Capital of Venezuela:
CaracasArea of Venezuela: 916,445 km² (353,841 mi²) (
33th)
Population of Venezuela: 28,405,543 (
53th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana.
Languages of Venezuela: Spanish (official) 98.2%,
Indigenous 1.3%,
Portuguese 0.1%, other 0.4% (2023 est.)
Religions of Venezuela: Catholicism 72%,
Protestantism 8%,
No religion 14%,
Others 6% (2024 est.)
Ethnic groups of Venezuela: unspecified Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, Indigenous
Currency:
Venezuelan bolívar (VED) (official),
United States dollar (USD) (de facto recognized, unofficial)
Organizations: United Nations, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Border countries (3):
Brazil 2,200 km,
Colombia 2,050 km,
Guyana 743 km
Coastline: 2,800 km (1,700 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Caribbean Sea
Administrative divisions: 23 states (estados, sing. – estado),
1 federal district (distrito federal),
and 1 federal dependency (dependencia federal):
Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia.
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas,
iron ore,
gold,
bauxite, other minerals,
hydropower,
diamonds.
Note: The federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands.