United Kingdom vs Uruguay: Population census recently completed

United Kingdom

in 2015

Uruguay

in 2015

United Kingdom rank

1st

Uruguay rank

1st

Population census recently completed over time

United Kingdom currently reports 1 against 1 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 266 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Uruguay ahead.

United Kingdom ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 67 countries.

Indicator: Population census recently completed
Source: Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 67 places, 17,822 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A census is defined as a population count that meets three requirements: universality, well-defined territory, and simultaneity.