Recognised as Country
Uruguay
- UY
- South America
- UYU
- .uy
Uruguay (UY/URY) is a country in South America with its capital at Montevideo. It covers about 176,215 km² with a population of roughly 3,400,000, uses the UYU, dials on +598, owns the .uy internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Montevideo. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameUruguay
CapitalMontevideo
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2UY
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3URY
Internet TLD.uy
Calling code+598
Currency codeUYU
Geography
Latitude32.5228° S
Longitude55.7658° W
HemisphereSouthern and Western
Area176,215 km²68,037 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London10,803 kmto the approximate centre of Uruguay, not to Montevideo. SW, bearing 224.5°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Montevideothe IANA zone for Montevideo; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-03:00
Offset in JulyUTC-03:00
Current offsetUTC-03:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 13:38
Hours ahead of UTC-3
Population & scale
Population3,400,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density19.3 per km²≈
Share of world population0.042%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset89 of 196
Population rank in this dataset133 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Argentina966 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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