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Venezuela

Official name:

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Name in native language:

la República Bolivariana de Venezuela /

Capital:

Caracas

ISO country code

VE

Nat. statistical agency:

Instituto Nacional de Estadística

Region:

South America

Census Results

1873-11-07 : 1,732,411
1881-04-27 : 2,005,139
1891-01-15 : 2,221,572
1920-01-01 : 2,479,525
1926-01-31 : 2,814,131
1936-12-26 : 3,364,347
1941-12-07 : 3,850,771
1950-11-26 : 5,034,838
1961-02-26 : 7,523,999
1971-11-02 : 10,721,522
1981-10-20 : 14,516,735
1990-10-21 : 18,105,265
2001-10-21 : 23,054,210

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Administrative units

estado / distrito federal	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1990-10-21 census	population 2001-10-21 census	population 2008 estimate
source: INE, Venezuela.
Estado Amazonas	Puerto Ayacucho	183,500	55,717	70,464	146,014
Estado Anzoátegui	Barcelona	43,300	859,758	1,222,225	1,502,197
Estado Apure	San Fernando	76,500	285,412	377,756	485,470
Estado Aragua	Maracay	7,014	1,120,132	1,449,616	1,689,056
Estado Barinas	Barinas	35,200	424,491	624,508	772,734
Estado Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	240,528	900,310	1,214,846	1,563,600
Estado Carabobo	Valencia	4,369	1,453,232	1,932,168	2,262,070
Estado Cojedes	San Carlos	14,800	182,066	253,105	306,273
Estado Delta Amacuro	Tucupita	40,200	84,564	97,987	159,405
Estado Falcón	Coro	24,800	599,185	763,188	917,696
Estado Guárico	San Juan de Los Morros	64,986	488,623	627,086	759,508
Estado Lara	Barquisimeto	19,800	1,193,161	1,556,415	1,824,087
Estado Mérida	Mérida	11,300	570,215	715,268	859,924
Estado Miranda	Los Teques	7,950	1,871,093	2,330,872	2,902,235
Estado Monagas	Maturín	28,900	470,157	712,626	872,996
Estado Nueva Esparta	La Ascunción	1,151	263,748	373,851	443,648
Estado Portuguesa	Guanare	15,200	576,435	725,740	890,503
Estado Sucre	Cumaná	11,800	679,595	786,483	930,989
Estado Táchira	San Cristóbal	10,812	807,712	992,669	1,198,892
Estado Trujillo	Trujillo	7,198	493,912	608,563	724,839
Estado Vargas	La Guaira	1,172	280,439	298,109	335,368
Estado Yaracuy	San Felipe	7,100	384,536	499,049	609,861
Estado Zulia	Maracaibo	50,230	2,235,305	2,983,679	3,687,332
Estado Distrito Federal	Caracas	433	1,823,222	1,836,286	2,091,452
Dependencias Federales (DF)	-	120	2,245	1,651
total		916,445	18,105,265	23,054,210	27,936,149

