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: 132e )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
See also
