| People | Uruguay |
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Population:
 | 3,494,382 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 92% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 21 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 22.4% (male 397,942/female 385,253) 15-64 years: 64.3% (male 1,115,963/female 1,129,478) 65 years and over: 13.3% (male 187,176/female 278,570) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 33.4 years male: 32 years female: 34.8 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.466% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 13.91 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 9.12 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | -0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 11.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 76.35 years male: 73.1 years female: 79.72 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.92 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.6% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 10,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan |
Ethnic groups:
 | white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent) |
Religions:
 | Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006) |
Languages:
 | Spanish, Portunol, or 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 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
 | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 2.9% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
 | void |
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