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The total population of Uruguay is 3,469,551 people. The people of Uruguay speak the Spanish language. Uruguay's linguistic diversity is vaguely diverse according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.0817 for Uruguay. The average age is around 34.3 years. Life expectancy in Uruguay is 77. Female fertility rate in Uruguay is 1.9. Around 25% of Uruguay's population is obese. Ethnic diversity is diverse according to a fractionation scale, which for Uruguay is 0.2504. Details of the language, religion, age, gender distribution and advancement of the people of Uruguay can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.

Population
In Uruguay, the population density is 18.6 people per square kilometer (48 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. The total population of Uruguay is 3,469,551 people. Uruguay has approximately 74,000 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Uruguay make up 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Uruguay make up 2.3 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Uruguay's ethnic diversity is diverse according to a fractionation scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic Fractionation (EF) deals with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of diverse cultural groups, usually within a state or some other demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Uruguay is 0.2504. This means that there is some diversity in Uruguay, although all people can still be divided into relatively few major ethnic groups. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read Uruguay's average age and gender distribution statistics at different ages below.

Age
The average age is around 34.3 years. The average age of men is 32.6, the average age of women is 35.9.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.04. It can be further broken down into the following categories: sex ratio below 15 - 1.03; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.99; sex ratio over 64 - 0.67; Overall sex ratio - 0.95. The overall sex ratio differs from the sex ratio estimated at birth. This is because some newborns are included in the sex ratio estimated at birth, but die within the first few weeks of life and are not included in the overall sex ratio.

religion
Uruguay's majority religion is Christianity, whose adherents make up 57.9% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the largest religion in the world with over 2.4 billion followers known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind, whose coming as Christ or Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions in the country. Other religions in Uruguay are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, folk religions, Judaism. Uruguay's religious diversity is diverse according to a fractionation scale based on the number of religions in Uruguay. The index of religious fractionation in Uruguay is 0.3548. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.

General development
Uruguay is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Uruguay may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Uruguay, 55.11 in every 100 people use internet. Uruguay has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.79. Uruguay has a high HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will be able to attain a desirable life while providing substantial aid and assistance to citizens with lower living standards. The migration rate in Uruguay is -0.9%. In Uruguay, 18.6% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Uruguay is fairly high, but is not reason for complete concern with regard to investments. Potential financial backers should look at other economic markers, including GDP, urbanization rate, and strength of currency, before making any decisions regarding investments.

Language
People in Uruguay speak the Spanish language. The linguistic diversity of Uruguay is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Uruguay. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Uruguay is 0.0817. This means that within the country there is one major language and several minor languages. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.