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Current account balance : $76 million (2003) . HIV Progreso : 0.3% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line : 23.7% (2002) . Literacy : 98% House hold income lowest than 10% : 3,70% House hold income highest than 10% : 25.8% (1997) Inflation : 19.4% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 16% (2003) . Internet Users : 400,000 (2002) . Location Progreso : Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil . Geographic Coordinates : 33 00 S, 56 00 W . Religion : Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% . Administrative region : 19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres . Terrain : mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland . Elevation extremes lowest : Atlantic Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Cerro Catedral 514 m . Natural resources : arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries . Land use arable land : 7,43%. Land use permanentcrops : 0,23%. Irrigated land : 1,800 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts . Environment current issues : water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal . Geography note : second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising . Population : 3,399,237 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 23,50%. age -14 men : 406 500. age -14 ladies : 392 497. age 15/64 p : 63,40%. age 15/64 men : 1 066 464. age 15/64 ladies : 1 087 100. age +65 p : 13,10%. age +65 men : 182 654. age +65 ladies : 264 022. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 32.2 years . median age male : 30.7 years . median age female : 33.7 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 0.51% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 14.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 9.07 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.04 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.04 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.98 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.69 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 13.67 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 10.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 75.92 years . life expectancy at birth male : 72.71 years . life expectancy at birth female : 79.24 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 1.96 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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