Uruguay is South America's smallest Spanish-speaking country and consistently one of its most progressive, democratic, and stable nations. The first country to legalize cannabis.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 19 people per km² rank 169 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.0419 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of South America | 0.783% of its people, 0.993% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 68,037 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Cambodia (181,035 km²) |
| Closest in population | Mongolia (3,431,932 people) |
Uruguay is the only country in our list that uses UYU.