Uruguay
Urban population in Uruguay
Urban population in Uruguay: 78% in 1950 and 95.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 95.7%
- Since 1950
- +17.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 19 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 97.6%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 97.6% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.7 |
| 2024 | 95.6 |
| 2023 | 95.5 |
| 2022 | 95.5 |
| 2021 | 95.5 |
| 2020 | 95.4 |
| 2019 | 95.4 |
| 2018 | 95.3 |
| 2017 | 95.2 |
| 2016 | 95.2 |
| 2015 | 95.1 |
| 2014 | 95 |
| 2013 | 94.9 |
| 2012 | 94.8 |
| 2011 | 94.6 |
| 2010 | 94.3 |
| 2009 | 93.9 |
| 2008 | 93.5 |
| 2007 | 93 |
| 2006 | 92.5 |
| 2005 | 92.1 |
| 2004 | 91.8 |
| 2003 | 91.6 |
| 2002 | 91.5 |
| 2001 | 91.4 |
| 2000 | 91.3 |
| 1999 | 91.2 |
| 1998 | 91.1 |
| 1997 | 91 |
| 1996 | 90.8 |
| 1995 | 90.6 |
| 1994 | 90.4 |
| 1993 | 90.1 |
| 1992 | 89.8 |
| 1991 | 89.5 |
| 1990 | 89.1 |
| 1989 | 88.7 |
| 1988 | 88.4 |
| 1987 | 88 |
| 1986 | 87.6 |
| 1985 | 87.2 |
| 1984 | 86.8 |
| 1983 | 86.4 |
| 1982 | 85.9 |
| 1981 | 85.5 |
| 1980 | 85 |
| 1979 | 84.5 |
| 1978 | 84.1 |
| 1977 | 83.7 |
| 1976 | 83.3 |
| 1975 | 83 |
| 1974 | 82.8 |
| 1973 | 82.6 |
| 1972 | 82.3 |
| 1971 | 82.2 |
| 1970 | 82 |
| 1969 | 81.8 |
| 1968 | 81.6 |
| 1967 | 81.5 |
| 1966 | 81.3 |
| 1965 | 81.2 |
| 1964 | 81 |
| 1963 | 80.8 |
| 1962 | 80.6 |
| 1961 | 80.4 |
| 1960 | 80.2 |
| 1959 | 80 |
| 1958 | 79.8 |
| 1957 | 79.6 |
| 1956 | 79.3 |
| 1955 | 79.1 |
| 1954 | 78.9 |
| 1953 | 78.7 |
| 1952 | 78.5 |
| 1951 | 78.3 |
| 1950 | 78 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 95.7 |
| 2027 | 95.8 |
| 2028 | 95.8 |
| 2029 | 95.9 |
| 2030 | 96 |
| 2031 | 96 |
| 2032 | 96.1 |
| 2033 | 96.2 |
| 2034 | 96.2 |
| 2035 | 96.3 |
| 2036 | 96.4 |
| 2037 | 96.4 |
| 2038 | 96.5 |
| 2039 | 96.6 |
| 2040 | 96.7 |
| 2041 | 96.8 |
| 2042 | 96.8 |
| 2043 | 96.9 |
| 2044 | 97 |
| 2045 | 97.1 |
| 2046 | 97.2 |
| 2047 | 97.3 |
| 2048 | 97.4 |
| 2049 | 97.5 |
| 2050 | 97.6 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.91B in 2025
- Military spending per person$577 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000