Venezuela - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Venezuela.
note 1: the country lies on major sea and air routes linking North and South America
note 2: Venezuela has some of the most unique geology in the world; tepuis are the massive table-top mountains of the western Guiana Highlands that tend to be isolated and thus support unique endemic plant and animal species; their sheer cliffsides help create some of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, including Angel Falls, the world's highest (979 m; 3,212 ft) that drops from Auyan Tepui
. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.Population Distribution
Most of the population is concentrated in the northern and western highlands along an eastern spur at the northern end of the Andes, an area that includes the capital of Caracas
People and Society
In Venezuela, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Unspecified Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, Indigenous
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.88% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 16.45 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.54 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.16 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.05 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Venezuelan | Venezuelan(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 25% (male 3,987,361/female 3,811,307) |
| 15-64 years | 65.9% (male 10,264,353/female 10,330,376) |
| 65 years and over | 9.1% (2024 est.) (male 1,303,737/female 1,553,172) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 51.8 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 37.5 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 14.3 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 31.3 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 30.3 years |
| Female | 31.7 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 88.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.972 million CARACAS (capital), 2.368 million Maracaibo, 1.983 million Valencia, 1.254 million Barquisimeto, 1.243 million Maracay, 964,000 Ciudad Guayana (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 0.99 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.84 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.99 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 13.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 15.4 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 12.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 74.5 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 71.5 years |
| Female | 77.7 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: total | total: 93.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 6.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: total | total: 98.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 1.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 2.51 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 1.54 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.92 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Child marriage | |
Demographic profile
All Important Facts about Venezuela
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