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| Population: |
3,360,105 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
24.39% (male 419,932; female 399,605)
15-64 years:
62.61% (male 1,038,785; female 1,064,891)
65 years and over:
13% (male 180,130; female 256,762) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.78% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
17.36 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
9.03 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
-0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.7 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
14.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
75.44 years
male:
72.11 years
female:
78.96 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
2.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.33% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
6,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
150 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Uruguayan(s)
adjective:
Uruguayan
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| Ethnic groups: |
white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian, practically nonexistent
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| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
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| Languages: |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97.3%
male:
96.9%
female:
97.7% (1995 est.)
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