Uruguayans

Uruguayans

Uruguayos
Flag of Uruguay
Total population
c. 4 million[a]
Regions with significant populations
Uruguay 3,444,263 (2023 Census)[1]
Diaspora total	c. 630,000[2]
Argentina	95,384[3]
Spain	83,601[4]
Brazil	50,512[5]
United States	48,234[6]
Australia	10,000[7]
France	10,859[8]
Canada	7,660[9]
Chile	6,116 (2021)[10]
Italy	1,170[11]
Israel	6,202
Mexico	3,309
Colombia	1,000
Languages
Primarily Spanish Portuguese (minority)
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism;[12] Significant minority:Irreligion[13]
Related ethnic groups
Other South Americans (especially Argentines)
a. ^ The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations.

Uruguayans (Spanish: uruguayos) are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and their allegiance to Uruguay. Colloquially, primarily among other Spanish-speaking Latin American nations, Uruguayans are also referred to as "orientals [as in Easterners]" (Spanish: orientales).

Uruguay is, along with much of the Americas, a melting pot of different peoples, with the difference that it has traditionally maintained a model that promotes cultural assimilation, hence the different cultures have been absorbed by the mainstream. Uruguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America; the most common ethnic backgrounds by far being those from Spain, Italy, Germany and France i.e. Spanish Uruguayans, Italian Uruguayans, German Uruguayans, French Uruguayans and Polish Uruguayans.