Main countries of origin immigrants in Uruguay 2020

At mid-year 2020, neighouring Argentina was the main country of origin of immigrants in Uruguay, as about 33,000 Argentinians were located in the South American country. It was followed by Spain and Venezuela.

Leading countries of origin of immigrants in Uruguay in 2020

Characteristic	Number of migrants
Argentina	33,022
Spain	19,374
Venezuela	14,908
Brazil	14,762
Italy	8,744
Germany	1,651
Chile	1,536
Poland	1,390
Paraguay	1,225
United States	743
Romania	728
Portugal	668
Mexico	635
France	560
United Kingdom	541

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Uruguay

Survey time period

July 1, 2020

Special properties

international migrant stock at mid-year

Supplementary notes

International migrant stock is an estimation of the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained from population censuses. Additionally, population registers and nationally representative surveys provided information on the number and composition of international migrants. More methodological information can be found here.
*The data for United States of America do not include American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and United States Virgin Islands.
**The data for France do not include French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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