Demographics of Venezuela
The Demographics of Venezuela are the condition and overview of Venezuela's peoples. Demographic topics include basic education, health, and population statistics as well as identified racial and religious affiliations
The Venezuelan people comprise a combination of heritages. The historically present Amerindians, Spanish colonists, and African slaves have all contributed to varying degrees. Later, waves of European groups migrated to Venezuela in the 20th century, influencing many aspects of Venezuelan life, including its culture, language, food, and music.
About 51.6% of the population is mixed white, amerindian and black in Venezuela, while 43.6% are white of recent European and/or Middle Eastern ancestry. Another 3.7% is fully black/African, while 2.7% is of full Amerindian ancestry, and 1.0% other races.
Three Amerindian tribes located in the country are the Wayuu, located in the west, in Zulia State, and the Timoto-cuicas, also in the west, in Mérida State, in the Andes.
About 85% of the population live in urban areas in the northern portion of the country and currently resides in the urban conglomerations that are concentrated in Venezuela's northern coastal mountain strip. Nearly half of Venezuela's geographic area lies south of the Orinoco River; however, this region contains only 5% of the Venezuelan population.
estimate puts Venezuela's total population at inhabitants. Additionally, over the past five years, Venezuelan society's general age structure has been trending towards the homologous structure found in Cuba, Western Europe, Japan, and other healthy and rapidly aging societies. Notably, there has been a significant increase in the proportion and gross numbers of elderly Venezuelans, as well as a corresponding drop in the total fertility.
Population
According to the total population was in, compared to only 5,482,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 29.5%, 64.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.6% was 65 years or olderTotal population | Proportion aged 0–14 | Proportion aged 15–64 | Proportion aged 65+ | |
1950 | 5 482 000 | 43.5 | 54.6 | 1.9 |
1955 | 6 758 000 | 44.8 | 53.1 | 2.0 |
1960 | 8 147 000 | 45.6 | 51.9 | 2.4 |
1965 | 9 825 000 | 46.4 | 51.0 | 2.6 |
1970 | 11 588 000 | 45.7 | 51.5 | 2.8 |
1975 | 13 361 000 | 43.3 | 53.6 | 3.0 |
1980 | 15 344 000 | 40.7 | 56.2 | 3.2 |
1985 | 17 508 000 | 38.8 | 57.8 | 3.4 |
1990 | 19 862 000 | 37.9 | 58.4 | 3.7 |
1995 | 22 189 000 | 36.3 | 59.8 | 3.9 |
2000 | 24 192 000 | 34.0 | 61.5 | 4.5 |
2005 | 26 432 000 | 31.7 | 63.3 | 5.0 |
2010 | 28 440 000 | 29.9 | 64.5 | 5.6 |
2015 | 30 082 000 | 28.4 | 65.3 | 6.4 |
2020 | 28 436 000 | 27.3 | 64.8 | 8.0 |
Structure of the population
Structure of the population :Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
Total | 14 673 402 | 14 604 334 | 29 277 736 | 100 |
0-4 | 1 489 651 | 1 422 996 | 2 912 647 | 9,95 |
5-9 | 1 449 771 | 1 387 490 | 2 837 261 | 9,69 |
10-14 | 1 407 049 | 1 348 839 | 2 755 888 | 9,41 |
15-19 | 1 381 341 | 1 330 517 | 2 711 858 | 9,26 |
20-24 | 1 356 690 | 1 321 939 | 2 678 629 | 9,15 |
25-29 | 1 247 545 | 1 233 317 | 2 480 862 | 8,47 |
30-34 | 1 125 519 | 1 124 781 | 2 250 300 | 7,69 |
35-39 | 975 071 | 981 664 | 1 956 735 | 6,68 |
40-44 | 901 661 | 912 835 | 1 814 496 | 6,20 |
