The latest officially reported population of Uruguay was 3,386,588 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Uruguay's population is 3,384,690 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.
Population statistics:
- Uruguay's population is 9.92 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
- Uruguay is ranked the 133rd most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
- The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.04% for Uruguay vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
- For the last 10 years, Uruguay has had an average growth rate of +0.11% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
- Since 2005, the population of Uruguay has increased from 3.29M people to 3.38M (3.01% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
- Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
Uruguay vs Vanuatu: live population counter
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| Current population |
3384690
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341110
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| Population rank | 133/197 | 174/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.004% |
| One net population change |
5.87 hours
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1.19 hours
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| One birth every |
15.7 minutes
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58.5 minutes
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| One death every |
15.9 minutes
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5.38 hours
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| One migration net change every |
6.5 hours
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1.21 weeks
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| Annual migration change | -1,348 | -43 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +20 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,493 | +7,368 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.04% | +2.3% |
| Population growth rate rank | 169/197 | 40/197 |
Uruguay and Vanuatu: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,529,957 | 64,431 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,562,044 | 66,264 | 1.27% | 2.84% |
| 1962 | 2,593,298 | 68,174 | 1.22% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 2,623,766 | 70,159 | 1.17% | 2.91% |
| 1964 | 2,653,180 | 72,219 | 1.12% | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 2,681,169 | 74,358 | 1.05% | 2.96% |
| 1966 | 2,707,646 | 76,590 | 0.99% | 3% |
| 1967 | 2,732,277 | 78,921 | 0.91% | 3.04% |
| 1968 | 2,754,606 | 81,314 | 0.82% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 2,773,974 | 83,755 | 0.7% | 3% |
| 1970 | 2,790,807 | 86,266 | 0.61% | 3% |
| 1971 | 2,806,462 | 88,862 | 0.56% | 3.01% |
| 1972 | 2,821,644 | 91,562 | 0.54% | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 2,837,133 | 94,362 | 0.55% | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 2,853,944 | 97,260 | 0.59% | 3.07% |
| 1975 | 2,872,320 | 100,269 | 0.64% | 3.09% |
| 1976 | 2,891,392 | 103,388 | 0.66% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 2,909,461 | 106,618 | 0.62% | 3.12% |
| 1978 | 2,925,715 | 109,963 | 0.56% | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 2,939,903 | 113,040 | 0.48% | 2.8% |
| 1980 | 2,951,953 | 115,660 | 0.41% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 2,963,246 | 118,249 | 0.38% | 2.24% |
| 1982 | 2,975,492 | 121,035 | 0.41% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 2,988,778 | 123,998 | 0.45% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 3,002,488 | 127,109 | 0.46% | 2.51% |
| 1985 | 3,017,037 | 130,356 | 0.48% | 2.55% |
| 1986 | 3,032,845 | 133,720 | 0.52% | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 3,049,896 | 137,187 | 0.56% | 2.59% |
| 1988 | 3,067,961 | 140,756 | 0.59% | 2.6% |
| 1989 | 3,086,255 | 144,393 | 0.6% | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 3,104,403 | 148,063 | 0.59% | 2.54% |
| 1991 | 3,122,354 | 151,793 | 0.58% | 2.52% |
| 1992 | 3,139,702 | 155,608 | 0.56% | 2.51% |
| 1993 | 3,156,345 | 159,463 | 0.53% | 2.48% |
| 1994 | 3,172,834 | 163,314 | 0.52% | 2.41% |
| 1995 | 3,189,440 | 167,137 | 0.52% | 2.34% |
