Uruguay People 2008

Population:
3,460,607 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23% (male 403,745/female 390,623)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 1,096,225/female 1,112,568)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male 184,303/female 273,143) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 32.9 years
male: 31.5 years
female: 34.4 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.504% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
14.41 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
9.16 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.985 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.675 male(s)/female
total population: 0.948 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 12.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.93 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 79.3 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.97 children born/woman (2007 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 66% (less than 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)