Uruguay
Uruguay
Capital Montevideo
176,215 km² · 3,384,688 people (2025) · Uruguayan peso
Almost entirely rolling grassland; the highest point, Cerro Catedral, is 514 m, and the country has no mountains and no deserts. It generates close to all of its electricity from renewables in a normal year, mostly wind and hydro. Cattle outnumber people roughly three to one.
The facts
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Area
- 176,215 km² — 68,037 sq mi
- Population
- 3,384,688 (2025)
- Density
- 19.2 people per km²
- Currency
- Uruguayan peso (UYU, $)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Time zone
- UTC-03:00
- Calling code
- +598
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- UY · URY
- Continent
- South America
How it compares
- By area
- 90 of 200
- By population
- 134 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Syria | 187,437 | 25,620,427 |
| Cambodia | 181,035 | 17,847,982 |
| Uruguay ← | 176,215 | 3,384,688 |
| Suriname | 163,820 | 639,850 |
| Tunisia | 163,610 | 12,348,573 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Uruguay?
- Montevideo
- What currency does Uruguay use?
- The Uruguayan peso (UYU).
- How big is Uruguay?
- 176,215 km², or 68,037 square miles — 90 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Uruguay drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)