Uruguay
Uruguay is a country in Latin America & Caribbean with a population of approximately ~3.4 million. Its capital is Montevideo. This is the complete reference for identifying Uruguay in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Continent / region | Latin America & Caribbean |
| Capital | Montevideo |
| Population | ~3.4 million |
| ISO codes | UY / URY |
| Coordinates | -34.89°, -56.07° |
| Bordering countries | None on file (island or maritime) |
How Uruguay appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Uruguay is identified through the clue sequence: latin america & caribbean first, then population range (~3.4 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Montevideo), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Uruguay is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Latin America & Caribbean.
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Reading Uruguay in MapDash context
The Uruguay record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Uruguay sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Uruguay’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Uruguay?
The capital of Uruguay is Montevideo.
What continent is Uruguay in?
Uruguay is in Latin America & Caribbean.
What is the population of Uruguay?
Uruguay has a population of approximately ~3.4 million.
What countries border Uruguay?
Uruguay has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.