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According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [5] [6] the total population was 3,426,260 in 2021, compared to only 2,239,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2015 was 21.4%, 64.2% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 14.4% was 65 years or older.
The territory of present-day Uruguay was colonized relatively late due to its lack of minerals and other resources of interest to European conquerors. [6] It was not until 1611 that Hernando Arias de Saavedra introduced cattle to the region, which increased its importance and sparked territorial disputes. [ 7 ]
The history of Uruguay comprises different periods: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the 16th century), the Colonial Period (1516–1811), the Period of Nation-Building (1811–1830), and the history of Uruguay as an independent country (1830–present).
For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on the rise, this time driven by a wave of arrivals ...
Uruguay has won the Copa América (an international tournament for South American nations and guests) 15 times, such as Argentina, the last one in 2011. Uruguay has by far the smallest population of any country that has won a World Cup. [188] Despite their early success, they missed three World Cups in four attempts from 1994 to 2006. [188]
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Population: 312,946.(estimate). [1] 1909 – Urbano hotel in business. [6] 1910 – Teatro 18 de Julio opens. [4] 1911 National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) inaugurated. May: General strike. [8] 1913 – Villa del Cerro and La Teja become part of city. 1924 - Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cordón, Montevideo current church built.
90% of the country's population is urbanized, while most of the industry and over half of the population is concentrated in the capital Montevideo. [ 16 ] After averaging growth of 5% annually during 1996–98, Uruguay's economy suffered a major downturn in 1999–2002, stemming largely from the spillover effects of the economic problems of its ...