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GeographyLocation: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,564 km, Argentina 579 km, Brazil 985 km Coastline: 660 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,222,716 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.74% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 17.57 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.27 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.41 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4% Religions: Roman Catholic 66% (less than half adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, nonprofessing or other 30% Languages: Spanish, Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Montevideo Independence: 25 August 1828 (from Brazil) Constitution: 27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended 27 June 1973,new constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $23 billion National product real growth rate: 4% National product per capita: $7,200 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 44% Unemployment rate: 9%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |