Back سكان فنزويلا Arabic Насельніцтва Венесуэлы Byelorussian Население на Венецуела Bulgarian Demografía de Venezuela Spanish Démographie du Venezuela French ვენესუელის დემოგრაფია Georgian 베네수엘라의 인구 Korean Venesuelos demografija Lithuanian Demografia da Venezuela Portuguese Demografia Venezuelei Romanian
| Demographics of Venezuela | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Venezuela in 2020 | |
| Population | 28,047,657 (2022 est.) |
| Growth rate | 2.43% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.6 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 73.29 years |
| • male | 70.12 years |
| • female | 76.62 years |
| Fertility rate | 2.0 children (2022 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 17.72 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | 13.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 26.33% |
| 15–64 years | 64.75% |
| 65 and over | 8.92% |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Major ethnic |
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| Minor ethnic | |
| Language | |
| Official | Spanish |
| Spoken | Languages of Venezuela |
Venezuela is a country in South America. The Venezuelan people comprise a combination of heritages, primarily Native American and European. The historically present Native American, Spanish colonists, and African slaves have all contributed to varying degrees. Later, waves of European groups (Italians, Spanish, Portuguese and Germans) migrated to Venezuela in the 20th century, influencing many aspects of Venezuelan life, including its culture, language, food, and music though small in number.
About 51% of the population is mestizo (mixed white and indigenous); Europeans and Arabs (whites) make up 43% of the population, Africans 3.6%, Amerindian people 2%, and other races, mostly Asians, make up 1.2%.[1][2] About 85% of the population live in urban areas in the northern portion of the country and currently resides in the urban conglomerations (Caracas, Maracay, Maracaibo, Valencia, etc.) 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.
The 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[3][4] estimate puts Venezuela's total population at 28,199,867 inhabitants.[3][4] 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 ageing societies. Notably, there has been a significant increase in the proportion and gross numbers of elderly Venezuelans (aged 65 and up), as well as a corresponding drop in the total fertility. More than 7 million people, that is 20 per cent of the population, have left Venezuela in the last years, mostly as refugees due to the economic and political situation.[5]
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- ^ a b "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ a b "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Venezuela Situation at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees