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A 2008 survey by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística of Uruguay gave Catholicism as the main religion, with 45.7% of the population, 9.0% are non-Catholic Christians, 0.6% are Animists or Umbandists (an Afro-Brazilian religion) and 0.4% Jewish. 30.1% reported believing in a god, but not belonging to any religion, while 14% were Atheist or ...
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 ]
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.
Graph of world population over the past 12,000 years . As a general rule, the confidence of estimates on historical world population decreases for the more distant past. Robust population data exist only for the last two or three centuries. Until the late 18th century, few governments had ever performed an accurate census.
Uruguay's relative economic stability, higher wages and job security, and vaunted public education system make it an attractive de Uruguay's migrant population grows for first time in a century ...
Population of the present-day top seven most-populous countries, 1800 to 2100. Future projections are based on the 2024 UN's medium-fertility scenario. Chart created by Our World In Data in 2024. The following is a list of countries by past and projected future population. This assumes that countries stay constant in the unforeseeable future ...
Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometres (68,037 sq mi). [8] It has a population of around 3.4 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter-gatherers 13,000 years ago. [13]
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