Venezuela Population

Quick facts about the population of Venezuela

Current population (as of Monday, May 27, 2024)

30,280,373

Population rank

51 (0.37% of world population)

Total area

912,050 km2 (352,145 mi2)

Population density

33.2 per km2 (86.0 people/mi2)

Sex ratio

1.01 (15,189,408 men to 15,091,164 women)

Median age

27.4 years

Life expectancy

73.9 years (70.8 - men, 77.2 - women)

Literacy

95.4 %

(Population figures are estimates by Countrymeters based on the latest United Nations data)

Venezuela population 2024

During 2024 Venezuela population is projected to increase by 423,046 people and reach 30,533,090 in the beginning of 2025. The natural increase is expected to be positive, as the number of births will exceed the number of deaths by 436,897. If external migration will remain on the previous year level, the population will be declined by 13,851 due to the migration reasons. It means that the number of people who leave Venezuela to settle permanently in another country (emigrants) will prevail over the number of people who move into the country (to which they are not native) in order to settle there as permanent residents (immigrants).

Population change rates in 2024

According to our estimations, daily change rates of Venezuela population in 2024 will be the following:

• 1,649 live births average per day (68.71 in an hour)
• 452 deaths average per day (18.84 in an hour)
• -38 emigrants average per day (-1.58 in an hour)

The population of Venezuela will be increasing by 1,159 persons daily in 2024.

Demographics of Venezuela 2023

As of 1 January 2024, the population of Venezuela was estimated to be 30,110,044 people. This is an increase of 1.41 % (417,185 people) compared to population of 29,692,859 the year before. In 2023 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 430,843. Due to external migration, the population declined by 13,659. The sex ratio of the total population was 1.007 (1,007 males per 1,000 females) which is lower than global sex ratio. The global sex ratio in the world was approximately 1,016 males to 1,000 females as of 2023.

Below are the key figures for Venezuela population in 2023:

• 593,560 live births
• 162,717 deaths
• Natural increase: 430,843 people
• Net migration: -13,659 people
• 15,103,867 males as of 31 December 2023
• 15,006,177 females as of 31 December 2023

Venezuela population density

Venezuela population density is 33.0 people per square kilometer (85.5/mi²) as of May 2024. Density of population is calculated as permanently settled population of Venezuela divided by total area of the country. Total area is the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines of Venezuela. The total area of Venezuela is 912,050 km² (352,145 mi²) according to the United Nations Statistics Division .

Religion in Venezuela

Religion	Number of followers	Percentage of total population
Christianity	27,100,934	89.5 %
Religiously Unaffiliated	3,028,037	10.0 %
Islam	90,841	0.3 %
Folk or traditional religions	60,561	0.2 %

Source: Pew Research Center. The Global Religious Landscape .

Number of followers estimated by Countrymeters (Monday, May 27 2024).

Venezuela age structure

As of the beginning of 2024 according to our estimates Venezuela had the following population age distribution:

29.5

65.1

5.4

	- percentage of population under 15
	- percentage of population between 15 and 64 years old
	- percentage of population 65+

In absolute figures (estimate):

• 8,882,764 young people under 15 years old ( 4,521,324 males / 4,361,440 females)
• 19,587,186 persons between 15 and 64 years old ( 9,639,128 males / 9,948,057 females)
• 1,640,395 persons above 64 years old ( 725,050 males / 915,345 females)

We prepared a simplified model of the population distribution pyramid which is broken down into 3 main age groups. The groups are the same as we used above: population under 15, between 15 and 64 and population which is over 65 year old.

65+

15-64

0-14

male

female

Note: The pyramid provided is not corresponding to data given above because the age groups have different number of years.

As we can see the Venezuela population pyramid has an expanding type. This type of pyramid is common for developing countries with high birth and death rates. Relatively short life expectancy, as well as low level of education and poor health care are also describe such kind of population age distribution model.

Source: The estimation data for section "Venezuela age structure" is based on the latest demographic and social statistics by United Nations Statistics Division .

Age dependency ratio

Dependency ratio of population is a ratio of people who are generally not in the labor force (the dependents) to workforce of a country (the productive part of population). The dependent part includes the population under 15 years old and people aged 65 and over. The productive part of population accordingly consists of population between 15 and 64 years.

This ratio shows the pressure on productive population produced by the dependent part of population.

The total dependency ratio of population in Venezuela is 53.7 %.

What does this value mean? It shows that the dependent part of population is more than a half of the working part. It means that the working population (labor force) in Venezuela must provide goods for itself and cover expenditure on children and aged persons (this population is more than a half of working population). The value of more than 50% shows that the pressure on productive population in Venezuela is relatively high.

Child dependency ratio

Child dependency ratio is a ratio of people below working age (under 15) to workforce of a country.

Child dependency ratio in Venezuela is 45.3 %.

Aged dependency ratio

Aged dependency ratio is a ratio of people above working age (65+) to workforce of a country.

Aged dependency ratio in Venezuela is 8.4 %.

Source: The estimation data for section "Venezuela age dependency ratio" is based on the latest demographic and social statistics by United Nations Statistics Division .

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth is one of the most important demographic indicator. It shows the number of years a newborn infant would live assuming that birth and death rates will remain at the same level during the whole lifetime.

Total life expectancy (both sexes) at birth for Venezuela is 73.9 years.
This is above the average life expectancy at birth of the global population which is about 71 years (according to Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations).

Male life expectancy at birth is 70.8 years.
Female life expectancy at birth is 77.2 years.

Literacy of population

According to our estimates 20,244,531 persons or 95.37% of adult population (aged 15 years and above) in Venezuela are able to read and write. Accordingly about 983,049 adults are illiterate.

Literacy rate for adult male population is 95% (9,845,865 persons). 518,313 are illiterate.
Literacy rate for adult female population is 95.72% (10,398,666 persons). 464,736 are illiterate.

Youth literacy rates are 97.13% and 98.35% for males and females accordingly. The overall youth literacy rate is 97.73%. Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the ages of 15 to 24 years.

Source: The estimation data for section "Venezuela population literacy" is based on the latest data published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (retrieved March 13, 2016) .