Uruguay

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Uruguay
Misc
Country CodeUY
Geography
Area (sq km)176,215
Coastline (km)660
Highest Point (m)514 (Cerro Catedral)
Average Elevation (m)109
People
Population3,369,299
Median Age35.10
Growth Rate0.27 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)13.00
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)9.40
Urban Population95.30 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)15.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)8.10
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)8.60 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)5.05
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)2.80
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)27.90 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)4.40 %
School life (years)
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)23.80 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)78.160 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)2.70 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)22,400
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)17.20 %

See Also

South America
South America is the fourth largest continent, the southern of the two Americas continents of the Western Hemisphere.