The current population of Uruguay is 3,384,690 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 3,386,588 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 3.29M people to 3.38M (3.01% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Uruguay has had an average growth rate of 0.15% per year.
- Uruguay is ranked 133/197 by population and was ranked 130th in 2005.
- The UN estimates that Uruguay's population is going to decline by -3.85% to 3.25M people by 2050.
- Uruguay's population peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and has been in decline since.
- Uruguay accounts for 0.04% of the world's population.
Uruguay population clock
Uruguay
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3384690
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 133/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | N/A |
| One net population change |
5.87 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
15.7 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
15.9 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,493 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.04% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 169/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
6.5 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -1,348 | N/A |
Uruguay population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,529,957 | - |
| 1961 | 2,562,044 | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 2,593,298 | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 2,623,766 | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 2,653,180 | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 2,681,169 | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 2,707,646 | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 2,732,277 | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 2,754,606 | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 2,773,974 | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 2,790,807 | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 2,806,462 | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 2,821,644 | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 2,837,133 | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 2,853,944 | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 2,872,320 | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 2,891,392 | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 2,909,461 | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 2,925,715 | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 2,939,903 | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 2,951,953 | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 2,963,246 | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 2,975,492 | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 2,988,778 | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 3,002,488 | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 3,017,037 | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 3,032,845 | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 3,049,896 | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 3,067,961 | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 3,086,255 | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 3,104,403 | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 3,122,354 | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 3,139,702 | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 3,156,345 | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 3,172,834 | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 3,189,440 | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 3,206,324 | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 3,223,345 | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 3,239,280 | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 3,254,015 | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 3,266,206 | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 3,274,251 | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 3,278,867 | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 3,281,186 | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 3,283,148 | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 3,285,771 | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 3,289,506 | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 3,295,153 | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 3,302,177 | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 3,310,091 | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 3,318,580 | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 3,326,825 | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 3,335,401 | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 3,345,337 | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,356,334 | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 3,368,017 | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 3,379,283 | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 3,388,438 | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 3,394,534 | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 3,397,206 | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 3,398,968 | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 3,396,695 | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 3,390,913 | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 3,388,081 | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 3,386,588 | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 3,384,690 | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 3,382,543 | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 3,380,245 | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 3,377,893 | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 3,375,428 | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 3,372,892 | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 3,370,285 | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 3,367,544 | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 3,364,654 | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 3,361,591 | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 3,358,284 | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 3,354,682 | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 3,350,735 | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 3,346,431 | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 3,341,676 | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 3,336,469 | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 3,330,804 | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 3,324,643 | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 3,317,939 | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 3,310,611 | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 3,302,680 | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 3,294,196 | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 3,285,160 | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 3,275,507 | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 3,265,260 | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 3,254,361 | -0.33% |
Uruguay has a population of 3.38M as of 2025, compared to 3.37M in 2015, 3.29M in 2005, and 3.19M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.05% per year. Uruguay is ranked 163rd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Uruguay will have 3,302,680 people (-2.42% decline) with a rank change from 133rd to 137th.
By the year 2100, Uruguay's population is projected to decline by 33.6% to 2.25M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Uruguay
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
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Uruguay population statistics
|
Uruguay
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 38.9 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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