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Venezuela: cities by population

Venezuela has a population of 28,870,195, with Caracas as its capital. The 50 largest of its 240 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Caracas	Distrito Federal	3,000,000
2	Maracaibo	Zulia	1,752,602
3	Valencia	Carabobo	1,619,470
4	Barquisimeto	Lara	1,240,714
5	Ciudad Guayana	Bolívar	978,202
6	Barcelona	Anzoátegui	815,141
7	Maturín	Monagas	647,459
8	Maracay	Aragua	464,700
9	Ciudad Bolívar	Bolívar	412,619
10	Cumaná	Sucre	405,626
11	Barinas	Barinas	397,279
12	Puerto La Cruz	Anzoátegui	370,000
13	Petare	Miranda	364,684
14	Cabimas	Zulia	351,736
15	Turmero	Aragua	344,700
16	Mérida	Mérida	300,000
17	San Cristóbal	Táchira	289,852
18	Alto Barinas	Barinas	284,289
19	Santa Teresa del Tuy	Miranda	278,890
20	Los Teques	Miranda	252,242
21	Guarenas	Miranda	248,588
22	Coro	Falcón	246,657
23	Valera	Trujillo	244,708
24	Baruta	Miranda	244,216
25	Ciudad Ojeda	Zulia	240,283
26	San Fernando de Apure	Apure	229,197
27	Guatire	Miranda	227,666
28	El Tigre	Anzoátegui	222,450
29	Porlamar	Nueva Esparta	216,234
30	San Felipe	Yaracuy	206,270
31	Guacara	Carabobo	198,883
32	Acarigua	Portuguesa	188,278
33	Cúa	Miranda	182,558
34	Araure	Portuguesa	181,820
35	Lander	Miranda	176,346
36	Puerto Cabello	Carabobo	174,000
37	Calabozo	Guárico	168,605
38	Carúpano	Sucre	167,187
39	Ocumare del Tuy	Miranda	166,072
40	El Vigía	Mérida	162,289
41	San Juan de los Morros	Guárico	160,868
42	Valle de La Pascua	Guárico	153,136
43	El Limón	Aragua	148,247
44	Punto Fijo	Falcón	141,729
45	Anaco	Anzoátegui	139,397
46	Táriba	Táchira	138,402
47	Machiques	Zulia	132,734
48	Charallave	Miranda	129,182
49	Palo Negro	Aragua	128,875
50	La Victoria	Aragua	126,721

Twenty years earlier: Venezuela in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 24,847,273.