Expanded administrative units

estado / distrito federal municipio	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1990-10-21 census	population 2001-10-21 census	population 2008 estimate
source: INE, Venezuela.
Estado Amazonas	Puerto Ayacucho	183,500	55,717	70,464	146,014
Alto Orinoco		50,850	471	655	18,168
Atabapo		25,900	3,446	3,123	10,944
Atures		4,500	43,021	62,824	93,885
Autana		15,750	2,487	768	8,427
Maroa		14,250	1,140	890	1,925
Manapiare		33,100	4,036	991	9,958
Río Negro		39,150	1,116	1,213	2,707
Estado Anzoátegui	Barcelona	43,300	859,758	1,222,225	1,502,197
Anaco		795	66,030	101,172	126,838
Aragua		2,624	22,380	27,025	33,054
Fernando Peñalver		643	13,122	24,819	30,499
Francisco del Carmen Carvajal		125	8,707	11,072	13,093
Francisco de Miranda		5,334	23,298	34,769	43,069
Guanta		67	19,204	27,145	32,007
Independencia		5,929	20,690	26,141	31,783
Juan Antonio Sotillo		244	161,742	206,957	252,023
Juan Manuel Cajigal		1,741	14,183	12,358	13,816
José Gregorio Monagas		9,176	11,248	14,347	18,349
Libertad		2,043	12,617	12,905	14,846
Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual		1,566	21,964	27,758	32,942
Pedro Maria Freites		7,153	44,213	59,189	78,014
Píritu		225	11,358	18,864	25,220
San José de Guanipa		792	42,825	64,016	78,181
San Juan de Capistrano		123	5,492	7,586	9,100
Santa Ana		1,184	6,252	8,954	11,078
Simón Bolívar		1,706	243,361	359,984	434,859
Simón Rodríguez		703	94,409	147,800	187,056
Sir Artur Mc Gregor		1,115	6,886	8,164	9,536
Diego Bautista Urbaneja		12	9,777	21,200	26,834
Estado Apure	San Fernando	76,500	285,412	377,756	485,470
Achaguas		15,754	42,161	49,781	66,686
Biruaca		1,281	25,453	43,118	55,750
Muñoz		7,925	22,722	24,398	30,871
Páez		12,820	63,169	88,598	114,078
Pedro Camejo		20,519	19,616	23,334	31,983
Rómulo Gallegos		12,219	15,370	16,589	24,423
San Fernando		5,982	96,921	131,938	161,679
Estado Aragua	Maracay	7,014	1,120,132	1,449,616	1,689,056
Bolívar		58	33,593	38,062	42,904
Camatagua		780	10,800	15,186	17,737
Francisco Linares Alcántara		24	83,838	114,522	138,424
Girardot		302	356,166	396,125	444,126
José Ángel Lamas		20	17,980	27,428	34,293
José Félix Ribas		419	99,050	133,461	158,769
José Rafael Revenga		192	32,789	42,156	50,460
Libertador		52	51,177	76,036	88,781
Mario Briceño Iragorry		53	90,030	95,672	103,838
Ocumare de la Costa de Oro		340	5,441	7,996	9,804
San Casimiro		498	18,088	22,513	26,425
San Sebastián		491	14,980	19,474	23,306
Santiago Mariño		497	91,512	160,465	195,540
Santos Michelena		220	26,016	37,398	45,239
Sucre		76	80,676	106,461	121,728
Tovar		225	6,622	14,309	17,818
Urdaneta		2,024	13,726	18,734	21,532
Zamora		649	87,648	123,618	148,332
Estado Barinas	Barinas	35,200	424,491	624,508	772,734
Alberto Arvelo Torrealba		769	25,660	32,183	36,791
Andrés E. Blanco		1,493	6,532	15,359	19,261
Antonio José de Sucre		2,975	33,965	62,002	76,583
Arismendi		7,209	17,201	18,338	20,481
Barinas		3,304	176,336	263,272	325,935
Bolívar		1,047	31,973	39,779	48,913
Cruz Paredes		778	13,920	20,574	25,775
Ezequiel Zamora		4,042	30,894	42,104	52,639
Obispos		1,753	17,029	25,774	32,462
Pedraza		6,693	34,063	50,767	64,417
Rojas		1,591	25,052	33,105	41,174
Sosa		3,546	11,866	21,251	28,303
Estado Bolívar	Ciudad Bolívar	240,528	900,310	1,214,846	1,563,600
Caroní		1,612	465,738	646,541	790,070
Cedeño		46,020	34,445	57,917	91,048
El Callao		2,223	10,648	17,410	24,841
Gran Sabana		32,990	16,235	9,220	35,134
Heres		5,851	230,001	292,833	355,718
Padre Pedro Chien		2,275	9,562	12,194	15,002
Piar		15,900	64,743	89,410	109,355
Raúl Leoni		56,916	21,280	30,062	48,744
Roscio		6,182	12,535	18,831	24,545
Sifontes		24,393	24,281	26,947	40,811
Sucre		46,166	10,842	13,481	28,322
Estado Carabobo	Valencia	4,369	1,453,232	1,932,168	2,262,070
Bejuma		469	30,548	39,187	46,041
Carlos Arvelo		835	82,673	124,344	149,313
Diego Ibarra		79	69,598	94,852	111,938
Guacara		165	100,766	142,227	174,868
Juan José Mora		453	46,621	56,458	66,269
Libertador		558	107,898	146,507	178,904
Los Guayos		64	86,260	130,345	161,341
Miranda		161	16,971	23,368	28,135
Montalbán		107	15,448	20,166	24,154
Naguanagua		188	97,572	132,368	144,308
Puerto Cabello		434	144,666	173,034	196,942
San Diego		106	34,770	59,247	77,154
San Joaquín		127	31,380	47,920	62,777
Valencia		623	588,061	742,145	839,926
Estado Cojedes	San Carlos	14,800	182,066	253,105	306,273
Anzoátegui		831	11,106	14,044	16,601
El Pao (de San Juan Bautista)		5,089	9,587	13,532	15,986
Falcón		714	48,344	73,584	93,094
Girardot		3,468	9,356	10,186	11,736
Lima Blanco		127	4,966	7,825	9,326
Ricaurte		905	9,029	10,663	12,537
Rómulo Gallegos		725	7,077	12,587	15,473
San Carlos		1,843	62,140	83,957	99,571
Tinaco		1,098	20,461	26,727	31,949
Estado Delta Amacuro	Tucupita	40,200	84,564	97,987	159,405
Antonio Diaz		22,746	17,630	2,308	28,623
Casacoima		2,921	9,236	20,552	28,834
Pedernales		3,537	2,386	2,271	6,746
Tucupita		10,996	55,312	72,856	95,202
Estado Falcón	Coro	24,800	599,185	763,188	917,696
Acosta		757	15,330	17,078	18,892
Bolívar		295	7,847	8,290	8,971
Buchivacoa		2,657	17,972	20,269	23,188
Cacique Manaure		190	4,560	7,608	10,081
Carirubana		684	154,015	203,583	250,673
Colina		582	22,129	32,545	42,309
Dabajuro		1,144	15,281	17,534	20,733
Democracia		2,602	9,040	9,107	9,341
Falcón		1,577	33,122	40,879	49,542
Federación		1,084	22,451	25,889	30,061
Jacura		1,842	9,865	11,500	13,342
Los Taques		231	18,627	28,528	35,139
Mauroa		1,904	16,821	21,468	26,715
Miranda		1,805	136,379	173,860	211,522
Monseñor Iturriza		907	13,933	17,774	21,340
Palmasola		194	3,559	6,340	7,965
Petit		1,025	12,061	12,078	13,764
Píritu		1,168	10,139	9,929	10,256
San Francisco		346	8,449	10,000	11,237
Silva		537	17,434	28,820	34,809
Sucre		840	5,496	5,155	5,134
Tocópero		83	3,312	4,475	5,317
Unión		975	12,399	14,479	16,706
Urumaco		752	5,555	6,861	7,939
Zamora		619	23,409	29,139	32,720
Estado Guárico	San Juan de Los Morros	64,986	488,623	627,086	759,508
Camaguán		1,164	11,099	18,041	23,868
Chaguaramas		2,069	8,448	10,521	13,834
El Socorro		2,659	11,101	14,049	16,957
Francisco de Miranda		13,490	92,486	118,559	144,030
José Félix Ribas		2,792	28,742	35,448	45,318
José Tadeo Monagas		3,455	53,826	65,729	79,194
Juan Germán Roscio		1,497	74,518	103,706	128,044
Julián Mellado		2,983	19,128	23,649	29,043
Las Mercedes		7,691	19,452	23,734	28,689
Leonardo Infante		10,613	79,462	101,952	119,695
Ortiz		4,129	13,417	18,377	24,001
Pedro Zaraza		2,410	44,738	54,168	61,249
San Gerónimo de Guayabal		4,357	10,429	17,753	22,475
San José de Guaribe		1,128	10,382	9,998	10,685
Santa María de Ipire		4,549	11,395	11,402	12,426
Estado Lara	Barquisimeto	19,800	1,193,161	1,556,415	1,824,087
Andrés Eloy Blanco		708	31,856	42,067	50,778
Crespo		875	31,665	42,432	50,743
Iribarren		2,760	691,102	895,989	1,042,790
Jiménez		768	58,348	81,484	99,602
Morán		2,231	89,553	112,484	130,577
Palavecino		440	85,097	134,402	158,285
Simón Planas		808	20,335	28,787	36,019
Torres		6,954	139,151	164,045	191,061
Urdaneta		4,256	46,054	54,725	64,232
Estado Mérida	Mérida	11,300	570,215	715,268	859,924
Alberto Adriani		683	74,997	106,084	131,074
Andrés Bello		398	9,222	11,652	14,339
Antonio Pinto Salinas		348	20,625	23,276	26,373
Aricagua		790	4,189	4,383	4,567
Arzobispo Chacón		1,659	12,886	14,025	15,872
Campo Elías		609	58,671	82,397	102,571
Caracciolo Parra Olmedo		689	16,899	22,524	28,798
Cardenal Quintero		350	6,099	7,833	9,773
Guaraque		533	7,595	8,402	10,161
Julio César Salas		202	9,542	12,207	15,723
Justo Briceño		509	4,403	5,200	6,643
Libertador		803	178,580	204,879	235,205
Miranda		408	15,871	19,760	23,245
Obispo Ramos de Lora		321	16,046	20,873	25,524
Padre Noguera		206	2,036	2,494	3,098
Pueblo Llano		89	7,042	9,532	11,998
Rangel		517	13,232	15,206	18,097
Rivas Dávila		182	13,392	16,001	19,234
Santos Marquina		192	9,232	13,795	17,354
Sucre		946	33,928	44,418	55,696
Tovar		184	28,397	32,805	38,712
Tulio Febres Cordero		560	19,691	28,437	36,308
Zea		122	7,640	9,085	9,559
