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Departments

The population of the departments of Uruguay according to census results and latest official estimates and projections.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 1975-05-21	Population Census (C) 1985-10-23	Population Census (C) 1996-05-22	Population Census (Cf) 2004-07-01	Population Census (Cf) 2011-09-01	Population Estimate (E) 2012-06-30	Population Projection (P) 2020-06-30
Uruguay	URY	Montevideo	175,016	2,788,429	2,955,241	3,163,763	3,241,003	3,286,314	3,426,466	3,530,900
Artigas	ART	Artigas	11,928	57,947	69,145	75,059	78,019	73,378	75,877	74,100	1192800	→
Canelones	CAN	Canelones	4,536	325,594	364,248	443,053	485,240	520,187	544,210	603,700	453600	→
Cerro Largo	CER	Melo	13,648	74,027	78,416	82,510	86,564	84,698	89,304	89,600	1364800	→
Colonia	COL	Colonia del Sacramento	6,106	111,776	112,717	120,241	119,266	123,203	127,797	131,300	610600	→
Durazno	DUR	Durazno	11,643	55,699	55,077	55,716	58,859	57,088	59,016	59,000	1164300	→
Flores	FLS	Trinidad	5,144	25,006	24,739	25,030	25,104	25,050	26,512	26,500	514400	→
Florida	FLO	Florida	10,417	67,129	66,474	66,503	68,181	67,048	69,274	69,300	1041700	→
Lavalleja	LAV	Minas	10,016	65,180	61,466	61,085	60,925	58,815	60,023	58,700	1001600	→
Maldonado	MAL	Maldonado	4,793	76,211	94,314	127,502	140,192	164,300	174,745	195,000	479300	→
Montevideo	MON	Montevideo	530	1,237,227	1,311,976	1,344,839	1,325,968	1,319,108	1,376,602	1,383,100	53000	→
Paysandú	PAY	Paysandú	13,922	98,508	103,763	111,509	113,244	113,124	117,418	119,900	1392200	→
Río Negro	RNE	Fray Bentos	9,282	50,123	48,644	51,713	53,989	54,765	56,317	58,300	928200	→
Rivera	RIV	Rivera	9,370	82,043	89,475	98,472	104,921	103,493	106,863	109,000	937000	→
Rocha	ROC	Rocha	10,551	60,258	66,601	70,292	69,937	68,088	73,604	74,200	1055100	→
Salto	SAL	Salto	14,163	103,074	108,487	117,597	123,120	124,878	129,444	133,700	1416300	→
San José	SJO	San José de Mayo	4,992	87,803	89,893	96,664	103,104	108,309	111,175	118,300	499200	→
Soriano	SOR	Mercedes	9,008	80,606	79,439	81,557	84,563	82,595	84,468	83,700	900800	→
Tacuarembó	TAC	Tacuarembó	15,438	84,535	83,498	84,919	90,489	90,053	93,222	92,900	1543800	→
Treinta y Tres	TYT	Treinta y Tres	9,529	45,683	46,869	49,502	49,318	48,134	50,595	50,500	952900	→

In contrast to census results, population estimates and projections are adjusted for underenumeration.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2011-09-01
1	Montevideo	MON	1,304,687
2	Salto	SAL	104,011
3	Ciudad de la Costa	CAN	95,176
4	Paysandú	PAY	76,412
5	Las Piedras	CAN	71,258
6	Rivera	RIV	64,465
7	Maldonado	MAL	62,590
8	Tacuarembó	TAC	54,755
9	Melo	CER	51,830

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	Area
Artigas	ART	29,256	35,117	40,244	41,687	40,657	1484	→
Barros Blancos (Juan Antonio Artigas)	CAN	16,657	20,667	26,813	28,610	31,650	2086	→
Bella Unión	ART	7,778	12,238	13,537	13,187	12,201	771	→
Canelones	CAN	15,988	17,323	19,388	19,631	19,865	1256	→
Carmelo	COL	13,707	14,278	16,658	16,866	18,041	1193	→
Chuy	ROC	4,521	8,257	9,804	10,401	9,675	323	→
Ciudad de la Costa	CAN	19,482	34,483	66,402	83,399	95,176	5314	→
Ciudad del Plata	SJO	11,124	13,512	20,712	26,582	31,145	2558	→
Colonia del Sacramento	COL	17,046	19,102	22,200	21,714	26,231	2142	→
Dolores	SOR	13,322	13,084	14,784	15,753	17,174	446	→
Durazno	DUR	25,981	27,834	30,607	33,576	34,368	1683	→
Florida	FLO	25,374	28,443	31,594	32,128	33,639	1724	→
Fray Bentos	RNE	19,407	19,862	21,959	23,122	24,406	903	→
Juan Lacaze	COL	11,595	12,574	12,988	13,196	12,816	540	→
La Paz	CAN	14,653	16,209	19,547	19,832	20,524	460	→
Las Piedras	CAN	53,331	58,283	66,584	69,222	71,258	2262	→
Libertad	SJO	6,107	7,032	8,353	9,196	10,166	576	→
Maldonado	MAL	22,762	33,535	48,936	54,603	62,590	1273	→
Melo	CER	38,487	42,245	46,883	50,578	51,830	1656	→
Mercedes	SOR	34,518	36,701	39,320	42,032	41,974	1117	→
Minas	LAV	35,225	34,658	37,146	37,925	38,446	1800	→
Montevideo	MON	1,176,049	1,251,511	1,303,182	1,269,552	1,304,687	23988	→
Nueva Helvecia	COL	8,587	8,768	9,650	10,002	10,630	1233	→
Pando	CAN	16,406	19,795	23,384	24,004	25,947	1050	→
Paso de Carrasco	CAN	8,592	10,278	12,174	15,028	15,908	592	→
Paso de los Toros	TAC	13,032	13,026	13,315	13,231	12,985	968	→
Paysandú	PAY	62,199	68,466	74,568	73,272	76,412	2160	→
Progreso	CAN	9,612	11,244	14,471	15,775	16,244	924	→
Río Branco	CER	5,685	9,072	12,215	13,456	14,604	834	→
Rivera	RIV	48,780	57,314	62,859	64,426	64,465	2903	→
Rocha	ROC	21,502	24,013	26,017	25,538	25,420	1878	→
Rosario	COL	8,292	8,879	9,428	9,311	10,085	678	→
Salto	SAL	73,897	80,821	93,117	99,072	104,011	3700	→
San Carlos	MAL	16,925	19,877	24,030	24,771	27,471	751	→
San José de Mayo	SJO	28,554	31,825	34,552	36,339	36,743	1392	→
Santa Lucía	CAN	14,079	14,951	16,764	16,475	16,742	3700	→
Tacuarembó	TAC	37,692	40,511	45,891	51,224	54,755	3182	→
Treinta y Tres	TYT	23,448	25,116	26,390	25,711	25,476	899	→
Trinidad	FLS	17,597	18,372	20,031	20,982	21,429	665	→
Young	RNE	11,015	12,249	14,567	15,759	16,756	810	→

Ciudad de la Costa includes El Pinar (pop. 21,091 in 2011), Lomas de Solymar (pop. 19,124 in 2011), and Solymar (pop. 18,573 in 2011); Ciudad del Plata includes Delta del Tigre (pop. 20,239 in 2011). The 2011 population of Montevideo includes 3 localities excluded in former census results.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay (web).

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