🇻🇪 Venezuela Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Venezuela is 28,633,711, ranking #54 in the world (0.34% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 0.42% per year. The biggest city is Caracas with 3,000,000 inhabitants.

Live estimate

28,635,882

Growth rate

0.42%

Density

people / km² (81 / mi²)

Median age

29.5

Fertility rate

2.04

births per woman

Life expectancy

73.0

years

Venezuela population 1950–2100

Population of Venezuela, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Venezuela is projected to reach 31,094,883, and 28,280,553 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2057 at 31,213,042, then decline.

Venezuela population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	28,633,711	0.42%	31.2	29.5
2025	28,516,896	0.40%	31.1	29.4
2024	28,405,543	0.39%	31.0	29.2
2023	28,300,854	0.35%	30.9	29.0
2022	28,213,017	0.27%	30.8	28.8
2021	28,237,826	-0.44%	30.8	28.6
2020	28,444,077	-1.01%	31.0	28.2
2019	28,938,098	-2.42%	31.6	27.9
2018	29,807,592	-3.48%	32.5	27.4
2017	30,565,323	-1.56%	33.4	27.0
2016	30,765,720	0.25%	33.6	26.7
2015	30,573,972	1.00%	33.4	26.3
2014	30,254,079	1.10%	33.0	26.0
2013	29,912,198	1.17%	32.6	25.7
2012	29,553,826	1.24%	32.2	25.4
2011	29,185,212	1.27%	31.8	25.1
2010	28,813,101	1.29%	31.4	24.8
2009	28,438,298	1.33%	31.0	24.5
2008	28,053,696	1.40%	30.6	24.2
2007	27,649,363	1.51%	30.2	23.9
2006	27,224,686	1.59%	29.7	23.7
2005	26,785,804	1.66%	29.2	23.4
2004	26,340,838	1.69%	28.7	23.1
2003	25,892,703	1.74%	28.3	22.8
2002	25,435,671	1.82%	27.8	22.6
2001	24,979,922	1.80%	27.3	22.3
2000	24,526,708	1.87%	26.8	22.0
1999	24,066,593	1.92%	26.3	21.8
1998	23,601,337	1.98%	25.8	21.5
1997	23,131,685	2.04%	25.2	21.3
1996	22,662,113	2.06%	24.7	21.0
1995	22,193,821	2.11%	24.2	20.8
1994	21,725,188	2.16%	23.7	20.6
1993	21,254,520	2.22%	23.2	20.4
1992	20,780,948	2.28%	22.7	20.1
1991	20,304,896	2.35%	22.2	19.9
1990	19,827,010	2.41%	21.6	19.7
1989	19,348,921	2.47%	21.1	19.6
1988	18,871,020	2.53%	20.6	19.4
1987	18,394,963	2.58%	20.1	19.2
1986	17,923,536	2.61%	19.6	19.0
1985	17,461,434	2.61%	19.1	18.8
1984	17,008,841	2.64%	18.6	18.6
1983	16,562,205	2.68%	18.1	18.4
1982	16,121,874	2.71%	17.6	18.2
1981	15,687,297	2.76%	17.1	18.0
1980	15,258,218	2.79%	16.6	17.8
1979	14,834,552	2.84%	16.2	17.6
1978	14,416,684	2.87%	15.7	17.4
1977	14,006,812	2.90%	15.3	17.2
1976	13,606,284	2.91%	14.8	17.0
1975	13,215,892	2.92%	14.4	16.8
1974	12,835,351	2.93%	14.0	16.6
1973	12,463,537	2.95%	13.6	16.4
1972	12,099,180	2.98%	13.2	16.2
1971	11,741,008	3.03%	12.8	16.0
1970	11,387,790	3.08%	12.4	15.9
1969	11,040,280	3.12%	12.0	15.7
1968	10,697,530	3.19%	11.7	15.6
1967	10,358,512	3.25%	11.3	15.5
1966	10,024,854	3.30%	10.9	15.4
1965	9,697,790	3.33%	10.6	15.4
1964	9,377,712	3.38%	10.2	15.4
1963	9,064,020	3.43%	9.9	15.4
1962	8,756,870	3.47%	9.6	15.4
1961	8,455,915	3.53%	9.2	15.4
1960	8,160,090	3.60%	8.9	15.5
1959	7,869,223	3.66%	8.6	15.6
1958	7,581,980	3.78%	8.3	15.7
1957	7,299,448	3.82%	8.0	15.8
1956	7,024,318	3.86%	7.7	15.9
1955	6,755,813	3.93%	7.4	16.0
1954	6,492,812	4.01%	7.1	16.1
1953	6,234,768	4.10%	6.8	16.2
1952	5,981,380	4.20%	6.5	16.2
1951	5,732,603	4.30%	6.3	16.2
1950	5,488,850	4.39%	6.0	16.1

