Population growth in Venezuela

The population of Venezuela changed by 0.39% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Venezuela, 2025 0.39% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.02percentage points 2024: 0.37%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 148th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Venezuela over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period VenezuelaWorld
2025 0.39% 0.91%
2024 0.37% 0.96%
2023 0.31% 0.93%
2022 -0.09% 0.87%
2021 -0.73% 0.83%
2020 -1.72% 0.98%
2019 -2.96% 1.05%
2018 -2.51% 1.08%
2017 -0.65% 1.13%
2016 0.63% 1.16%
2015 1.05% 1.18%
2014 1.14% 1.21%
2013 1.21% 1.23%
2012 1.26% 1.26%
2011 1.28% 1.22%
2010 1.31% 1.22%
2009 1.36% 1.25%
2008 1.45% 1.27%
2007 1.55% 1.26%
2006 1.63% 1.27%
2005 1.68% 1.27%
2004 1.72% 1.29%
2003 1.78% 1.29%
2002 1.81% 1.31%
2001 1.83% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.02 percentage points from 0.37% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.05%, the figure has changed by −0.66 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Venezuela has the 148th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Venezuela
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects