Short facts about people of Uruguay

Population:

3,360,105 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  24.39% (male 419,932; female 399,605) 15-64 years:  62.61% (male 1,038,785; female 1,064,891) 65 years and over:  13% (male 180,130; female 256,762) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.78% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

17.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

9.03 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.7 male(s)/female total population:  0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

14.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  75.44 years male:  72.11 years female:  78.96 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.33% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

6,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

150 (1999 est.)

Nationality:

noun:  Uruguayan(s) adjective:  Uruguayan

Ethnic groups:

white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian, practically nonexistent

Religions:

Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%

Languages:

Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  97.3% male:  96.9% female:  97.7% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook