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Uruguay: cities by population

Uruguay has a population of 3,449,299, with Montevideo as its capital. The 50 largest of its 153 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Montevideo	Montevideo Department	1,270,737
2	Salto	Salto Department	114,084
3	Maldonado	Maldonado	102,000
4	Rivera	Rivera Department	84,775
5	Paysandú	Paysandú Department	81,550
6	Las Piedras	Canelones	69,682
7	Tacuarembó	Tacuarembó Department	60,586
8	Melo	Cerro Largo	56,013
9	Artigas	Artigas	43,897
10	Mercedes	Soriano	43,543
11	Durazno	Durazno Department	40,279
12	Minas	Lavalleja	38,645
13	Florida	Florida	36,471
14	San José de Mayo	San José Department	35,883
15	Colonia del Sacramento	Colonia	32,164
16	Barros Blancos	Canelones	31,650
17	San Carlos	Maldonado	27,471
18	Rocha	Rocha Department	26,784
19	Fray Bentos	Río Negro Department	26,297
20	Treinta y Tres	Treinta y Tres Department	25,890
21	Canelones	Canelones	24,185
22	Pando	Canelones	24,047
23	Trinidad	Flores Department	22,897
24	La Paz	Canelones	19,913
25	Carmelo	Colonia	18,041
26	Delta del Tigre	San José Department	17,973
27	Dolores	Soriano	17,174
28	Young	Río Negro Department	16,756
29	Santa Lucía	Canelones	16,438
30	Progreso	Canelones	16,244
31	Paso de Carrasco	Canelones	15,393
32	Río Branco	Cerro Largo	14,604
33	Paso de los Toros	Tacuarembó Department	12,985
34	Juan L. Lacaze	Colonia	12,816
35	Bella Unión	Artigas	12,200
36	Libertad	San José Department	10,166
37	Rosario	Colonia	10,085
38	Nueva Helvecia	Colonia	10,054
39	Nueva Palmira	Colonia	9,857
40	Chui	Rocha Department	9,675
41	Punta del Este	Maldonado	9,277
42	Colonia Nicolich	Canelones	8,902
43	Salinas	Canelones	8,626
44	Piriápolis	Maldonado	7,968
45	Castillos	Rocha Department	7,541
46	Tranqueras	Rivera Department	7,235
47	Sarandí del Yi	Durazno Department	7,176
48	San Ramón	Canelones	7,133
49	Lascano	Rocha Department	6,976
50	Tarariras	Colonia	6,632

Twenty years earlier: Uruguay in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 3,251,269.