Venezuela
Venezuela
Capital Caracas
912,050 km² · 28,516,896 people (2025) · Venezuelan bolívar soberano
Angel Falls drops 979 m from the top of Auyán-tepui, the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world — so high that in the dry season much of the water turns to mist before it lands. The tepuis are flat-topped sandstone table mountains, each an island of species cut off for millions of years. Lake Maracaibo sees more lightning than anywhere else on Earth, around 250 strikes per km² a year.
The facts
- Capital
- Caracas
- Area
- 912,050 km² — 352,144 sq mi
- Population
- 28,516,896 (2025)
- Density
- 31.3 people per km²
- Currency
- Venezuelan bolívar soberano (VES, Bs.S.)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Time zone
- UTC-04:00
- Calling code
- +58
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- VE · VEN
- Continent
- South America
How it compares
- By area
- 33 of 200
- By population
- 53 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 947,300 | 70,545,865 |
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 237,527,782 |
| Venezuela ← | 912,050 | 28,516,896 |
| Namibia | 824,292 | 3,092,816 |
| Mozambique | 799,380 | 35,631,653 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Venezuela?
- Caracas
- What currency does Venezuela use?
- The Venezuelan bolívar soberano (VES).
- How big is Venezuela?
- 912,050 km², or 352,144 square miles — 33 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Venezuela drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)