Venezuela
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and South America.
- Capital
- Caracas
- Continent
- South America
More South America quizzes - Land neighbours
- Brazil, Colombia, Guyana
- Population
- 28,516,896 (2025)
- Total area
- 912,050 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 7.1° N, 66.2° W
Venezuela at a glance
Venezuela is a country in South America. Its capital is Caracas. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Brazil, Colombia and Guyana.
Within South America, Venezuela has the lowest GDP per person ($3,495 in 2025), the lowest health spending per person ($186 in 2023) and the lowest share of internet users (76.7% in 2024, among 11).
Flag of Venezuela
Venezuela’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela: yellow, blue and red horizontal bands; on Colombia’s and Ecuador’s the yellow fills the top half and Ecuador adds its coat of arms, while Venezuela’s three equal bands carry an arc of eight white stars.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Colombia and Ecuador.
Venezuela in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in South America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 28,516,896 | 53rdof 195 | 5thof 12 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 912,050 km² | 32ndof 194 | 6thof 12 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $99.66B | 75thof 182 | 7thof 12 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $3,495 | 129thof 182 | 12thof 12 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 72.7 years | 107thof 195 | 10thof 12 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 2.08 | 96thof 195 | 5thof 12 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $186 | 130thof 191 | 12thof 12 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 89.3% | 20thof 195 | 3rdof 12 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 76.7% | 105thof 180 | 11thof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 52.2% | 40thof 191 | 6thof 12 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 3.39 t | 77thof 181 | 5thof 12 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Venezuela compared with its neighbours
Quizzes featuring Venezuela
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Flag, outline and capital quizzes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Venezuela · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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