Infant mortality rate: 15.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.94 years male: 71.8 years female: 78.25 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.32 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality: noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan
Ethnic divisions: white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%
Religions: Roman Catholic 66% (less than one-half of the 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 (1995 est.)
total population: 97.3%
male: 96.9%
female: 97.7%
Government —————
Name of country:
conventional long form: Oriental Republic of Uruguay
conventional short form: Uruguay
local long form: Republica Oriental del Uruguay
local short form: Uruguay