Uruguay: Departments, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts

Departments

The population of the departments of Uruguay according to census results and latest official estimates and projections.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 1975-05-21	Population Census (C) 1985-10-23	Population Census (C) 1996-05-22	Population Census (Cf) 2004-07-01	Population Census (Cf) 2011-09-01	Population Estimate (E) 2012-06-30	Population Projection (P) 2017-06-30
Uruguay	URY	Montevideo	175,016	2,788,429	2,955,241	3,163,763	3,241,003	3,286,314	3,426,466	3,493,200
Artigas	ART	Artigas	11,928	57,947	69,145	75,059	78,019	73,378	75,877	74,800	1192800	→
Canelones	CAN	Canelones	4,536	325,594	364,248	443,053	485,240	520,187	544,210	581,500	453600	→
Cerro Largo	CER	Melo	13,648	74,027	78,416	82,510	86,564	84,698	89,304	89,600	1364800	→
Colonia	COL	Colonia del Sacramento	6,106	111,776	112,717	120,241	119,266	123,203	127,797	130,000	610600	→
Durazno	DUR	Durazno	11,643	55,699	55,077	55,716	58,859	57,088	59,016	59,000	1164300	→
Flores	FLS	Trinidad	5,144	25,006	24,739	25,030	25,104	25,050	26,512	26,500	514400	→
Florida	FLO	Florida	10,417	67,129	66,474	66,503	68,181	67,048	69,274	69,300	1041700	→
Lavalleja	LAV	Minas	10,016	65,180	61,466	61,085	60,925	58,815	60,023	59,200	1001600	→
Maldonado	MAL	Maldonado	4,793	76,211	94,314	127,502	140,192	164,300	174,745	187,600	479300	→
Montevideo	MON	Montevideo	530	1,237,227	1,311,976	1,344,839	1,325,968	1,319,108	1,376,602	1,381,200	53000	→
Paysandú	PAY	Paysandú	13,922	98,508	103,763	111,509	113,244	113,124	117,418	119,100	1392200	→
Río Negro	RNE	Fray Bentos	9,282	50,123	48,644	51,713	53,989	54,765	56,317	57,600	928200	→
Rivera	RIV	Rivera	9,370	82,043	89,475	98,472	104,921	103,493	106,863	108,300	937000	→
Rocha	ROC	Rocha	10,551	60,258	66,601	70,292	69,937	68,088	73,604	74,000	1055100	→
Salto	SAL	Salto	14,163	103,074	108,487	117,597	123,120	124,878	129,444	132,300	1416300	→
San José	SJO	San José de Mayo	4,992	87,803	89,893	96,664	103,104	108,309	111,175	115,600	499200	→
Soriano	SOR	Mercedes	9,008	80,606	79,439	81,557	84,563	82,595	84,468	84,000	900800	→
Tacuarembó	TAC	Tacuarembó	15,438	84,535	83,498	84,919	90,489	90,053	93,222	93,000	1543800	→
Treinta y Tres	TYT	Treinta y Tres	9,529	45,683	46,869	49,502	49,318	48,134	50,595	50,500	952900	→

In contrast to census results, population estimates and projections are adjusted for underenumeration.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2011-09-01
1	Montevideo	MON	1,304,687
2	Salto	SAL	104,011
3	Ciudad de la Costa	CAN	95,176
4	Paysandú	PAY	76,412
5	Las Piedras	CAN	71,258
6	Rivera	RIV	64,465
7	Maldonado	MAL	62,590
8	Tacuarembó	TAC	54,755
9	Melo	CER	51,830

