Urban population share in Venezuela

89.3% of people in Venezuela lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Venezuela, 2025 89.3% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 89.3%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 33rd of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Venezuela over time

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

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period VenezuelaWorld
2025 89.3% 57.8%
2024 89.3% 57.6%
2023 89.2% 57.3%
2022 89.2% 57.1%
2021 89.2% 56.8%
2020 89.1% 56.4%
2019 89.1% 56.1%
2018 89.1% 55.8%
2017 89.0% 55.3%
2016 89.0% 54.9%
2015 89.0% 54.4%
2014 88.9% 53.9%
2013 88.9% 53.4%
2012 88.8% 52.9%
2011 88.8% 52.5%
2010 88.8% 51.8%
2009 88.8% 51.4%
2008 88.8% 50.9%
2007 88.7% 50.4%
2006 88.7% 49.9%
2005 88.6% 49.4%
2004 88.6% 48.9%
2003 88.5% 48.4%
2002 88.5% 47.8%
2001 88.4% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 89.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 89.0%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Venezuela has the 33rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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 Urbanization Prospects