Venezuela Population (LIVE)

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Venezuela Population (1950 - 2023)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is 29,051,560 as of Sunday, November 19, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data ¹.
Venezuela 2023 population is estimated at 28,838,499 people at mid year.
Venezuela population is equivalent to 0.36% of the total world population.
Venezuela ranks number 52 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Venezuela is 33 per Km² (85 people per mi²).
The total land area is 882,050 Km2 (340,561 sq. miles)
100% of the population is urban (28,838,499 people in 2023)
The median age in Venezuela is 28.3 years.

1. Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Venezuela (2023 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Venezuela Global Rank
2023	28,838,499	1.90 %	536,803	321,106	28.3	2.17	33	N.A.	N.A.	0.36 %	8,045,311,447	52
2022	28,301,696	0.36 %	101,829	297,713	28.2	2.19	32	N.A.	N.A.	0.35 %	7,975,105,156	51
2020	28,490,453	-1.66 %	-481,230	-525,142	27.8	2.23	32	N.A.	N.A.	0.36 %	7,840,952,880	50
2015	30,529,716	1.23 %	362,939	-77,421	26.2	2.34	35	90.0 %	27,464,635	0.41 %	7,426,597,537	45
2010	28,715,022	1.49 %	409,247	-52,784	24.8	2.47	33	89.0 %	25,568,720	0.41 %	6,985,603,105	43
2005	26,668,785	1.77 %	448,211	-18,400	23.4	2.63	30	88.3 %	23,557,733	0.41 %	6,558,176,119	41
2000	24,427,729	2.02 %	464,089	-2,004	22.1	2.82	28	87.8 %	21,441,865	0.40 %	6,148,898,975	42
1995	22,107,286	2.28 %	471,341	-633	20.9	3.08	25	86.3 %	19,085,299	0.38 %	5,743,219,454	43
1990	19,750,579	2.56 %	469,655	-80	19.8	3.45	22	84.8 %	16,740,397	0.37 %	5,316,175,862	43
1985	17,402,304	2.73 %	438,372	243	18.8	3.79	20	82.4 %	14,343,460	0.36 %	4,861,730,613	44
1980	15,210,443	2.91 %	406,811	244	17.8	4.20	17	79.9 %	12,150,036	0.34 %	4,444,007,706	44
1975	13,176,387	3.02 %	364,182	195	16.7	4.69	15	76.8 %	10,125,741	0.32 %	4,069,437,231	47
1970	11,355,475	3.23 %	333,467	309	15.8	5.32	13	73.3 %	8,325,983	0.31 %	3,695,390,336	47
1965	9,688,138	3.50 %	306,240	1,668	15.4	5.98	11	68.0 %	6,584,735	0.29 %	3,337,111,983	59
1960	8,156,937	3.85 %	280,960	8,369	15.5	6.36	9	61.5 %	5,019,512	0.27 %	3,019,233,434	54
1955	6,752,139	4.23 %	252,705	27,612	16.0	6.60	8	54.6 %	3,687,084	0.25 %	2,746,072,141	59

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Venezuela Population Forecast

-17,999

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Venezuela Global Rank
2025	29,926,368	0.99 %	287,183	248,356	28.4	2.13	34	N.A.	N.A.	0.37 %	8,191,988,453	53
2030	32,027,461	1.37 %	420,219	46,238	29.2	2.06	36	N.A.	N.A.	0.37 %	8,546,141,327	54
2035	33,399,450	0.84 %	274,398	-19,066	30.7	1.99	38	N.A.	N.A.	0.38 %	8,879,397,401	54
2040	34,467,670	0.63 %	213,644	-21,665	32.5	1.94	39	N.A.	N.A.	0.38 %	9,188,250,492	56
2045	35,288,946	0.47 %	164,255	-18,833	34.3	1.90	40	N.A.	N.A.	0.37 %	9,467,543,575	56
2050	35,937,404	0.36 %	129,692		36.0	1.86	41	N.A.	N.A.	0.37 %	9,709,491,761	59

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Venezuela Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Venezuela

Life Expectancy

72.89 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

13.6

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

16.2

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in Venezuela

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Caracas	3,000,000
2	Maracaibo	2,225,000
3	Maracay	1,754,256
4	Valencia	1,385,083
5	Barquisimeto	809,490
6	Ciudad Guayana	746,535
7	Barcelona	424,795
8	Maturin	410,972
9	Puerto La Cruz	370,000
10	Petare	364,684
11	Barinas	353,442
12	Turmero	344,700
13	Ciudad Bolivar	338,000
14	Merida	300,000
15	Alto Barinas	284,289
16	Santa Teresa del Tuy	278,890
17	Cumana	257,783
18	San Cristobal	246,583
19	Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Baruta	244,216
20	Mucumpiz	215,259
21	Cabimas	200,818
22	Coro	195,227
23	Guatire	191,903
24	Cua	182,558
25	Guarenas	181,612
26	Puerto Cabello	174,000
27	Ocumare del Tuy	166,072
28	Guacara	151,752
29	El Tigre	150,999
30	El Limon	148,247
31	Acarigua	143,704
32	Los Teques	140,617
33	Punto Fijo	131,784
34	Charallave	129,182
35	Palo Negro	128,875
36	Cagua	119,033
37	Anaco	117,596
38	Calabozo	117,132
39	Guanare	112,286
40	Carupano	112,082
41	Ejido	106,915
42	Catia La Mar	106,822
43	Mariara	105,486
44	Carora	93,788
45	Valera	93,756
46	Yaritagua	89,662
47	Valle de La Pascua	89,080
48	San Juan de los Morros	87,739
49	Porlamar	87,120
50	La Victoria	87,045
51	Tinaquillo	82,145
52	El Cafetal	80,029
53	San Fernando de Apure	78,779
54	San Carlos	77,192
55	San Felipe	76,766
56	Villa de Cura	76,614
57	Araure	73,054
58	Guigue	71,530
59	La Villa del Rosario	65,011
60	Chacao	64,609
61	San Antonio de Los Altos	63,873
62	Machiques	62,968
63	San Jose de Guanipa	62,128
64	El Vigia	59,092
65	Caucaguita	59,000
66	Punta Cardon	58,926
67	Los Dos Caminos	58,168
68	El Hatillo	57,591
69	La Dolorita	56,846
70	San Carlos del Zulia	56,582

Notes

The Venezuela Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Venezuela (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Venezuela in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.