Contents: Cities & Urban Localities

The population of all Uruguayan cities and urban localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1975-05-21	Population Census (C) 1985-10-23	Population Census (C) 1996-05-02	Population Census (Cf) 2004-07-01	Population Census (Cf) 2011-09-01	Area
Artigas	ART	29,256	35,117	40,244	41,687	40,657	1484	→
Barros Blancos (Juan Antonio Artigas; incl. Fracc. Camino Maldonado)	CAN	16,657	20,667	26,813	28,610	31,650	2086	→
Bella Unión	ART	7,778	12,238	13,537	13,187	12,201	771	→
Canelones	CAN	15,988	17,323	19,388	19,631	19,865	1256	→
Carmelo	COL	13,707	14,278	16,658	16,866	18,041	1193	→
Chuy	ROC	4,521	8,257	9,804	10,401	9,675	323	→
Ciudad de la Costa	CAN	19,482	34,483	66,402	83,399	95,176	5314	→
Ciudad del Plata	SJO	11,124	13,512	20,712	26,582	31,145	2558	→
Colonia del Sacramento	COL	17,046	19,102	22,200	21,714	26,231	2142	→
Dolores	SOR	13,322	13,084	14,784	15,753	17,174	446	→
Durazno	DUR	25,981	27,834	30,607	33,576	34,368	1683	→
Florida	FLO	25,374	28,443	31,594	32,128	33,639	1724	→
Fray Bentos	RNE	19,407	19,862	21,959	23,122	24,406	903	→
Juan Lacaze	COL	11,595	12,574	12,988	13,196	12,816	540	→
La Paz	CAN	14,653	16,209	19,547	19,832	20,524	460	→
Las Piedras	CAN	53,331	58,283	66,584	69,222	71,258	2262	→
Libertad	SJO	6,107	7,032	8,353	9,196	10,166	576	→
Maldonado	MAL	22,762	33,535	48,936	54,603	62,590	1273	→
Melo	CER	38,487	42,245	46,883	50,578	51,830	1656	→
Mercedes	SOR	34,518	36,701	39,320	42,032	41,974	1117	→
Minas	LAV	35,225	34,658	37,146	37,925	38,446	1800	→
Montevideo	MON	1,176,049	1,251,511	1,303,182	1,269,552	1,304,687	23988	→
Nueva Helvecia	COL	8,587	8,768	9,650	10,002	10,630	1233	→
Pando	CAN	16,406	19,795	23,384	24,004	25,947	1050	→
Paso de Carrasco	CAN	8,592	10,278	12,174	15,028	15,908	592	→
Paso de los Toros	TAC	13,032	13,026	13,315	13,231	12,985	968	→
Paysandú	PAY	62,199	68,466	74,568	73,272	76,412	2160	→
Progreso	CAN	9,612	11,244	14,471	15,775	16,244	924	→
Río Branco	CER	5,685	9,072	12,215	13,456	14,604	834	→
Rivera	RIV	48,780	57,314	62,859	64,426	64,465	2903	→
Rocha	ROC	21,502	24,013	26,017	25,538	25,420	1878	→
Rosario	COL	8,292	8,879	9,428	9,311	10,085	678	→
Salto	SAL	73,897	80,821	93,117	99,072	104,011	3700	→
San Carlos	MAL	16,925	19,877	24,030	24,771	27,471	751	→
San José de Mayo	SJO	28,554	31,825	34,552	36,339	36,743	1392	→
Santa Lucía	CAN	14,079	14,951	16,764	16,475	16,742	3700	→
Tacuarembó	TAC	37,692	40,511	45,891	51,224	54,755	3182	→
Treinta y Tres	TYT	23,448	25,116	26,390	25,711	25,476	899	→
Trinidad	FLS	17,597	18,372	20,031	20,982	21,429	665	→
Young	RNE	11,015	12,249	14,567	15,759	16,756	810	→

Ciudad de la Costa includes El Pinar (pop. 21,091 in 2011), Lomas de Solymar (pop. 19,124 in 2011), and Solymar (pop. 18,573 in 2011); Ciudad del Plata includes Delta del Tigre (pop. 20,239 in 2011). The 2011 population of Montevideo includes 3 localities excluded in former census results.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay (web).