Venezuela - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Venezuela was 28,435,940 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30,081,830 in 2015 and a minimum value of 8,141,839 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 8,141,839
1961 8,439,261
1962 8,742,780
1963 9,052,632
1964 9,369,101
1965 9,692,281
1966 10,022,590
1967 10,359,740
1968 10,702,280
1969 11,048,260
1970 11,396,400
1971 11,745,950
1972 12,097,700
1973 12,453,710
1974 12,816,950
1975 13,189,510
1976 13,572,210
1977 13,964,380
1978 14,364,730
1979 14,771,270
1980 15,182,620
1981 15,597,880
1982 16,017,570
1983 16,443,130
1984 16,876,700
1985 17,319,510
1986 17,772,000
1987 18,232,730
1988 18,698,850
1989 19,166,470
1990 19,632,660
1991 20,096,310
1992 20,557,690
1993 21,016,900
1994 21,474,550
1995 21,931,090
1996 22,385,650
1997 22,837,740
1998 23,288,570
1999 23,739,840
2000 24,192,450
2001 24,646,470
2002 25,100,410
2003 25,551,620
2004 25,996,590
2005 26,432,440
2006 26,850,190
2007 27,247,600
2008 27,635,830
2009 28,031,010
2010 28,439,940
2011 28,887,870
2012 29,360,830
2013 29,781,050
2014 30,042,970
2015 30,081,830
2016 29,851,250
2017 29,402,480
2018 28,887,120
2019 28,515,830
2020 28,435,940

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population