The latest officially reported population of Uruguay was 3,386,588 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Uruguay's population is 3,384,690 people compared to 28,610,737 in Venezuela.
Population statistics:
- Venezuela's population is 8.45 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- Uruguay is ranked the 133rd most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
- The countries together account for 0.39% of the world: 0.04% for Uruguay vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
- For the last 10 years, Uruguay has had an average growth rate of +0.11% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
- Since 2005, the population of Uruguay has increased from 3.29M people to 3.38M (3.01% growth), while Venezuela has grown from 26.8M to 28.6M (6.81% growth).
- Venezuela is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 31.2M 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 Venezuela: live population counter
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| Current population |
3384690
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28610737
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| Population rank | 133/197 | 54/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.35% |
| One net population change |
5.87 hours
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5.02 minutes
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| One birth every |
15.7 minutes
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1.23 minutes
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| One death every |
15.9 minutes
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2.46 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
6.5 hours
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4.99 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,348 | -105,297 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,493 | +104,689 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.04% | +0.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 169/197 | 142/197 |
Uruguay and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,529,957 | 8,160,090 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,562,044 | 8,455,915 | 1.27% | 3.63% |
| 1962 | 2,593,298 | 8,756,870 | 1.22% | 3.56% |
| 1963 | 2,623,766 | 9,064,021 | 1.17% | 3.51% |
| 1964 | 2,653,180 | 9,377,712 | 1.12% | 3.46% |
| 1965 | 2,681,169 | 9,697,790 | 1.05% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 2,707,646 | 10,024,854 | 0.99% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 2,732,277 | 10,358,513 | 0.91% | 3.33% |
| 1968 | 2,754,606 | 10,697,530 | 0.82% | 3.27% |
| 1969 | 2,773,974 | 11,040,280 | 0.7% | 3.2% |
| 1970 | 2,790,807 | 11,387,790 | 0.61% | 3.15% |
| 1971 | 2,806,462 | 11,741,008 | 0.56% | 3.1% |
| 1972 | 2,821,644 | 12,099,180 | 0.54% | 3.05% |
| 1973 | 2,837,133 | 12,463,537 | 0.55% | 3.01% |
| 1974 | 2,853,944 | 12,835,351 | 0.59% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 2,872,320 | 13,215,892 | 0.64% | 2.96% |
| 1976 | 2,891,392 | 13,606,284 | 0.66% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 2,909,461 | 14,006,812 | 0.62% | 2.94% |
| 1978 | 2,925,715 | 14,416,684 | 0.56% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 2,939,903 | 14,834,552 | 0.48% | 2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,951,953 | 15,258,218 | 0.41% | 2.86% |
| 1981 | 2,963,246 | 15,687,297 | 0.38% | 2.81% |
| 1982 | 2,975,492 | 16,121,874 | 0.41% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 2,988,778 | 16,562,205 | 0.45% | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 3,002,488 | 17,008,841 | 0.46% | 2.7% |
| 1985 | 3,017,037 | 17,461,434 | 0.48% | 2.66% |
| 1986 | 3,032,845 | 17,923,536 | 0.52% | 2.65% |
| 1987 | 3,049,896 | 18,394,963 | 0.56% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 3,067,961 | 18,871,020 | 0.59% | 2.59% |
| 1989 | 3,086,255 | 19,348,921 | 0.6% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 3,104,403 | 19,827,010 | 0.59% | 2.47% |
| 1991 | 3,122,354 | 20,304,896 | 0.58% | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 3,139,702 | 20,780,948 | 0.56% | 2.34% |
| 1993 | 3,156,345 | 21,254,520 | 0.53% | 2.28% |