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	28,758,567	0.45%	31.4	29.7
2028	28,885,164	0.43%	31.5	29.8
2029	29,014,445	0.47%	31.7	30.0
2030	29,151,810	0.48%	31.8	30.2
2031	29,295,749	0.51%	32.0	30.3
2032	29,442,536	0.49%	32.1	30.5
2033	29,587,102	0.48%	32.3	30.8
2034	29,735,158	0.51%	32.4	31.0
2035	29,883,329	0.48%	32.6	31.3
2036	30,020,165	0.43%	32.8	31.6
2037	30,146,549	0.41%	32.9	31.9
2038	30,268,329	0.40%	33.0	32.2
2039	30,386,291	0.38%	33.2	32.5
2040	30,495,443	0.34%	33.3	32.9
2041	30,590,202	0.28%	33.4	33.3
2042	30,674,533	0.27%	33.5	33.6
2043	30,749,668	0.22%	33.6	34.0
2044	30,813,812	0.20%	33.6	34.3
2045	30,871,487	0.18%	33.7	34.7
2046	30,923,464	0.16%	33.7	35.1
2047	30,974,369	0.17%	33.8	35.4
2048	31,021,604	0.13%	33.8	35.8
2049	31,059,956	0.11%	33.9	36.1
2050	31,094,883	0.11%	33.9	36.5
2051	31,122,396	0.07%	34.0	36.8
2052	31,146,373	0.09%	34.0	37.2
2053	31,168,370	0.05%	34.0	37.5
2054	31,183,525	0.04%	34.0	37.8
2055	31,198,439	0.05%	34.0	38.1
2056	31,210,497	0.03%	34.1	38.4
2057	31,213,042	-0.01%	34.1	38.7
2058	31,210,975	-0.00%	34.1	38.9
2059	31,206,436	-0.03%	34.1	39.1
2060	31,197,937	-0.03%	34.0	39.3
2061	31,188,522	-0.03%	34.0	39.5
2062	31,177,020	-0.04%	34.0	39.6
2063	31,162,722	-0.05%	34.0	39.7
2064	31,147,758	-0.05%	34.0	39.8
2065	31,128,198	-0.08%	34.0	40.0
2066	31,100,580	-0.10%	33.9	40.2
2067	31,067,285	-0.12%	33.9	40.3
2068	31,032,695	-0.11%	33.9	40.5
2069	30,996,879	-0.12%	33.8	40.7
2070	30,957,606	-0.13%	33.8	40.9
2071	30,916,456	-0.14%	33.7	41.1
2072	30,873,679	-0.14%	33.7	41.4
2073	30,829,748	-0.14%	33.6	41.6
2074	30,787,912	-0.13%	33.6	41.8
2075	30,743,547	-0.16%	33.5	42.1
2076	30,694,270	-0.16%	33.5	42.3
2077	30,641,635	-0.18%	33.4	42.6
2078	30,582,757	-0.20%	33.4	42.8
2079	30,520,250	-0.21%	33.3	43.1
2080	30,456,004	-0.21%	33.2	43.3
2081	30,390,713	-0.22%	33.2	43.6
2082	30,322,894	-0.23%	33.1	43.8
2083	30,252,173	-0.24%	33.0	44.1
2084	30,178,827	-0.25%	32.9	44.3
2085	30,100,922	-0.27%	32.8	44.5
2086	30,015,810	-0.30%	32.8	44.7
2087	29,923,922	-0.31%	32.7	44.9
2088	29,828,983	-0.32%	32.5	45.1
2089	29,728,091	-0.36%	32.4	45.3
2090	29,620,002	-0.37%	32.3	45.4
2091	29,508,466	-0.38%	32.2	45.5
2092	29,393,893	-0.40%	32.1	45.7
2093	29,271,194	-0.44%	31.9	45.8
2094	29,141,701	-0.45%	31.8	45.9
2095	29,008,481	-0.47%	31.7	46.0
2096	28,867,501	-0.50%	31.5	46.0
2097	28,722,688	-0.50%	31.3	46.1
2098	28,574,957	-0.53%	31.2	46.2
2099	28,426,546	-0.51%	31.0	46.3
2100	28,280,553	-0.52%	30.9	46.4

States & provinces of Venezuela by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Zulia	3,704,404	12.9%
2	Miranda	2,675,165	9.3%
3	Carabobo	2,245,744	7.8%
4	Distrito Capital	2,097,400	7.3%
5	Lara	1,795,100	6.3%
6	Bolívar	1,720,000	6.0%
7	Aragua	1,689,056	5.9%
8	Anzoátegui	1,477,900	5.2%
9	Táchira	1,177,300	4.1%
10	Falcón	950,057	3.3%
11	Sucre	916,600	3.2%
12	Monagas	908,626	3.2%
13	Portuguesa	873,400	3.1%
14	Mérida	843,800	2.9%
15	Barinas	756,600	2.6%
16	Guárico	745,100	2.6%
17	Trujillo	711,400	2.5%
18	Yaracuy	597,700	2.1%
19	Nueva Esparta	491,610	1.7%
20	Apure	473,900	1.7%
21	Vargas	332,900	1.2%
22	Cojedes	300,300	1.0%
23	Delta Amacuro	152,700	0.5%
24	Amazonas	142,200	0.5%
25	Dependencias Federales	2,155	0.0%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Venezuela

#	City	Region	Population
1	Caracas capital	Distrito Federal	3,000,000
2	Maracaibo	Zulia	1,752,602
3	Valencia	Carabobo	1,619,470
4	Barquisimeto	Lara	1,240,714
5	Ciudad Guayana	Bolívar	978,202
6	Barcelona	Anzoátegui	815,141
7	Maturín	Monagas	647,459
8	Maracay	Aragua	464,700
9	Ciudad Bolívar	Bolívar	412,619
10	Cumaná	Sucre	405,626
11	Barinas	Barinas	397,279
12	Puerto La Cruz	Anzoátegui	370,000
13	Petare	Miranda	364,684
14	Cabimas	Zulia	351,736
15	Turmero	Aragua	344,700

FAQ

What is the population of Venezuela in 2026?

The population of Venezuela is 28,633,711 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Venezuela?

Caracas is the biggest city in Venezuela with 3,000,000 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Venezuela growing or shrinking?

The population of Venezuela is growing at 0.42% per year, and is projected to peak in 2057 at 31,213,042.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-06.

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