Italy vs Uruguay: Population growth

Italy
-0.1%
in 2025
Uruguay
-0.1%
in 2025
Italy rank
174th
Uruguay rank
173rd

Population growth over time

  • Italy
  • Uruguay
-0.500.511.5196119932025

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports -0.1% against -0.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.

Italy ranks 174th and Uruguay ranks 173rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% Uruguay
1970s 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% Uruguay
1980s 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% Uruguay
1990s 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% Uruguay
2000s 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% Italy
2010s 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% Uruguay
2020s -0.2% -0.1% 0.2% Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population growth, Italy or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at -0.1% against -0.1% in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in population growth between Italy and Uruguay?
0.0%, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Uruguay?
65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
How do Italy and Uruguay rank globally for population growth?
Italy ranks 174th and Uruguay ranks 173rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.