Estado Miranda	Los Teques	7,950	1,871,093	2,330,872	2,902,235
Acevedo		1,879	56,990	70,282	89,976
Andrés Bello		114	15,765	20,119	25,679
Baruta		86	249,115	260,853	312,354
Brión		531	32,930	45,346	57,741
Buroz		198	13,833	20,009	26,336
Carrizal		32	30,427	41,103	53,299
Chacao		13	66,897	64,629	71,393
Cristóbal Rojas		120	56,154	77,257	98,083
El Hatillo		81	45,799	54,225	68,510
Guaicaipuro		661	179,062	222,768	286,127
Independencia		284	90,581	126,999	164,109
Lander		478	80,850	108,970	138,135
Los Salias		51	50,792	60,723	77,218
Páez		963	22,748	30,812	39,902
Paz Castillo		408	43,920	83,976	114,316
Pedro Gual		925	13,425	17,928	23,015
Plaza		180	135,755	188,135	241,979
Simón Bolívar		131	22,635	31,944	41,603
Sucre		164	500,868	546,766	646,346
Urdaneta		273	70,701	105,606	132,810
Zamora		378	91,846	152,422	193,304
Estado Monagas	Maturín	28,900	470,157	712,626	872,996
Acosta		609	16,546	16,836	18,764
Aguasay		2,504	7,066	9,853	13,618
Bolívar		345	26,724	34,975	45,601
Caripe		573	28,214	31,353	36,842
Cedeño		1,977	24,081	27,894	35,614
Ezequiel Zamora		162	22,764	52,122	66,004
Libertador		3,447	18,948	35,479	47,807
Maturín		13,042	257,027	404,649	483,106
Piar		1,074	26,562	38,934	48,519
Punceres		754	16,779	24,175	30,013
Santa Bárbara		588	3,783	7,709	10,256
Sotillo		1,061	16,363	20,510	26,244
Uracoa		2,764	5,300	8,137	10,608
Estado Nueva Esparta	La Ascunción	1,151	263,748	373,851	443,648
Antolín del Campo		72	14,233	20,325	24,762
Arismendi		52	16,552	23,097	27,971
Díaz		166	25,123	47,257	58,804
García		85	33,372	45,606	54,132
Gómez		96	23,256	30,237	34,803
Maneiro		35	22,992	35,400	42,662
Marcano		40	21,238	28,256	32,948
Mariño		39	62,732	84,534	98,208
Península de Macanao		331	16,851	20,935	23,717
Tubores		180	20,179	29,962	36,973
Villalba		55	7,220	8,242	8,668
Estado Portuguesa	Guanare	15,200	576,435	725,740	890,503
Agua Blanca		199	13,937	17,092	20,848
Araure		640	75,811	111,908	140,882
Esteller		754	32,130	37,782	46,697
Guanare		2,008	120,118	157,470	197,527
Guanarito		3,103	24,139	31,500	38,430
Monseñor José Vicente de Unda		222	17,964	21,187	26,259
Ospino		1,675	29,619	39,215	48,821
Páez		425	132,259	155,013	188,557
Papelón		2,203	10,473	13,090	15,648
San Genaro de Boconoíto		1,031	14,433	18,822	22,798
San Rafael de Onoto		187	10,947	14,477	17,801
Santa Rosalía		1,029	15,463	15,140	15,575
Sucre		400	32,150	37,233	44,104
Turén		1,324	46,992	55,811	66,556
Estado Sucre	Cumaná	11,800	679,595	786,483	930,989
Andrés Eloy Blanco		721	21,005	22,582	26,582
Andrés Mata		454	16,725	19,647	23,615
Arismendi		769	39,529	43,995	52,971
Benítez		2,733	26,054	28,958	36,647
Bermúdez		203	100,794	122,195	154,147
Bolívar		211	15,007	18,145	22,965
Cajigal		365	18,323	18,942	22,295
Cruz Salmerón Acosta		612	25,168	30,003	38,274
Libertador		237	11,644	9,091	9,179
Mariño		469	21,648	22,107	23,938
Mejía		298	14,986	11,989	12,591
Montes		1,080	46,914	48,406	56,497
Ribero		1,480	47,125	51,979	61,779
Sucre		1,570	246,247	304,823	352,043
Valdez		598	28,426	33,621	37,466
Estado Táchira	San Cristóbal	10,812	807,712	992,669	1,198,892
Andrés Bello		98	12,023	16,474	21,207
Antonio Rómulo Costa		146	5,465	7,110	9,123
Ayacucho		507	41,404	48,982	61,905
Bolívar		204	39,752	48,171	61,685
Cárdenas		262	61,518	94,178	116,255
Córdoba		619	21,579	26,475	33,149
Fernández Feo		1,084	24,405	34,176	44,335
Francisco de Miranda		262	3,622	3,632	4,001
García de Hevia		911	31,441	41,863	53,558
Guásimos		32	19,998	32,545	43,687
Independencia		80	20,248	29,760	39,740
Jáuregui		444	28,106	36,660	47,648
José María Vargas		85	7,649	8,038	9,085
Junín		208	53,981	68,869	85,617
Libertad		166	18,655	23,670	29,393
Libertador		1,139	16,711	17,744	19,646
Lobatera		216	10,459	10,427	11,112
Michelena		128	13,067	16,269	20,346
Panamericano		569	24,724	29,594	36,219
Pedro María Ureña		184	25,458	37,392	46,712
Rafael Urdaneta		176	6,197	6,239	6,760
Samuel Darío Maldonado		548	12,795	13,847	15,885
San Cristóbal		241	235,753	250,307	279,994
San Judas Tadeo		253	6,754	6,801	7,230
