Venezuela March 11, 2020 ALBA , Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América , Amazon , Americas , Atlantic Ocean , Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , Caracas , Caribbean Sea , Chavez , colony , forest , Hugo Chavez , hydrocarbons , jungle , Latin America , Maracaibo , Mont Roraima , Nicolas Maduro , oil , Orinoco , Orinoco Delta , poverty , República Bolivariana de Venezuela (es) , Roraima , South America , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Venezuela Official name Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Name in local language República Bolivariana de Venezuela (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent South America Population (ranking: 47e ) 31,828,110 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.26 % / year Area 916,445 km² Density 34.73 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 57e )178.036 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 5,594 $USD (2018) GDP growth -18.00 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 72.10 years (2018) Birth rate 19.16 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 2.32 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 5.31 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 18.91 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 96.32 % (2015) Official languages Spanish Currency Bolívar fuerte (VEF) HDI (ranking: 131e )0.726 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )63.89 (2018) Government Federal presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Nicolás Maduro National Day 5 July (independence of 1811) ISO Codes VE, VEN Demonym Venezuelan Tourists (ranking ) 601,000 people (2016)
Venezuela is a federal republic located in the most northerly part of South America. The country is bordered to the north by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Guyana , to the south by Brazil , to the southwest and to the west by Colombia .
Caracas, capital city of Venezuela. Photo: Wikipedia Mount Roraima, Venezuela. Photo: Most Beautiful Spots Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Caracas 4,938,596 inhabitants Maracaïbo 3,351,104 inhabitants Valence (Valencia) 1,818,628 inhabitants Maracay 1,711,144 inhabitants Barquisimeto 1,433,805 inhabitants San Cristóbal 1,015,623 inhabitants Ciudad Guayana 929,707 inhabitants Barcelone (Barcelona) 846,353 inhabitants Maturín 592,574 inhabitants Porlamar 529,058 inhabitants Ciudad Bolívar 450,223 inhabitants Valera 444,152 inhabitants Acarigua-Araure 437,495 inhabitants Barinas 436,923 inhabitants Cumaná 423,546 inhabitants Mérida 403,106 inhabitants Punto Fijo 377,128 inhabitants San Felipe 308,234 inhabitants El Tigre 292,203 inhabitants Coro 239,961 inhabitants San Fernando 213,335 inhabitants Carora 201,950 inhabitants Puerto Cabello 195,219 inhabitants Carúpano 180,984 inhabitants Calabozo 167,901 inhabitants
Administrative divisions States Population Area Amazonas 187,852 inhabitants 180,145 km² Anzoátegui 1,706,078 inhabitants 43,300 km² Apure 593,694 inhabitants 76,500 km² Aragua 1,839,075 inhabitants 7,014 km² Barinas 913,573 inhabitants 35,200 km² Bolívar 1,809,306 inhabitants 238,000 km² Carabobo 2,494,810 inhabitants 4,650 km² Cojedes 357,866 inhabitants 14,800 km² Delta Amacuro 197,233 inhabitants 40,200 km² Dépendances Fédérales 2,248 inhabitants 342 km² District capitale de Caracas 2,085,846 inhabitants 433 km² Falcón 1,046,434 inhabitants 24,800 km² Guárico 905,047 inhabitants 64,986 km² Lara 2,007,190 inhabitants 19,800 km² Mérida 1,007,934 inhabitants 11,300 km² Miranda 3,228,435 inhabitants 7,950 km² Monagas 995,584 inhabitants 28,930 km² Nueva Esparta 584,873 inhabitants 1,150 km² Portuguesa 1,024,277 inhabitants 15,200 km² Sucre 1,059,488 inhabitants 11,800 km² Táchira 1,255,869 inhabitants 11,100 km² Trujillo 840,554 inhabitants 7,400 km² Vargas 372,697 inhabitants 1,496 km² Yaracuy 716,036 inhabitants 7,100 km² Zulia 4,199,165 inhabitants 63,100 km²
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