45-49 | 828 558 | 843 046 | 1 671 604 | 5,71 |
50-54 | 689 404 | 706 581 | 1 395 985 | 4,77 |
55-59 | 572 058 | 592 013 | 1 164 071 | 3,98 |
60-64 | 450 502 | 471 913 | 922 415 | 3,15 |
65-69 | 319 897 | 346 672 | 666 569 | 2,28 |
70-74 | 215 081 | 246 972 | 462 053 | 1,58 |
75+ | 263 604 | 332 759 | 596 363 | 2,04 |
Structure of the population :
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
Total | 15 102 533 | 15 052 819 | 30 155 352 | 100 |
0-4 | 1 491 898 | 1 424 743 | 2 916 641 | 9,67 |
5-9 | 1 464 151 | 1 400 914 | 2 865 065 | 9,50 |
10-14 | 1 423 817 | 1 364 178 | 2 787 995 | 9,25 |
15-19 | 1 386 506 | 1 334 874 | 2 721 380 | 9,02 |
20-24 | 1 359 923 | 1 323 716 | 2 683 639 | 8,90 |
25-29 | 1 291 849 | 1 275 387 | 2 567 236 | 8,51 |
30-34 | 1 167 219 | 1 166 307 | 2 333 526 | 7,74 |
35-39 | 1 032 504 | 1 040 183 | 2 072 687 | 6,87 |
40-44 | 917 077 | 929 479 | 1 846 556 | 6,12 |
45-49 | 852 761 | 869 313 | 1 722 074 | 5,71 |
50-54 | 742 176 | 762 161 | 1 504 337 | 4,99 |
55-59 | 604 508 | 627 863 | 1 232 371 | 4,09 |
60-64 | 486 985 | 513 029 | 1 000 014 | 3,32 |
65-69 | 357 333 | 386 715 | 744 048 | 2,47 |
70-74 | 238 848 | 273 230 | 512 078 | 1,70 |
75-79 | 157 083 | 191 869 | 348 952 | 1,16 |
80+ | 127 895 | 168 858 | 296 753 | 0,98 |
Vital statistics
Registration of vital events is in Venezuela not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.Births and deaths
Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Rate of natural increase | TFR |
1948 | 183 590 | 59 934 | 123 656 | |||||
1949 | 198 773 | 57 477 | 141 296 | |||||
1950 | 212 096 | 54 397 | 157 699 | |||||
1951 | 224 553 | 56 757 | 167 796 | |||||
1952 | 230 703 | 57 115 | 173 588 | |||||
1953 | 250 943 | 53 945 | 196 998 | |||||
1954 | 262 134 | 56 846 | 205 288 | |||||
1955 | 272 433 | 59 348 | 213 085 | |||||
1956 | 278 072 | 59 339 | 218 733 | |||||
1957 | 284 080 | 61 918 | 222 162 | |||||
1958 | 291 747 | 59 037 | 232 710 | |||||
1959 | 324 739 | 58 988 | 265 751 | |||||
1960 | 338 199 | 55 354 | 282 845 | |||||
1961 | 344 989 | 55 585 | 289 404 | |||||
1962 | 341 324 | 54 960 | 286 364 | |||||
1963 | 353 546 | 58 474 | 295 072 | |||||
1964 | 365 340 | 60 912 | 304 428 | |||||
1965 | 379 530 | 61 568 | 317 962 | |||||
1966 | 376 367 | 61 691 | 314 676 | |||||
1967 | 407 986 | 62 111 | 345 875 | |||||
1968 | 384 678 | 64 592 | 320 086 | |||||
1969 | 397 003 | 67 784 | 329 219 | |||||
1970 | 392 583 | 68 493 | 324 090 | |||||
1971 | 405 964 | 70 478 | 335 486 | |||||
1972 | 406 120 | 73 379 | 332 741 | |||||
1973 | 405 455 | 76 333 | 329 122 | |||||
1974 | 433 397 | 73 555 | 359 842 | |||||
1975 | 446 110 | 74 388 | 371 722 | |||||
1976 | 462 233 | 75 088 | 387 145 | |||||
1977 | 465 332 | 74 257 | 391 075 | |||||
1978 | 475 824 | 72 584 | 403 240 | |||||
1979 | 481 349 | 74 649 | 406 700 | |||||
1980 | 493 009 | 77 018 | 415 991 | |||||
1981 | 497 270 | 80 346 | 416 924 | |||||
1982 | 510 532 | 77 021 | 433 511 | |||||
1983 | 514 381 | 75 743 | 438 638 | |||||
1984 | 503 973 | 78 091 | 425 882 | |||||
1985 | 502 329 | 78 938 | 423 391 | |||||
1986 | 504 278 | 77 647 | 426 631 | |||||
1987 | 516 773 | 80 322 | 436 451 | |||||
1988 | 522 392 | 81 442 | 440 950 | |||||
1989 | 529 015 | 84 761 | 444 254 | |||||
1990 | 577 976 | 89 830 | 488 146 | |||||