Seboruco		162	8,357	9,064	9,822
Simón Rodríguez		69	2,645	2,181	2,169
Sucre		407	11,546	8,189	8,450
Torbes		110	21,646	42,192	51,423
Uribante		1,502	21,754	21,820	22,736
Estado Trujillo	Trujillo	7,198	493,912	608,563	724,839
Andrés Bello		202	11,378	13,135	16,612
Boconó		1,365	70,102	79,710	91,798
Bolívar		208	8,801	12,410	16,765
Candelaria		411	20,335	24,540	31,421
Carache		957	26,490	26,261	30,432
Escuque		165	15,078	20,796	27,326
José Felipe Márquez Cañizales		648	2,767	4,237	5,572
Juan Vicente Campo Elías		98	5,089	4,887	5,578
La Ceiba		386	11,644	17,219	22,609
Miranda		374	12,776	19,243	25,288
Monte Carmelo		386	11,188	12,162	14,662
Motatán		115	11,199	14,263	17,838
Pampán		431	30,678	41,111	50,339
Pampanito		93	16,577	22,159	27,895
Rafael Rangel		120	14,208	18,014	22,257
San Rafael de Carvajal		77	31,992	44,216	53,306
Sucre		214	17,375	24,939	31,013
Trujillo		413	41,380	50,399	57,030
Urdaneta		497	24,460	30,672	36,405
Valera		240	110,395	128,190	140,693
Estado Vargas	La Guaira	1,172	280,439	298,109	335,368
Caraballeda		67	30,002	27,693	29,763
Carayaca		475	21,894	31,409	37,351
Carlos Soublette		7	25,398	33,067	39,167
Caruao		229	3,961	5,280	6,332
Catia La Mar		38	78,254	82,597	94,219
El Junko		20	3,648	3,362	3,614
La Guaira		14	23,831	19,359	20,365
Macuto		32	14,628	14,370	15,425
Maiquetía		22	37,725	32,546	34,236
Naiguatá		241	16,105	14,583	14,899
Raúl Leoni		26	24,993	33,843	39,997
Estado Yaracuy	San Felipe	7,100	384,536	499,049	609,861
Arístides Bastidas		74	13,163	16,839	21,006
Bolívar		1,087	20,227	25,926	33,210
Bruzual		417	49,224	59,059	72,723
Cocorote		135	29,053	35,668	45,046
Independencia		98	32,348	46,191	58,410
José Antonio Páez		135	10,649	15,101	19,066
La Trinidad		62	8,587	13,258	17,005
Manuel Monge		474	7,981	10,600	13,185
Nirgua		2,274	39,321	51,267	62,494
Peña		510	68,048	81,518	96,852
San Felipe		472	63,284	86,169	103,121
Sucre		133	13,031	15,974	18,695
Urachiche		170	13,946	18,210	21,628
Veroes		1,059	15,674	23,269	27,420
Estado Zulia	Maracaibo	50,230	2,235,305	2,983,679	3,687,332
Almirante Padilla		151	7,820	9,030	11,644
Baralt		2,211	54,329	73,907	89,987
Cabimas		655	176,001	223,484	273,183
Catatumbo		5,225	24,439	31,780	38,705
Colón		3,368	75,818	107,821	137,027
Francisco Javier Pulgar		800	14,480	29,208	42,418
Jesús Enrique Lossada		3,533	55,175	83,468	106,257
Jesús María Semprún		6,003	10,999	23,972	33,936
La Cañada de Urdaneta		2,073	44,654	61,525	75,107
Lagunillas		1,024	109,212	169,400	217,406
Machiques de Perijá		9,493	71,133	93,154	126,824
Mara		3,588	92,632	155,918	214,239
Maracaibo		419	957,888	1,219,927	1,450,665
Miranda		2,255	55,115	78,949	94,114
Páez		2,370	44,089	24,309	68,396
Rosario de Perijá		3,914	52,080	67,712	78,411
San Francisco		185	263,092	351,958	413,159
Santa Rita		578	34,838	44,119	51,524
Simón Bolívar		219	21,965	36,225	43,777
Sucre		874	37,316	50,708	61,876
Valmore Rodríguez		1,292	32,230	47,105	58,677
Estado Distrito Federal	Caracas	433	1,823,222	1,836,286	2,091,452
23 de Enero		3	81,529	76,721	84,732
Altagracia		4	42,724	39,291	41,754
Antimano		30	117,179	127,708	152,163
Candelaria		1	51,432	53,473	62,831
Caricuao		25	141,064	143,048	167,980
Catedral		1	4,821	4,831	5,495
Coche		13	49,834	51,029	58,092
El Junquito		56	29,024	38,005	45,838
El Paraíso		10	98,647	99,208	115,492
El Recreo		18	96,574	96,162	107,158
El Valle		31	133,900	134,503	153,133
La Pastora		8	82,937	80,188	89,740
La Vega		13	111,574	122,189	143,718
Macarao		131	40,670	43,191	50,287
San Agustín		2	38,527	40,840	46,939
San Bernardino		10	29,348	24,031	26,261
San José		3	40,584	36,269	39,033
San Juan		4	98,009	93,076	101,528
San Pedro		7	55,967	56,373	62,684
Santa Rosalía		6	103,975	105,123	118,526
Santa Teresa		1	20,891	18,987	20,574
Sucre		58	354,012	352,040	397,494
Dependencias Federales (DF)	-	120	2,245	1,651
Archipiélago de Los Roques			NaN	1,143	NaN
Los Testigos			NaN	258	NaN
Chimanas			NaN	250	NaN
total		916,445	18,105,265	23,054,210	27,936,149

