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title: "Uruguay — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Uruguay: capital Montevideo, area 176,215 km², population 3,384,688 (2025), currency Uruguayan peso. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/uruguay/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

- [Syria](https://atoneplace.net/country/syria/)
- [Cambodia](https://atoneplace.net/country/cambodia/)
- [Suriname](https://atoneplace.net/country/suriname/)
- [Tunisia](https://atoneplace.net/country/tunisia/)
- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Colombia](https://atoneplace.net/country/colombia/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Ecuador](https://atoneplace.net/country/ecuador/)
- [Bolivia](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]