Venezuela
Urban population in Venezuela
Urban population in Venezuela: 53.5% in 1950 and 89.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 89.3%
- Since 1950
- +35.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 36 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 90.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 90.2% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 |
| 2024 | 89.3 |
| 2023 | 89.3 |
| 2022 | 89.2 |
| 2021 | 89.2 |
| 2020 | 89.1 |
| 2019 | 89.1 |
| 2018 | 89.1 |
| 2017 | 89 |
| 2016 | 89 |
| 2015 | 89 |
| 2014 | 88.9 |
| 2013 | 88.9 |
| 2012 | 88.8 |
| 2011 | 88.8 |
| 2010 | 88.8 |
| 2009 | 88.8 |
| 2008 | 88.8 |
| 2007 | 88.7 |
| 2006 | 88.7 |
| 2005 | 88.6 |
| 2004 | 88.6 |
| 2003 | 88.5 |
| 2002 | 88.5 |
| 2001 | 88.4 |
| 2000 | 88.2 |
| 1999 | 88 |
| 1998 | 87.7 |
| 1997 | 87.3 |
| 1996 | 86.8 |
| 1995 | 86.4 |
| 1994 | 85.9 |
| 1993 | 85.4 |
| 1992 | 84.9 |
| 1991 | 84.4 |
| 1990 | 84 |
| 1989 | 83.6 |
| 1988 | 83.1 |
| 1987 | 82.7 |
| 1986 | 82.3 |
| 1985 | 81.8 |
| 1984 | 81.3 |
| 1983 | 80.9 |
| 1982 | 80.3 |
| 1981 | 79.8 |
| 1980 | 79.2 |
| 1979 | 78.6 |
| 1978 | 78 |
| 1977 | 77.3 |
| 1976 | 76.6 |
| 1975 | 75.9 |
| 1974 | 75.2 |
| 1973 | 74.4 |
| 1972 | 73.6 |
| 1971 | 72.8 |
| 1970 | 71.9 |
| 1969 | 71 |
| 1968 | 70 |
| 1967 | 69 |
| 1966 | 67.9 |
| 1965 | 66.9 |
| 1964 | 65.8 |
| 1963 | 64.8 |
| 1962 | 63.8 |
| 1961 | 62.8 |
| 1960 | 61.9 |
| 1959 | 61 |
| 1958 | 60.1 |
| 1957 | 59.3 |
| 1956 | 58.4 |
| 1955 | 57.6 |
| 1954 | 56.7 |
| 1953 | 55.9 |
| 1952 | 55.1 |
| 1951 | 54.3 |
| 1950 | 53.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 89.4 |
| 2027 | 89.4 |
| 2028 | 89.4 |
| 2029 | 89.5 |
| 2030 | 89.5 |
| 2031 | 89.5 |
| 2032 | 89.6 |
| 2033 | 89.6 |
| 2034 | 89.6 |
| 2035 | 89.7 |
| 2036 | 89.7 |
| 2037 | 89.7 |
| 2038 | 89.8 |
| 2039 | 89.8 |
| 2040 | 89.8 |
| 2041 | 89.9 |
| 2042 | 89.9 |
| 2043 | 89.9 |
| 2044 | 90 |
| 2045 | 90 |
| 2046 | 90 |
| 2047 | 90.1 |
| 2048 | 90.1 |
| 2049 | 90.1 |
| 2050 | 90.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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