Main cities

name	population 1992-06-30 estimate	population 2000-06-30 estimate
Caracas	1,973,407	1,975,786
Maracaibo	1,108,700	1,372,724
Barquisimeto	739,750	875,788
Valencia	653,402	832,229
Ciudad Guayana	545,569	692,215
Petare	392,430	520,982
Maracay	397,014	459,007
Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz	333,129	410,643
San Cristóbal	266,979	328,636
Ciudad Bolívar	264,329	307,713
Maturín	259,507	298,581
Mérida	197,437	230,120
Barinas	185,171	215,452
Baruta	187,070	213,373
Cumaná	197,803	208,114
Cabimas	187,930	207,996
Los Teques	163,596	183,142
Puerto Cabello	154,810	177,751
Guarenas	151,174	170,204
Páez	135,449	162,241
Naguanagua	135,087	161,781
Coro, Santa Ana de	140,029	158,763
Tocuyito	120,124	158,573
San Francisco	112,703	157,175
Los Guayos	97,958	141,283
Valera	122,483	132,284
El Silencio	101,769	129,933
Punto Fijo	117,682	129,792
Guanare	110,342	129,751
Guacare	100,861	122,712
Catia La Mar	112,343	118,466
Guatire	91,050	115,264
Calabozo	96,214	110,477
Yaritagua	79,894	108,779
Ciudad Ojeda	85,577	103,835
Carora	87,964	102,649
Ocumare del Tuy	83,318	101,707
Río Acarigua-Araure	77,874	99,797
source: O.C.E.I., Venezuela. note: cities refer to municipalities (or grouping of municipalities).