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Uruguay
Community
Area 176,215 square kilometres (land area 175,015 square kilometres)
Population,
74,000 (1830)
250,000 (1850)
450,000 (1875)
684,000 (1889)
915,647 (1900)
978,000 (1902)
1,042,686 (1908)
1,094,688 (1910)
2,194,000 (1950)
2,540,000 (1960)
2,810,000 (1970)
2,915,000 (1980)
3,110,000 (1990)
3,319,000 (2000)
3,359,000 (2010)
3,412,000 (2015)
3,449,000 (2017)
Ethnicity, %
|
|
Amerindian Indigenous |
Asian |
Black |
Mixed race |
White |
|
1938 |
|
|
|
12.0 |
86.0 |
|
1990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
88.0 |
Religion %,
|
|
Christian all |
Christian R C |
Jewish |
No religion |
|
1938 |
|
|
|
|
|
1947 |
|
|
1.7 |
|
|
1990 |
58.0 |
|
|
|
|
2009 |
57.9 |
47.1 |
0.3 |
17.2 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30.0 |
|
1950 |
|
21.0 (+10.0) |
65.7 |
11.0 |
27.9 |
8.2 |
56.6 |
|
1960 |
2.9 |
22.0 (+12.3) |
57.7 |
9.7 |
27.9 |
8.2 |
80.2 |
|
1970 |
2.9 |
21.0 (+11.2) |
48.6 |
9.8 |
27.9 |
8.9 |
82.4 |
|
1980 |
2.7 |
19.0 (+9.0) |
35.0 |
10.0 |
26.9 |
10.5 |
85.4 |
|
1990 |
2.5 |
18.3 (+8.5) |
20.6 |
9.8 |
26.0 |
11.6 |
89.0 |
|
2000 |
2.2 |
16.4 (+7.7) |
15.0 |
9.4 |
24.6 |
13.1 |
92.0 |
|
2010 |
2.0 |
14.8 (+5.3) |
8.5 |
9.5 |
22.5 |
13.9 |
94.4 |
|
2015 |
2.0 |
14.1 (+4.8) |
7.6 |
9.3 |
21.4 |
14.4 |
95.3 |
|
2016 |
|
|
7.2 |
|
21.2 |
14.5 |
95.5 |
|
2017 |
2.0 |
14.0 (+4.6) |
6.8 |
9.4 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
6.4 |
|
20.6 |
14.8 |
|
Life expectancy,
66.3 (1952); 63.0 (M), 69.0 (F)
67.9 (1960); 64.9 (M), 71.1 (F)
68.7 (1970); 65.5 (M), 72.0 (F)
70.3 (1980); 66.9 (M), 73.8 (F)
72.5 (1990); 68.8 (M), 76.4 (F)
74.7 (2000); 71.1 (M), 78.5 (F)
76.4 (2010); 72.9 (M), 80.1 (F)
77.1 (2015); 73.7 (M), 80.8 (F)
78.0 (2020); 74.2 (M), 81.5 (F)
Population of principal cities,
|
|
MONTEVIDEO |
Paysandu |
Rivera |
Salto |
|
1834 |
|
|
|
1,315 |
|
1852 |
|
|
|
2,882 |
|
1860 |
58,000 |
|
|
|
|
1867 |
|
|
341 |
|
|
1877 |
110,167 |
|
|
|
|
1890 |
215,000 |
|
|
|
|
1908 |
309,331 |
20,953 |
8,986 |
19,788 |
|
1945 |
747,665 |
50,000 |
|
48,000 |
|
1950 |
609,000 |
|
|
|
|
1956 |
|
60,000 |
40,000 |
60,000 |
|
1960 |
962,000 |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1,176,049 |
62,412 |
49,013 |
71,881 |
|
1985 |
1,251,511 |
75,081 |
56,335 |
80,787 |
|
2004 |
1,269,600 |
73,272 |
64,426 |
99,072 |
|
2009 |
1,342,373 |
|
|
|
|
2011 |
1,319,108 |
76,412 |
64,465 |
104,028 |
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1948 |
779 |
0.35 |
331 |
21.70 |
|
1960 |
1,242 |
0.23 |
490 |
16.30 |
|
1965 |
1,890 |
0.25 |
700 |
18.29 |
|
1970 |
2,020 |
0.19 |
741 |
14.12 |
|
1975 |
3,370 |
0.21 |
1,190 |
15.22 |
|
1980 |
9,610 |
0.34 |
3,299 |
26.19 |
|
1985 |
4,710 |
0.11 |
1,565 |
8.57 |
|
1990 |
9,310 |
0.16 |
3,005 |
12.54 |
|
1995 |
19,300 |
0.26 |
6,032 |
20.06 |
|
2000 |
20,180 |
0.20 |
6,870 |
18.85 |
|
2005 |
16,800 |
0.13 |
5,220 |
11.78 |
|
2010 |
47,960 |
0.32 |
