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Departments

The population of the departments of Uruguay according to census results.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 1975-05-21	Population Census (C) 1985-10-23	Population Census (Cfa) 1996-06-30	Population Census (Cfa) 2004-06-30	Population Census (Cfa) 2011-06-30	Population Census (Cfa) 2023-05-31
Artigas	ART	Artigas	11,928	57,947	69,145	77,246	79,856	76,043	77,487	1192800	→
Canelones	CAN	Canelones	4,536	325,594	364,248	458,602	502,502	536,761	608,956	453600	→
Cerro Largo	CER	Melo	13,648	74,027	78,416	84,958	89,111	89,223	91,025	1364800	→
Colonia	COL	Colonia del Sacramento	6,106	111,776	112,717	123,583	123,158	127,358	135,797	610600	→
Durazno	DUR	Durazno	11,643	55,699	55,077	57,378	60,486	59,018	62,011	1164300	→
Flores	FLS	Trinidad	5,144	25,006	24,739	25,685	25,924	26,509	26,271	514400	→
Florida	FLO	Florida	10,417	67,129	66,474	68,387	70,134	69,265	70,325	1041700	→
Lavalleja	LAV	Minas	10,016	65,180	61,466	62,676	62,576	60,205	59,175	1001600	→
Maldonado	MAL	Maldonado	4,793	76,211	94,314	132,265	146,263	172,130	212,951	479300	→
Montevideo	MON	Montevideo	530	1,237,227	1,311,976	1,382,538	1,365,373	1,375,540	1,302,954	53000	→
Paysandú	PAY	Paysandú	13,922	98,508	103,763	114,724	116,650	117,023	121,843	1392200	→
Río Negro	RNE	Fray Bentos	9,282	50,123	48,644	53,275	55,636	56,013	57,334	928200	→
Rivera	RIV	Rivera	9,370	82,043	89,475	101,567	107,734	106,522	109,300	937000	→
Rocha	ROC	Rocha	10,551	60,258	66,601	72,184	72,048	73,520	80,707	1055100	→
Salto	SAL	Salto	14,163	103,074	108,487	121,222	126,688	128,803	136,197	1416300	→
San José	SJO	San José de Mayo	4,992	87,803	89,893	99,722	106,521	110,323	119,714	499200	→
Soriano	SOR	Mercedes	9,008	80,606	79,439	83,878	86,926	84,535	83,685	900800	→
Tacuarembó	TAC	Tacuarembó	15,438	84,535	83,498	87,519	93,114	93,236	96,013	1543800	→
Treinta y Tres	TYT	Treinta y Tres	9,529	45,683	46,869	50,795	50,718	50,611	47,706	952900	→
Uruguay	URY	Montevideo	175,016	2,788,429	2,955,241	3,258,203	3,341,417	3,412,636	3,499,451

The adjusted 1975 and 1985 total population are 2,828,544 and 3,008,649, respectively.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2023-05-30
1	Montevideo	MON	1,287,452
2	Salto	SAL	114,084
3	Ciudad de la Costa	CAN	113,252
4	Maldonado	MAL	102,000
5	Rivera	RIV	84,775
6	Paysandú	PAY	81,550
7	Las Piedras	CAN	61,306
8	Tacuarembó	TAC	60,586
9	Melo	CER	56,013

