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How many babies are born in Uruguay?

32.9 thousand babies born in Uruguay in 2026. That is 0.02% of all births worldwide, and the 141st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Uruguay: history and projections

1K10K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Uruguay’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~200 ~4.9K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~580 ~14K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~990 ~24K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~2.29K ~55K 41.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~30.9K ~920K 33.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 46.9K 2.23M 21.0 UN estimate
2000 52.1K 3.27M 16.0 UN estimate
2023 33.4K 3.39M 9.9 UN estimate
2026 32.9K 3.38M 9.7 UN projection
2050 26.9K 3.25M 8.3 UN projection
2075 20.6K 2.83M 7.3 UN projection
2100 15.5K 2.25M 6.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Uruguay among estimates through 2023 were in 1976, at about 61.8K. That is roughly 308 times the estimated ~201 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.38 children per woman, fertility in Uruguay is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Uruguay each year?

An estimated 32.9 thousand babies are born in Uruguay in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 90 a day and 0.02% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Uruguay?

Uruguay has an estimated 9.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.38 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.