1991 | 602 024 | 88 634 | 513 390 | |||||
1992 | 559 950 | 90 566 | 469 384 | |||||
1993 | 524 387 | 89 105 | 435 282 | |||||
1994 | 547 819 | 96 696 | 451 123 | |||||
1995 | 520 584 | 92 273 | 428 311 | |||||
1996 | 497 975 | 93 839 | 404 136 | 22.3 | 4.2 | 18.1 | ||
1997 | 516 616 | 94 334 | 422 282 | 22.7 | 4.1 | 18.6 | ||
1998 | 501 808 | 98 624 | 403 184 | 21.6 | 4.2 | 17.4 | ||
1999 | 527 888 | 101 907 | 425 981 | 22.1 | 4.3 | 17.8 | ||
2000 | 544 416 | 103 255 | 441 161 | 22.4 | 4.2 | 18.2 | ||
2001 | 529 552 | 107 867 | 421 685 | 21.4 | 4.4 | 17.0 | ||
2002 | 492 678 | 105 388 | 387 290 | 19.5 | 4.2 | 15.3 | ||
2003 | 555 614 | 118 562 | 437 052 | 21.6 | 4.6 | 17.0 | ||
2004 | 637 799 | 114 480 | 523 319 | 24.4 | 4.4 | 20.0 | ||
2005 | 665 997 | 110 301 | 555 696 | 25.1 | 4.2 | 20.9 | ||
2006 | 646 225 | 115 348 | 530 877 | 23.9 | 4.3 | 19.6 | ||
2007 | 615 371 | 118 594 | 496 777 | 22.4 | 4.3 | 18.1 | ||
2008 | 581 480 | 124 062 | 457 418 | 20.8 | 4.4 | 16.4 | ||
2009 | 593 845 | 123 530 | 470 315 | 20.9 | 4.4 | 16.6 | ||
2010 | 591 303 | 130 597 | 460 706 | 20.7 | 4.6 | 16.1 | ||
2011 | 615 132 | 136 803 | 478 329 | 21.3 | 4.7 | 16.5 | 2.466 | |
2012 | 619 530 | 142 988 | 476 542 | 21.1 | 4.9 | 16.2 | 2.446 | |
2013 | 597 902 | 147 901 | 450 001 | 20.1 | 5.0 | 15.1 | 2.427 | |
2014 | 30,070,000 | 597 773 | 159 239 | 438 534 | 19.9 | 5.3 | 14.6 | 2.410 |
2015 | 30,489,000 | 600 860 | 163 367 | 437 493 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 14.3 | |
2016 | 30,883,000 | 642 664 | 185 697 | 456 967 | 20.8 | 6.0 | 14.8 | |
2017 | 31,277,000 | 579 349 | 190 236 | 389 113 | 18.5 | 6.1 | 12.4 | |
2018 | 31,689,176 | 18.5 | 5.3 | 13.2 | 2.3 | |||
2020 | 28,644,603 | 17.9 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 2.26 |
Other demographic statistics
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.- One birth every 53 seconds
- One death every 3 minutes
- One net migrant every 45 minutes
- Net gain of one person every 1 minute
;Total population:
;Ethnic groups:
unspecified Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous peoples
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;Median age:
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;Death rate:
;Total fertility rate:
;Net migration rate:
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;Languages:
Spanish, numerous indigenous dialects
;Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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;Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
Sex ratio
Ethnicity
According to an autosomal DNA genetic study conducted in 2008 by the University of Brasilia the composition of Venezuela's population is: 60.60% of European contribution, 23% of Amerindian contribution and 16.30% of African contribution. 3.6% of Venezuelans are fully black, but Mulattos are a much larger proportion. With many Venezuelans having African ancestry.Religious affiliation
The overwhelming majority of Venezuelans denote themselves as adherents of Catholicism; this is true nominally if not in practice.According to the 2011 census, 88.3 percent of the population is Christian, primarily Roman Catholic, 17 percent Protestant, and the remaining 0.03 percent Mormons. The Venezuelans without religion are 9%, almost 3% of the population follow other religions.