Contents: Cities & Urban Localities

The population of all Uruguayan cities and urban localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1975-05-21	Population Census (C) 1985-10-23	Population Census (C) 1996-05-02	Population Census (Cf) 2004-07-01	Population Census (Cf) 2011-09-01	Population Census (Cf) 2023-05-30	Area
18 de Mayo (← Las Piedras, Progreso)	CAN	...	...	...	...	22,526	22,592	1082	→
Artigas	ART	29,256	35,117	40,421	42,490	41,924	43,894	1675	→
Barros Blancos (Juan Antonio Artigas)	CAN	16,657	20,667	26,813	28,610	31,650	35,660	2217	→
Bella Unión (incl. Las Piedras)	ART	8,516	13,491	15,636	15,351	14,973	16,166	878	→
Canelones	CAN	15,988	17,323	19,388	19,631	19,865	24,185	1157	→
Carmelo	COL	13,707	14,278	16,658	16,866	18,041	19,915	1231	→
Chuy	ROC	4,521	8,257	9,804	10,401	9,675	13,538	344	→
Ciudad de la Costa	CAN	19,482	34,483	66,402	83,399	95,176	113,252	5789	→
Ciudad del Plata	SJO	11,124	13,512	20,712	26,582	31,145	38,249	2753	→
Colonia del Sacramento	COL	17,046	19,102	22,200	21,714	26,231	32,174	2285	→
Colonia Nicolich (General Líber Seregni)	CAN	4,500	5,527	7,223	8,811	9,624	11,582	748	→
Dolores	SOR	13,322	13,084	14,784	15,753	17,174	18,447	670	→
Durazno	DUR	27,422	29,205	31,850	34,909	35,462	40,279	3048	→
Florida	FLO	25,374	28,443	31,594	32,128	33,639	36,471	3342	→
Fray Bentos	RNE	19,407	19,862	21,959	23,122	24,406	26,967	1081	→
Juan Lacaze	COL	11,595	12,574	12,988	13,196	12,816	12,397	549	→
La Paz	CAN	14,653	16,209	19,547	19,832	20,524	19,132	461	→
Las Piedras	CAN	53,331	58,283	66,584	69,222	54,254	61,306	1342	→
Libertad	SJO	6,107	7,032	8,353	9,196	10,166	12,971	634	→
Maldonado (incl. Cerro Pelado, Pinares, Las Delicias)	MAL	22,762	38,678	59,143	71,736	84,807	102,000	5975	→
Melo	CER	38,900	42,809	47,593	51,413	52,723	56,013	1879	→
Mercedes	SOR	34,518	36,701	39,320	42,032	41,974	43,543	2461	→
Minas	LAV	35,225	34,658	37,146	37,925	38,446	38,645	1958	→
Montevideo	MON	1,178,966	1,254,970	1,307,562	1,273,934	1,304,687	1,287,452	24272	→
Nueva Helvecia	COL	8,587	8,768	9,650	10,002	10,630	11,740	1218	→
Nueva Palmira	COL	7,146	7,151	8,339	9,230	9,857	10,775	1967	→
Nuevo Paysandú	PAY	3,096	4,073	6,183	7,468	8,578	10,170	2485	→
Pando	CAN	16,406	19,795	23,384	24,004	25,947	31,191	1099	→
Parque del Plata	CAN	2,365	3,229	4,993	5,900	7,896	13,142	839	→
Paso de Carrasco	CAN	8,946	10,582	12,490	15,279	15,998	17,129	1661	→
Paso de los Toros	TAC	13,032	13,026	13,315	13,231	12,985	14,210	892	→
Paysandú	PAY	62,199	68,466	74,568	73,272	76,412	81,550	2147	→
Piriápolis	MAL	5,240	5,878	7,570	7,899	8,830	12,150	940	→
Progreso	CAN	9,612	11,244	14,471	15,775	10,722	11,540	786	→
Punta del Este	MAL	7,416	7,222	10,244	9,292	12,423	18,193	2226	→
Río Branco	CER	5,685	9,072	12,215	13,456	14,604	17,379	983	→
Rivera (incl. Mandubí, La Pedrera)	RIV	...	62,193	71,345	76,795	78,880	84,775	3990	→
Rocha	ROC	21,502	24,013	26,017	25,538	25,420	26,784	1910	→
Rosario	COL	8,292	8,879	9,428	9,311	10,085	10,584	685	→
Salinas	CAN	1,866	2,523	5,279	6,574	8,626	11,700	499	→
Salto	SAL	73,897	80,821	93,117	99,072	104,011	114,084	3703	→
San Carlos	MAL	16,925	19,877	24,030	24,771	27,471	30,293	998	→
San José de Mayo	SJO	28,554	31,825	34,552	36,339	36,743	38,553	1695	→
Santa Lucía	CAN	14,079	14,951	16,764	16,475	16,742	17,381	3836	→
Tacuarembó	TAC	37,692	40,851	46,091	51,491	54,995	60,586	4202	→
Treinta y Tres	TYT	23,448	25,116	26,390	25,711	25,476	25,890	1812	→
Trinidad	FLS	17,597	18,372	20,031	20,982	21,429	22,893	827	→
Villa Crespo y San Andrés	CAN	4,786	6,492	8,107	8,756	9,813	10,609	429	→
Young	RNE	11,015	12,249	14,567	15,759	16,756	17,814	966	→

Ciudad de la Costa includes El Pinar (pop. 21,091 and 27,190 in 2011 and 2023), Lomas de Solymar (pop. 19,124 / 22,525), and Solymar (pop. 18,573 / 22,340); Ciudad del Plata includes Delta del Tigre (pop. 20,239 in 2011).
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (P 2020)
Males	1,711,491
Females	1,819,421

Age Groups (P 2020)
0-14 years	694,632
15-64 years	2,321,010
65+ years	515,271

Age Distribution (P 2020)
0-9 years	457,437
10-19 years	490,820
20-29 years	530,270
30-39 years	485,016
40-49 years	464,650
50-59 years	403,597
60-69 years	337,028
70-79 years	221,785
80-89 years	114,034
90+ years	26,274

Urbanization (P 2020)
Rural	162,430
Urban	3,368,482