<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 17.7 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 9.39 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 74.09 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 70.88 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 77.47 years (1994 est.)
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<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 2.44 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Uruguayan(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Uruguayan
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<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 66% (less than half adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Spanish, Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)