| 1994 | 3,172,834 | 21,725,188 | 0.52% | 2.21% |
| 1995 | 3,189,440 | 22,193,821 | 0.52% | 2.16% |
| 1996 | 3,206,324 | 22,662,113 | 0.53% | 2.11% |
| 1997 | 3,223,345 | 23,131,685 | 0.53% | 2.07% |
| 1998 | 3,239,280 | 23,601,337 | 0.49% | 2.03% |
| 1999 | 3,254,015 | 24,066,593 | 0.45% | 1.97% |
| 2000 | 3,266,206 | 24,526,708 | 0.37% | 1.91% |
| 2001 | 3,274,251 | 24,979,922 | 0.25% | 1.85% |
| 2002 | 3,278,867 | 25,435,671 | 0.14% | 1.82% |
| 2003 | 3,281,186 | 25,892,703 | 0.07% | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 3,283,148 | 26,340,838 | 0.06% | 1.73% |
| 2005 | 3,285,771 | 26,785,804 | 0.08% | 1.69% |
| 2006 | 3,289,506 | 27,224,686 | 0.11% | 1.64% |
| 2007 | 3,295,153 | 27,649,363 | 0.17% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 3,302,177 | 28,053,696 | 0.21% | 1.46% |
| 2009 | 3,310,091 | 28,438,298 | 0.24% | 1.37% |
| 2010 | 3,318,580 | 28,813,101 | 0.26% | 1.32% |
| 2011 | 3,326,825 | 29,185,212 | 0.25% | 1.29% |
| 2012 | 3,335,401 | 29,553,826 | 0.26% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 3,345,337 | 29,912,198 | 0.3% | 1.21% |
| 2014 | 3,356,334 | 30,254,079 | 0.33% | 1.14% |
| 2015 | 3,368,017 | 30,573,972 | 0.35% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 3,379,283 | 30,765,720 | 0.33% | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 3,388,438 | 30,565,323 | 0.27% | -0.65% |
| 2018 | 3,394,534 | 29,807,592 | 0.18% | -2.48% |
| 2019 | 3,397,206 | 28,938,098 | 0.08% | -2.92% |
| 2020 | 3,398,968 | 28,444,077 | 0.05% | -1.71% |
| 2021 | 3,396,695 | 28,237,826 | -0.07% | -0.73% |
| 2022 | 3,390,913 | 28,213,017 | -0.17% | -0.09% |
| 2023 | 3,388,081 | 28,300,854 | -0.08% | 0.31% |
| 2024 | 3,386,588 | 28,405,543 | -0.04% | 0.37% |
| 2025 | 3,384,690 | 28,516,898 | -0.06% | 0.39% |
| 2026 | 3,382,543 | 28,633,718 | -0.06% | 0.41% |
| 2027 | 3,380,245 | 28,758,565 | -0.07% | 0.44% |
| 2028 | 3,377,893 | 28,885,166 | -0.07% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 3,375,428 | 29,014,444 | -0.07% | 0.45% |
| 2030 | 3,372,892 | 29,151,809 | -0.08% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 3,370,285 | 29,295,744 | -0.08% | 0.49% |
| 2032 | 3,367,544 | 29,442,534 | -0.08% | 0.5% |
| 2033 | 3,364,654 | 29,587,099 | -0.09% | 0.49% |
| 2034 | 3,361,591 | 29,735,159 | -0.09% | 0.5% |
| 2035 | 3,358,284 | 29,883,329 | -0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 3,354,682 | 30,020,167 | -0.11% | 0.46% |
| 2037 | 3,350,735 | 30,146,546 | -0.12% | 0.42% |
| 2038 | 3,346,431 | 30,268,328 | -0.13% | 0.4% |
| 2039 | 3,341,676 | 30,386,284 | -0.14% | 0.39% |
| 2040 | 3,336,469 | 30,495,445 | -0.16% | 0.36% |
| 2041 | 3,330,804 | 30,590,207 | -0.17% | 0.31% |
| 2042 | 3,324,643 | 30,674,532 | -0.18% | 0.28% |
| 2043 | 3,317,939 | 30,749,671 | -0.2% | 0.24% |
| 2044 | 3,310,611 | 30,813,805 | -0.22% | 0.21% |
| 2045 | 3,302,680 | 30,871,490 | -0.24% | 0.19% |
| 2046 | 3,294,196 | 30,923,463 | -0.26% | 0.17% |
| 2047 | 3,285,160 | 30,974,366 | -0.27% | 0.16% |
| 2048 | 3,275,507 | 31,021,600 | -0.29% | 0.15% |
| 2049 | 3,265,260 | 31,059,954 | -0.31% | 0.12% |
| 2050 | 3,254,361 | 31,094,884 | -0.33% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Uruguay increased by 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Uruguay gained 16,673 (a 0.5% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).
Uruguay was ranked 130th most populous country in 2005 and is 133rd in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.
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 |
| Caracas | 2.25M |
| Maracaibo | 1.55M |
| Valencia | 1.48M |
| Maracay | 1.1M |
| Barquisimeto | 1.06M |
| Barinas | 874K |
| Maturin | 753K |
| Ciudad Guayana | 751K |
| Catia La Mar | 662K |
| Ciudad Bolivar | 568K |
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Population differences between Uruguay and Venezuela
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| Life expectancy | 78.5 years | 72.8 years |
| Average age | 38.9 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.41 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.1 ppl/mi² | 83.4 ppl/mi² |
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