/0 Technology Corp. – Paul R. Williams, John BUDDAY Running |url=http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=533 |title=Armenian General Benevolent Union – Publications |publisher=Agbu.org |access-date=2010-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116205137/http://agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=533 |archive-date=16 November 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Political observers consider Uruguay the most secular country in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/laas/Uruguay.html |title=UMM &#124; Latin American Area Studies – Countries |publisher=Morris.umn.edu |date=27 August 2009 |access-date=2010-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714153604/http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/laas/Uruguay.html |archive-date=14 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Uruguay's secularization began with the relatively minor role of the church in the colonial era, compared with other parts of the [[Spanish Empire]]. The small numbers of Uruguay's Indians and their fierce resistance to proselytism reduced the influence of the ecclesiastical authorities.<ref name="rel-cs"/>

After independence, [[Anti-clericalism|anticlerical]] ideas spread to Uruguay, particularly from France, further eroding the influence of the church.<ref name=government>{{cite web |title=Explore Uruguay – About Uruguay Government |url=http://www.explore-uruguay.com/uruguay-government.html |publisher=Explore Uruguay |access-date=23 March 2011}}</ref> In 1837, civil marriage was recognized and in 1861 the state took over the running of public cemeteries. In 1907, divorce was legalized and in 1909, all religious instruction was banned from state schools.<ref name="rel-cs"/> Under the influence of the [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado]] reformer [[José Batlle y Ordóñez]] (1903–1911) complete separation of church and state was introduced with the new [[Constitution of Uruguay|constitution of 1917]].<ref name="rel-cs">{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/uruguay/43.htm |title=Religion – Uruguay |publisher=Library of Congress Country Studies |access-date=23 February 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Uruguay}}
* [[Emigration from Uruguay]]
* [[Immigration to Uruguay]]
* [[Uruguayan people]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|es}} {{Official website|https://www.gub.uy/instituto-nacional-estadistica/}} – Instituto Nacional de Estadística

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