People

Population: 3 284 841 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 24% (male 405 894; female 386 479)

15-64 years: 63% (male 1 019 682; female 1 048 844)

65 years and over: 13% (male 176 467; female 247 475) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.71% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 16.92 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 8.89 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.91 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 14.11 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 75.53 years

male: 72.39 years

female: 78.84 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.29 children born/woman (1998 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 2% nonprofessing or other 30%

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.)