Venezuela
Population 2026
28,633,721
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.41%
- Density
- 32 per km²
- Land area
- 882,050 km²
- Capital
- Caracas
- Currency
- Bolivar Soberano (VES)
- Official languages
- ES-VE
- Urban population
- 89.3%
- Continent
- SA
Demographics
- Births
- 439,5292026
- Deaths
- 226,4982026
- Birth rate
- 15.2per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.08
- Life expectancy
- 72.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 29.5
- Net migration
- -100,467
Age distribution
- 0–1424.9%
- 15–6465.1%
- 65+10.0%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $99.7B
- GDP per capita
- $3.5K
- GDP growth
- +1.6%
- Inflation
- 254.9%
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Exports
- $14.9B
- Imports
- $10.1B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.0%
- Industry0.0%
- Manufacturing0.0%
- Services0.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture8.9%
- Industry16.8%
- Services74.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaracasDistrito Federal | 3,000,0002025 |
| 2 | MaracaiboZulia | 1,752,6022026 |
| 3 | ValenciaCarabobo | 1,619,4702026 |
| 4 | BarquisimetoLara | 1,240,7142026 |
| 5 | Ciudad GuayanaBolívar | 978,2022025 |
| 6 | BarcelonaAnzoátegui | 815,1412026 |
| 7 | MaturínMonagas | 647,4592026 |
| 8 | MaracayAragua | 464,7002026 |
| 9 | Ciudad BolívarBolívar | 412,6192026 |
| 10 | CumanáSucre | 405,6262026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28,633,721 | 440K | 226K |
| 2020 | 28,444,080 | 442K | 205K |
| 2010 | 28,813,101 | 584K | 159K |
| 2000 | 24,526,707 | 581K | 121K |
| 1990 | 19,827,005 | 574K | 95.5K |
| 1980 | 15,258,225 | 509K | 83.0K |
| 1970 | 11,387,795 | 427K | 75.9K |
| 1960 | 8,160,087 | 367K | 81.9K |
| 1950 | 5,488,858 | 257K | 78.7K |