Venezuela's population rose from 22.7M in 1996 to 28.5M in 2025.
Venezuela · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Venezuela's population growth fell from 2.1 % in 1996 to 0.4 % in 2025.
Venezuela's population density rose from 24.6 in 1994 to 32.1 in 2023.
Venezuela's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.9 % in 1996 to 50.6 % in 2025.
Venezuela's urbanisation rose from 86.8 % in 1996 to 89.3 % in 2025.
Venezuela's urban population rose from 19.7M in 1996 to 25.5M in 2025.
Venezuela's rural population rose from 2.99M in 1996 to 3.05M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.1 %100th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +1.0 %103rd of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.6 %94th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.1 %182nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs121st of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts95th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts94th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts99th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.6 pts124th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts96th of 217
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- Net migrationup +4.6 %201st of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.3 pts118th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −34.1 %84th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs129th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs123rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs141st of 217