Oriental Republic of Uruguay República Oriental del Uruguay | |
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Motto: "Libertad o Muerte" (Spanish) (English: "Freedom or Death") | |
 Location of Uruguay (dark green) in South America (grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Montevideo 34°53′S 56°10′W / 34.883°S 56.167°W |
| National language | Spanish |
| Regional language | Uruguayan Portuguese |
| Ethnic groups (2016[1]) | |
| Religion (2017)[2] |
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| Demonym(s) | Uruguayan, Oriental |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Luis Lacalle Pou | |
| Beatriz Argimón | |
| Legislature | General Assembly |
| Senate | |
| Chamber of Representatives | |
| Independence from the Empire of Brazil | |
• Declared | 25 August 1825 |
| 27 August 1828 | |
| 18 July 1830 | |
| 18 December 1945 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 176,215 km2 (68,037 sq mi) (89th) |
• Water (%) | 1.5 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 3,518,552 [3] (132nd) |
• 2011 census | 3,390,077[4] |
• Density | 19.8/km2 (51.3/sq mi) (99th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $86.562 billion[5] (92th) |
• Per capita | $24,516[5] (59th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $62.917 billion[5] (80th) |
• Per capita | $17,819[5] (49th) |
| Gini (2017) |  39.5[6]medium |
| HDI (2018) |  0.808[7]very high · 57th |
| Currency | Uruguayan peso (UYU) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (UYT) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +598 |
| ISO 3166 code | UY |
| Internet TLD | .uy |
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.51 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname.