Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Uruguay

Population growth in Uruguay in 2025 — -0.06%. Ranked 173 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.32 pp.

2025 -0.06% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 173of 217
Period maximum 1.26%1961
Period minimum -0.17%2022

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Uruguay, 1961–2025-0.500.511.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 1.26%1963: 1.17%1965: 1.05%1967: 0.91%1969: 0.7%1971: 0.56%1973: 0.55%1975: 0.64%1977: 0.62%1979: 0.48%1981: 0.38%1983: 0.45%1985: 0.48%1987: 0.56%1989: 0.59%1991: 0.58%1993: 0.53%1995: 0.52%1997: 0.53%1999: 0.45%2001: 0.25%2003: 0.07%2005: 0.08%2007: 0.17%2009: 0.24%2011: 0.25%2013: 0.3%2015: 0.35%2017: 0.27%2019: 0.08%2021: -0.07%2023: -0.08%2025: -0.06%
Change over the period: −1.32 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uruguay

Uruguay -0.06%
World 0.91%
South America computed 0.57%
High-income countries computed 0.43%
Population growth — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.06 −0.01 pp
2024 -0.04 +0.04 pp
2023 -0.08 +0.09 pp
2022 -0.17 −0.1 pp
2021 -0.07 −0.12 pp
2020 0.05 −0.03 pp
2019 0.08 −0.1 pp
2018 0.18 −0.09 pp
2017 0.27 −0.06 pp
2016 0.33 −0.01 pp
2015 0.35 +0.02 pp
2014 0.33 +0.03 pp
2013 0.3 +0.04 pp
2012 0.26 +0.01 pp
2011 0.25 −0.01 pp
2010 0.26 +0.02 pp
2009 0.24 +0.03 pp
2008 0.21 +0.04 pp
2007 0.17 +0.06 pp
2006 0.11 +0.03 pp
2005 0.08 +0.02 pp
2004 0.06 −0.01 pp
2003 0.07 −0.07 pp
2002 0.14 −0.11 pp
2001 0.25 −0.13 pp
2000 0.37 −0.08 pp
1999 0.45 −0.04 pp
1998 0.49 −0.04 pp
1997 0.53 +0 pp
1996 0.53 +0.01 pp
1995 0.52 +0 pp
1994 0.52 −0.01 pp
1993 0.53 −0.03 pp
1992 0.55 −0.02 pp
1991 0.58 −0.01 pp
1990 0.59 −0.01 pp
1989 0.59 +0 pp
1988 0.59 +0.03 pp
1987 0.56 +0.04 pp
1986 0.52 +0.04 pp
1985 0.48 +0.03 pp
1984 0.46 +0.01 pp
1983 0.45 +0.03 pp
1982 0.41 +0.03 pp
1981 0.38 −0.03 pp
1980 0.41 −0.07 pp
1979 0.48 −0.07 pp
1978 0.56 −0.07 pp
1977 0.62 −0.04 pp
1976 0.66 +0.02 pp
1975 0.64 +0.05 pp
1974 0.59 +0.04 pp
1973 0.55 +0.01 pp
1972 0.54 −0.02 pp
1971 0.56 −0.05 pp
1970 0.6 −0.1 pp
1969 0.7 −0.11 pp
1968 0.81 −0.09 pp
1967 0.91 −0.08 pp
1966 0.98 −0.07 pp
1965 1.05 −0.07 pp
1964 1.11 −0.05 pp
1963 1.17 −0.04 pp
1962 1.21 −0.05 pp
1961 1.26

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.