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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · URY

Uruguay

Latin America and the Caribbean · South America

Uruguay is recorded at 3.39m people in 2024, with total annual change of -1,783 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 858 · URY

Uruguay

URY · UY
SHRINKING
population 3.39m
annual change -1,783
natural change -441
fertility 1.40
migrant share 4.7%

Shrinkage · peak 2020 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 160.1k

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Uruguay in 2024
Births 33,196
Deaths -33,637
Natural change -441
Net migration -1,348
Total change -1,783
time anchors

-1,140,701

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Uruguay
This year -1,783
Since peak -12,380 since 2020
Projected 2100 2.25m
Vanishing Point

3923

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

4.7%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 3.39m

Uruguay 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 633.1k, ages 15-64 2.22m, ages 65+ 535.8k.

0-14
633.1k
15-64
2.22m
65+
535.8k
2050 2050 3.25m

Uruguay 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 443.1k, ages 15-64 2.05m, ages 65+ 765.9k.

0-14
443.1k
15-64
2.05m
65+
765.9k
2100 2100 2.25m

Uruguay 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 246.0k, ages 15-64 1.16m, ages 65+ 841.6k.

0-14
246.0k
15-64
1.16m
65+
841.6k
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 2021.

crossover

2021

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

4.09

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2032.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 3.39m -1,783 33.2k 33.6k 1.40
2030 3.37m -2,547 32.7k 33.9k 1.38
2050 3.25m -11,223 26.9k 37.1k 1.44
2080 2.72m -22,295 19.3k 40.8k 1.49
2100 2.25m -22,897 15.5k 37.8k 1.52