| Population | 3,460,607 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 23% (male 403,745/female 390,623)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 1,096,225/female 1,112,568)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male 184,303/female 273,143) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 32.9 years
male: 31.5 years
female: 34.4 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.504% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 14.41 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 9.16 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.985 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.675 male(s)/female
total population: 0.948 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 12.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.93 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 79.3 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.97 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 6,000 (2001 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 500 (2003 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 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: 98%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.4% (2003 est.) |
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