Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Venezuela

Rural population in Venezuela in 2025 — 3,045,059 people. Ranked 91 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2%.

2025 3.05M people +0.05% vs 2024
World rank 91of 217
Period maximum 3.39M people2016
Period minimum 2.89M people2000

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Venezuela, 1960–20252.8M3M3.2M3.4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,107,366 people1962: 3,170,628 people1964: 3,204,631 people1966: 3,215,060 people1968: 3,210,000 people1970: 3,198,420 people1972: 3,194,332 people1974: 3,189,436 people1976: 3,182,500 people1978: 3,176,569 people1980: 3,172,259 people1982: 3,170,952 people1984: 3,174,113 people1986: 3,179,546 people1988: 3,183,733 people1990: 3,177,456 people1992: 3,142,778 people1994: 3,071,405 people1996: 2,986,207 people1998: 2,915,728 people2000: 2,889,375 people2002: 2,936,451 people2004: 3,007,187 people2006: 3,079,907 people2008: 3,152,794 people2010: 3,226,307 people2012: 3,298,152 people2014: 3,353,244 people2016: 3,386,862 people2018: 3,259,173 people2020: 3,089,054 people2022: 3,043,276 people2024: 3,043,410 people2025: 3,045,059 people
Change over the period: −62,307 (−2.01%) Average annual rate: -0.03 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Venezuela

Venezuela 3.05M people
World 3.46B people
South America computed 63.51M people
Rural population — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.05M +1,649 +0.05%
2024 3.04M +963 +0.03%
2023 3.04M −829 −0.03%
2022 3.04M −13,004 −0.43%
2021 3.06M −32,774 −1.06%
2020 3.09M −64,328 −2.04%
2019 3.15M −105,791 −3.25%
2018 3.26M −94,218 −2.81%
2017 3.35M −33,471 −0.99%
2016 3.39M +9,655 +0.29%
2015 3.38M +23,963 +0.71%
2014 3.35M +26,613 +0.8%
2013 3.33M +28,479 +0.86%
2012 3.3M +31,722 +0.97%
2011 3.27M +40,123 +1.24%
2010 3.23M +37,395 +1.17%
2009 3.19M +36,118 +1.15%
2008 3.15M +36,222 +1.16%
2007 3.12M +36,665 +1.19%
2006 3.08M +36,684 +1.21%
2005 3.04M +36,036 +1.2%
2004 3.01M +35,294 +1.19%
2003 2.97M +35,442 +1.21%
2002 2.94M +31,979 +1.1%
2001 2.9M +15,097 +0.52%
2000 2.89M −5,624 −0.19%
1999 2.89M −20,729 −0.71%
1998 2.92M −31,574 −1.07%
1997 2.95M −38,905 −1.3%
1996 2.99M −42,613 −1.41%
1995 3.03M −42,585 −1.39%
1994 3.07M −39,039 −1.26%
1993 3.11M −32,334 −1.03%
1992 3.14M −22,917 −0.72%
1991 3.17M −11,761 −0.37%
1990 3.18M −4,866 −0.15%
1989 3.18M −1,411 −0.04%
1988 3.18M +1,307 +0.04%
1987 3.18M +2,880 +0.09%
1986 3.18M +2,986 +0.09%
1985 3.18M +2,447 +0.08%
1984 3.17M +2,038 +0.06%
1983 3.17M +1,123 +0.04%
1982 3.17M −162 −0.01%
1981 3.17M −1,145 −0.04%
1980 3.17M −1,977 −0.06%
1979 3.17M −2,333 −0.07%
1978 3.18M −2,765 −0.09%
1977 3.18M −3,166 −0.1%
1976 3.18M −3,469 −0.11%
1975 3.19M −3,467 −0.11%
1974 3.19M −2,967 −0.09%
1973 3.19M −1,929 −0.06%
1972 3.19M −1,181 −0.04%
1971 3.2M −2,907 −0.09%
1970 3.2M −5,706 −0.18%
1969 3.2M −5,874 −0.18%
1968 3.21M −3,995 −0.12%
1967 3.21M −1,065 −0.03%
1966 3.22M +2,792 +0.09%
1965 3.21M +7,637 +0.24%
1964 3.2M +13,633 +0.43%
1963 3.19M +20,370 +0.64%
1962 3.17M +28,136 +0.9%
1961 3.14M +35,126 +1.13%
1960 3.11M

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.