| 1996 | 3,206,324 | 170,911 | 0.53% | 2.26% |
| 1997 | 3,223,345 | 174,626 | 0.53% | 2.17% |
| 1998 | 3,239,280 | 178,313 | 0.49% | 2.11% |
| 1999 | 3,254,015 | 182,048 | 0.45% | 2.09% |
| 2000 | 3,266,206 | 186,281 | 0.37% | 2.33% |
| 2001 | 3,274,251 | 191,031 | 0.25% | 2.55% |
| 2002 | 3,278,867 | 195,863 | 0.14% | 2.53% |
| 2003 | 3,281,186 | 200,746 | 0.07% | 2.49% |
| 2004 | 3,283,148 | 205,711 | 0.06% | 2.47% |
| 2005 | 3,285,771 | 210,760 | 0.08% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 3,289,506 | 215,923 | 0.11% | 2.45% |
| 2007 | 3,295,153 | 221,276 | 0.17% | 2.48% |
| 2008 | 3,302,177 | 226,896 | 0.21% | 2.54% |
| 2009 | 3,310,091 | 232,731 | 0.24% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 3,318,580 | 238,248 | 0.26% | 2.37% |
| 2011 | 3,326,825 | 243,474 | 0.25% | 2.19% |
| 2012 | 3,335,401 | 248,883 | 0.26% | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 3,345,337 | 254,482 | 0.3% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 3,356,334 | 260,240 | 0.33% | 2.26% |
| 2015 | 3,368,017 | 266,101 | 0.35% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 3,379,283 | 272,087 | 0.33% | 2.25% |
| 2017 | 3,388,438 | 278,507 | 0.27% | 2.36% |
| 2018 | 3,394,534 | 285,259 | 0.18% | 2.42% |
| 2019 | 3,397,206 | 291,985 | 0.08% | 2.36% |
| 2020 | 3,398,968 | 298,858 | 0.05% | 2.35% |
| 2021 | 3,396,695 | 305,868 | -0.07% | 2.35% |
| 2022 | 3,390,913 | 313,046 | -0.17% | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 3,388,081 | 320,409 | -0.08% | 2.35% |
| 2024 | 3,386,588 | 327,777 | -0.04% | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 3,384,690 | 335,169 | -0.06% | 2.26% |
| 2026 | 3,382,543 | 342,565 | -0.06% | 2.21% |
| 2027 | 3,380,245 | 349,970 | -0.07% | 2.16% |
| 2028 | 3,377,893 | 357,397 | -0.07% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 3,375,428 | 364,883 | -0.07% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 3,372,892 | 372,429 | -0.08% | 2.07% |
| 2031 | 3,370,285 | 380,015 | -0.08% | 2.04% |
| 2032 | 3,367,544 | 387,657 | -0.08% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 3,364,654 | 395,366 | -0.09% | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 3,361,591 | 403,188 | -0.09% | 1.98% |
| 2035 | 3,358,284 | 411,061 | -0.1% | 1.95% |
| 2036 | 3,354,682 | 419,006 | -0.11% | 1.93% |
| 2037 | 3,350,735 | 427,031 | -0.12% | 1.92% |
| 2038 | 3,346,431 | 435,150 | -0.13% | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 3,341,676 | 443,311 | -0.14% | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 3,336,469 | 451,509 | -0.16% | 1.85% |
| 2041 | 3,330,804 | 459,733 | -0.17% | 1.82% |
| 2042 | 3,324,643 | 468,003 | -0.18% | 1.8% |
| 2043 | 3,317,939 | 476,308 | -0.2% | 1.77% |
| 2044 | 3,310,611 | 484,636 | -0.22% | 1.75% |
| 2045 | 3,302,680 | 492,989 | -0.24% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 3,294,196 | 501,316 | -0.26% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 3,285,160 | 509,621 | -0.27% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 3,275,507 | 517,889 | -0.29% | 1.62% |
| 2049 | 3,265,260 | 526,138 | -0.31% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 3,254,361 | 534,374 | -0.33% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Uruguay increased by 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Uruguay gained 16,673 (a 0.5% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).
Uruguay was ranked 130th most populous country in 2005 and is 133rd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Uruguay's population will shrink by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people with a rank change from 133rd to 138th. The population of Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Vila | 49K |
| Luganville | 17.7K |
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Population differences between Uruguay and Vanuatu
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| Life expectancy | 78.5 years | 71.8 years |
| Average age | 38.9 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 21.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 3.6 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.1 ppl/mi² | 69.6 ppl/mi² |
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