| Official name | Oriental Republic of the Uruguay |
| Name in local language | República Oriental del Uruguay (es) |
| Continent | Americas |
| Subcontinent | South America |
| Population (ranking: 136e) | 3,530,912 inhabitants (2020) |
| Population growth | 0.37 % / year |
| Area | 175,016 km² |
| Density | 20.17 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 83e) | 59.597 billions $USD (2018) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 17,278 $USD (2018) |
| GDP growth | 1.60 % / year (2018) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) | 77.80 years (2018) |
| Birth rate | 13.10 ‰ (2017) |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 children / woman (2017) |
| Death rate (ranking) | 9.44 ‰ (2017) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) | 7.50 ‰ (2015) |
| Literacy rate | 98.49 % (2015) |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Currency | Uruguayan peso (UYU) |
| HDI (ranking: 83e) | 0.808 / 1 (2018) |
| EPI (ranking) | 64.65 (2018) |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Head of State | President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou |
| National Day | 25 August (declaration of independence of 1825) |
| ISO Codes | UY, URY |
| Demonym | Uruguayan |
| Tourists (ranking) | 3,674,000 people (2017) |
Uruguay is a country in South America located in the south of Brazil and in the east of Argentina, from which it is separated by the Uruguay River which gave it its name. Uruguay is a small, sparsely populated country, “stuck” between the two giants.
The capital Montevideo gathers nearly 60% of the total population of the country, and the demographic weight of its urban area increases each year. This leaves little place for the rest of the country’s urban network, whose framework is poorly developed.
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Urban areas (2017)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Montevideo | 2,078,343 inhabitants |
| Salto-Concordia (Argentine) | 266,053 inhabitants |
| Rivera-Santana do Livramento (Brésil) | 147,789 inhabitants |
| Maldonado-Punta del Este | 135,399 inhabitants |
| Paysandú | 96,314 inhabitants |
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Administrative divisions
| Departments | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Artigas | 74,811 inhabitants | 11,928 km² |
| Canelones | 581,531 inhabitants | 4,536 km² |
| Cerro Largo | 89,558 inhabitants | 13,648 km² |
| Colonia | 130,009 inhabitants | 6,106 km² |
| Durazno | 58,995 inhabitants | 11,643 km² |
| Flores | 26,504 inhabitants | 5,144 km² |
| Florida | 69,313 inhabitants | 10,417 km² |
| Lavalleja | 59,161 inhabitants | 10,016 km² |
| Maldonado | 187,575 inhabitants | 4,793 km² |
| Montevideo | 1,381,228 inhabitants | 530 km² |
| Paysandú | 119,094 inhabitants | 13,922 km² |
| Río Negro | 57,644 inhabitants | 9,282 km² |
| Rivera | 108,319 inhabitants | 9,370 km² |
| Rocha | 73,999 inhabitants | 10,551 km² |
| Salto | 132,294 inhabitants | 14,163 km² |
| San José | 115,584 inhabitants | 4,992 km² |
| Soriano | 84,032 inhabitants | 9,008 km² |
| Tacuarembó | 93,039 inhabitants | 15,438 km² |
| Treinta y Tres | 50,516 inhabitants | 9,529 km² |