MigrantoMigration trends in Uruguay
Latin America
263.3K people from Uruguay have built lives abroad. That's 7.8% of the country population, spread across 45 different countries
3.4M
Population
150.6K
Immigrants
263.3K
Emigrants
−112.6K
Outflow
1 in every 14 people born in Uruguay now lives abroad
The #124 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Uruguay
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
91.9K immigrants · 178.6K emigrants
2005
- Argentina overtook Spain as the largest source of new arrivals
2020
- Migration accounted for 91% of the country's population growth
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
Today
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 49%
- Since 1990: 58.8K more foreign-born residents and 84.7K more citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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