11,940 |
24.68 |
|
2015 |
53,274 |
0.30 |
15,525 |
27.62 |
|
2016 |
52,420 |
0.28 |
15,220 |
26.48 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
20.0 |
|
30.0 |
|
50.0 |
|
1980 |
12.0 |
11.0 |
26.9 |
20.3 |
54.8 |
51.1 |
|
1990 |
13.0 |
5.0 |
32.0 |
22.0 |
55.0 |
73.0 |
|
1998 |
8.5 |
|
27.5 |
|
64.0 |
|
|
2002 |
9.4 |
|
26.8 |
|
65.0 |
|
|
2006 |
9.2 |
|
32.4 |
|
58.4 |
|
|
2011 |
9.1 |
13.0 |
20.9 |
14.0 |
70.0 |
73.0 |
|
2016 |
6.8 |
|
27.4 |
|
65.9 |
|
Communications
Language Official; Spanish
Literacy
90.5% (1980); 90.7% (M), 90.4% (F)
95.0% (1990); 94.4% (M), 95.4% (F)
97.6% (2000); 97.6% (M), 98.1% (F)
98.0% (2010); 97.6% (M), 98.3% (F)
98.5% (2015); 98.1% (M), 98.9% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1939 |
36,204 |
|
|
|
|
|
1952 |
|
4,900 |
86,000 |
47,000 |
|
|
1960 |
|
|
175,000 |
76,469 |
|
|
1962 |
38,000 |
|
|
85,000 |
65,000 |
|
1978 |
|
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
1986 |
49,800 |
|
260,000 |
|
|
|
1989 |
|
|
|
|
85,000 |
|
1996 |
51,000 |
|
484,000 |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
595,500 |
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
669,700 |
547,800 |
121,900 |
|
2008 |
|
|
|
578,811 |
|
|
2010 |
77,732 |
7,743 |
688,000 |
|
|
|
2013 |
|
|
829,000 |
|
|
Railways; First railway opened 1869
Length, kilometres,
98 (1870)
464 (1880)
1,655 (1900)
2,207 (1910)
2,629 (1920)
2,805 (1930)
2,909 (1940)
2,958 (1950)
3,102 (1960)
3,004 (1980)
2,073 (1990)
1,508 (2005)
1,641 (2010)
1,673* (2016)
*Railways in operation. Total rail network extends to 2,961 km.
Electronic communications,� TV broadcasts began 1956
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
44,068 |
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
|
1943 |
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
362,000 |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
135,000 |
|
|
14,000 |
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
800,000 |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
|
|
|
60,000 |
|
|
|
1962 |
137,063 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
208,000 |
|
1,000,000 |
200,000 |
|
|
|
1980 |
220,000 |
|
1,400,000 |
380,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
415,400 |
|
1,865,000 |
710,000 |
|
|
|
1992 |
|
1,712 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
|
40,000 |
1,940,000 |
750,000 |
70,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
2000 |
929,000 |
411,000 |
2,000,000 |
782,000 |
350,000 |
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
400,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
430,000 |
|
|
2005 |
|
1,155,000 |
|
1,320,000 |
|
750,000 |
|
2010 |
962,200 |
4,437,000 |
|
|
|
1,600,000 |
|
2016 |
1,113,566 |
5,117,000 |
|
|
|
2,225,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Uruguay,
1,103,857 (1979)
1,170,000 (1986)
1,047,000 (1987)
2,022,000 (1995)
1,968,000 (2000)
1,808,000 (2005)
2,353,000 (2010)
2,773,000 (2015)