Venezuela

Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
República Bolivariana de Venezuela (Spanish)

Flag of Venezuela
Capital of Venezuela: Caracas
Area 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):
Venezuela Map

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.