Demographics of Venezuela

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date04 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Venezuela is projected at 28.41 million, compared to 28.30 million in 2023. It is the fifth-most populous country in South America and ranks 53rd in the world. The population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 0.39 percent, the 156th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 14.03 million males and 14.37 million females in Venezuela. The percentage of the male population is 49.41%, compared to 50.59% of the female population. Venezuela has 338k more females than males. The sex ratio in Venezuela in 2024 will be 97.649 males per 100 females. Venezuela is in the 98th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Gender

Venezuela population

Year Population Growth (%) M per 100 F
MaleFemaleTotal
19502,793,4382,695,4125,488,8504.39103.637
19553,421,4543,334,3586,755,8133.93102.612
19604,120,4754,039,6158,160,0903.60102.002
19654,888,0224,809,7689,697,7903.33101.627
19705,732,4105,655,38011,387,7903.08101.362
19756,644,9086,570,98413,215,8922.92101.125
19807,662,0377,596,18115,258,2182.79100.867
19858,757,7828,703,65217,461,4342.61100.622
19909,939,3269,887,68419,827,0102.41100.522
199511,121,29811,072,52222,193,8212.11100.441
200012,282,54912,244,15924,526,7081.87100.314
200513,388,12513,397,67826,785,8041.6699.929
201014,361,20414,451,89728,813,1011.2999.372
201515,195,27215,378,70130,573,9721.0098.807
202014,083,71514,360,36328,444,077-1.0198.074
202113,972,11414,265,71128,237,826-0.4497.942
202213,952,02714,260,98928,213,0170.2797.834
202313,988,50814,312,34528,300,8540.3597.737
202414,033,85914,371,68428,405,5430.3997.649
  • Life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

YearLife expectancy Median ageFertility rate
195051.14216.1256.635
195554.77816.0316.599
196058.37615.5106.382
196561.90915.3925.977
197064.81615.8695.321
197566.68616.7914.686
198068.17917.7904.200
198569.96118.7793.794
199070.96419.7473.448
199571.71420.7973.082
200072.38822.0352.790
200573.07523.3902.629
201073.09224.8072.396
201573.00426.3332.253
202072.36928.2462.116
202171.53628.5572.105
202272.56628.8102.088
202372.51429.0252.079
202472.67329.2142.077
  • Total
  • Crude

Venezuela death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195078,652256,88814.32946.802
195582,562320,53912.22147.446
196081,880366,98210.03444.973
196578,427400,1258.08741.259
197075,906426,6226.66637.463
197577,593462,6405.87135.006
198082,994508,6045.43933.333
198586,500542,0164.95431.041
199095,511573,6734.81728.934
1995106,814576,0884.81325.957
2000121,019580,8234.93423.681
2005136,030599,2885.07822.373
2010158,815584,2255.51220.276
2015184,241568,7956.02618.604
2020204,848442,0917.20215.542
2021222,005429,7617.86215.219
2022207,270423,8887.34715.025
2023213,955426,9847.56015.087
2024218,109432,6487.67815.231
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Venezuela

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19502,593,6742,888,30447.313
19553,687,0843,071,28954.556
19605,019,5123,127,33561.613
19656,584,7353,239,95767.022
19708,325,9833,261,77871.852
197510,125,7413,235,24675.786
198012,150,0363,193,88079.185
198514,343,4603,164,59981.925
199016,740,3973,121,55984.284
199519,085,2993,103,36886.014
200021,441,8653,046,47587.559
200523,557,7333,226,42887.954
201025,568,7203,459,31388.083
201527,464,6353,690,49988.154
202029,284,2193,888,17388.279
202129,640,5513,917,93288.325
202229,993,8953,944,22888.378
202330,344,4273,967,04088.438
202430,692,4083,986,36688.505
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Venezuela population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,070,551 1,018,447 2,088,997 7.35 105.116
05-09 1,254,045 1,185,421 2,439,466 8.59 105.789
10-14 1,397,143 1,325,477 2,722,621 9.58 105.407
15-19 1,402,273 1,331,034 2,733,307 9.62 105.352
20-24 1,193,331 1,113,802 2,307,133 8.12 107.140
25-29 944,018 892,827 1,836,844 6.47 105.734
30-34 882,438 872,783 1,755,220 6.18 101.106
35-39 890,124 924,798 1,814,921 6.39 96.251
40-44 874,074 929,025 1,803,100 6.35 94.085
45-49 842,372 901,635 1,744,007 6.14 93.427
50-54 778,468 839,054 1,617,522 5.69 92.779
55-59 712,811 779,439 1,492,251 5.25 91.452
60-64 612,222 688,499 1,300,721 4.58 88.921
65-69 483,654 573,248 1,056,901 3.72 84.371
70-74 326,690 419,199 745,889 2.63 77.932
75-79 207,022 291,617 498,639 1.76 70.991
80-84 111,606 179,467 291,073 1.02 62.187
85-89 41,569 80,243 121,811 0.43 51.804
90-94 8,870 22,533 31,403 0.11 39.364
95-99 579 3,063 3,643 0.01 18.903
100+ 2 73 74 0.00 2.740
Total 14,033,862 14,371,684 28,405,543 97.649