Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Venezuela

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Venezuela in 2025 — 35.17%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.38 pp.

2025 35.17% +0.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 29of 121
Period maximum 35.17%2025
Period minimum 28.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Venezuela, 1960–2025283032343619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 28.8%1962: 29.69%1964: 30.4%1966: 31.2%1968: 32.1%1970: 33.13%1972: 33.9%1974: 33.94%1976: 34.04%1978: 34.18%1980: 34.38%1982: 34.42%1984: 34.05%1986: 33.76%1988: 33.54%1990: 33.42%1992: 32.88%1994: 32.34%1996: 31.89%1998: 31.52%2000: 31.22%2002: 30.91%2004: 30.46%2006: 30.09%2008: 29.81%2010: 29.65%2012: 29.54%2014: 29.5%2016: 29.68%2018: 31.33%2020: 33.49%2022: 34.45%2024: 34.94%2025: 35.17%
Change over the period: +6.38 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Venezuela 35.17%
World 25.29%
South America computed 41.93%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.17 +0.24 pp
2024 34.94 +0.24 pp
2023 34.7 +0.25 pp
2022 34.45 +0.38 pp
2021 34.07 +0.58 pp
2020 33.49 +0.9 pp
2019 32.59 +1.26 pp
2018 31.33 +1.12 pp
2017 30.21 +0.54 pp
2016 29.68 +0.15 pp
2015 29.53 +0.02 pp
2014 29.5 −0 pp
2013 29.51 −0.03 pp
2012 29.54 −0.05 pp
2011 29.58 −0.07 pp
2010 29.65 −0.07 pp
2009 29.72 −0.09 pp
2008 29.81 −0.12 pp
2007 29.93 −0.15 pp
2006 30.09 −0.18 pp
2005 30.27 −0.2 pp
2004 30.46 −0.21 pp
2003 30.67 −0.24 pp
2002 30.91 −0.2 pp
2001 31.11 −0.11 pp
2000 31.22 −0.14 pp
1999 31.36 −0.16 pp
1998 31.52 −0.18 pp
1997 31.7 −0.2 pp
1996 31.89 −0.21 pp
1995 32.11 −0.23 pp
1994 32.34 −0.26 pp
1993 32.6 −0.28 pp
1992 32.88 −0.31 pp
1991 33.19 −0.24 pp
1990 33.42 −0.04 pp
1989 33.46 −0.07 pp
1988 33.54 −0.1 pp
1987 33.63 −0.12 pp
1986 33.76 −0.14 pp
1985 33.89 −0.15 pp
1984 34.05 −0.17 pp
1983 34.22 −0.2 pp
1982 34.42 −0.1 pp
1981 34.52 +0.13 pp
1980 34.38 +0.12 pp
1979 34.27 +0.09 pp
1978 34.18 +0.08 pp
1977 34.1 +0.06 pp
1976 34.04 +0.05 pp
1975 33.98 +0.04 pp
1974 33.94 +0.03 pp
1973 33.91 +0.01 pp
1972 33.9 +0.2 pp
1971 33.7 +0.56 pp
1970 33.13 +0.53 pp
1969 32.6 +0.5 pp
1968 32.1 +0.47 pp
1967 31.64 +0.44 pp
1966 31.2 +0.41 pp
1965 30.79 +0.39 pp
1964 30.4 +0.37 pp
1963 30.03 +0.34 pp
1962 29.69 +0.32 pp
1961 29.37 +0.57 pp
1960 28.8

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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