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🇻🇪 Venezuela

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3VEN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2VE
UN M49 numeric862
IOC codeVEN
Official nameBolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Native name(s)spa: official: República Bolivariana de Venezuela; common: Venezuela
Alt spellingsVE, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionSouth America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalCaracas
Area (km²)916,445
Lat / Lng8.0000, -66.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BRA, COL, GUY
Top-level domain.ve
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 8

Demographics

Population (World Bank)28,516,896 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)72.673 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Venezuelan; m: Venezuelan; fra: f: Vénézuélienne; m: Vénézuélien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)99,661,244,155.631 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,494.814 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.307 (2025)
CurrenciesVES: name: Venezuelan bolívar soberano; symbol: Bs.S.

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19505,488,850
19515,732,603
19525,981,380
19536,234,767
19546,492,813
19556,755,813
19567,024,319
19577,299,448
19587,581,980
19597,869,223
19608,160,090
19618,455,915
19628,756,870
19639,064,021
19649,377,712
19659,697,790
196610,024,854
196710,358,513
196810,697,530
196911,040,280
197011,387,790
197111,741,008
197212,099,180
197312,463,537
197412,835,351
197513,215,892
197613,606,284
197714,006,812
197814,416,684
197914,834,552
198015,258,218
198115,687,297
198216,121,874
198316,562,205
198417,008,841
198517,461,434
198617,923,536
198718,394,963
198818,871,020
198919,348,921
199019,827,010
199120,304,896
199220,780,948
199321,254,520
199421,725,188
199522,193,821
199622,662,113
199723,131,685
199823,601,337
199924,066,593
200024,526,708
200124,979,922
200225,435,671
200325,892,703
200426,340,838
200526,785,804
200627,224,686
200727,649,363
200828,053,696
200928,438,298
201028,813,101
201129,185,212
201229,553,826
201329,912,198
201430,254,079
201530,573,972
201630,765,720
201730,565,323
201829,807,592
201928,938,098
202028,444,077
202128,237,826
202228,213,017
202328,300,854

Full raw record (JSON)

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