Largest Cities by Population in Venezuela (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Venezuela ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank Urban Area Population Estimate (2025) 1 Year Change (over 2024) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) Global Rank Projections (2030) Projections (2050)
1 Caracas 2,576,666 −0.33% 308 8,366 195 2,585,384 2,566,670
2 Maracaibo 2,030,633 0.15% 292 6,954 243 2,097,096 2,242,148
3 Valencia 1,435,894 −0.32% 298 4,818 353 1,442,421 1,439,172
4 Maracay 845,329 −0.33% 151 5,598 621 847,963 887,948
5 Barquisimeto 812,384 0.04% 137 5,930 651 829,218 857,817
6 Barcelona 674,757 0.3% 143 4,719 805 699,103 785,399
7 Ciudad Guayana 535,164 0.41% 60 8,919 1,033 553,119 605,490
8 Maturin 452,835 0.24% 93 4,869 1,231 471,817 533,710
9 Guarenas 399,477 −0.31% 56 7,134 1,416 401,138 401,028
10 Cumana 379,333 0.27% 63 6,021 1,498 392,164 451,938
11 San Cristobal 361,969 0% 45 8,044 1,580 369,075 383,495
12 Catia La Mar [La Guaira] 320,109 −0.3% 73 4,385 1,797 321,630 322,535
13 Ciudad Bolivar 307,794 0.3% 55 5,596 1,869 321,475 353,309
14 Barinas 295,298 0% 67 4,407 1,965 304,695 318,685
15 Cabimas 283,656 0.29% 65 4,364 2,048 291,937 323,710
16 Acarigua 272,060 0.28% 62 4,388 2,137 277,457 288,623
17 Porlamar 265,905 1.47% 93 2,859 2,192 287,218 369,992
18 Punto Fijo 255,662 0.6% 92 2,779 2,283 268,227 309,665
19 San Antonio de los Altos [Los Teques] 250,491 −0.31% 47 5,330 2,323 251,563 250,796
20 Mérida 213,026 0.08% 34 6,265 2,783 225,797 293,679
21 Coro 195,549 0.59% 31 6,308 3,069 214,019 253,071
22 Santa Teresa del Tuy 192,733 −0.31% 38 5,072 3,115 193,539 195,010
23 Guanare 170,448 0.02% 38 4,485 3,552 175,534 185,200
24 Ciudad Ojeda 165,418 0.44% 42 3,939 3,661 170,823 223,949
25 Puerto Cabello 155,850 −0.3% 33 4,723 3,889 156,544 156,160
26 Valera 142,767 0.11% 33 4,326 4,277 146,377 159,088
27 Carora 140,890 0% 20 7,045 4,331 143,688 152,677
28 Charallave 133,371 −0.51% 28 4,763 4,572 135,572 135,927
29 La Victoria 131,326 −0.32% 22 5,969 4,653 131,835 132,727
30 Barrio Alí Primera 121,498 0.03% 4 30,375 5,047 124,084 132,046
31 Anaco 120,906 1.55% 40 3,023 5,075 124,477 137,821
32 Chirica Vieja 120,036 0.84% 17 7,061 5,116 123,905 136,970
33 Puerto Ayacucho 114,031 1.03% 25 4,561 5,402 120,594 144,518
34 Cabudare 113,832 −0.01% 32 3,557 5,408 116,020 120,137
35 Calabozo 113,721 −0.32% 31 3,668 5,414 114,138 116,124
36 San Carlos 110,807 −0.32% 23 4,818 5,573 111,222 110,580
37 Carúpano 109,664 0.36% 30 3,655 5,632 113,795 149,952
38 Tucupita 108,786 0.22% 17 6,399 5,683 112,126 126,086
39 Valle de La Pascua 104,229 0.12% 20 5,211 5,931 106,910 117,262
40 El Vigía 100,999 0.02% 17 5,941 6,121 103,094 107,760
41 San Juan de Los Morros 100,074 −0.32% 21 4,765 6,170 100,431 99,632
42 Cúa 99,402 −0.31% 22 4,518 6,213 99,821 99,378
43 Tamaca 97,674 0.05% 28 3,488 6,339 99,838 107,796
44 Machiques 92,377 0.57% 14 6,598 6,706 96,831 110,905
45 Biruaca 91,838 −0.32% 10 9,184 6,749 92,193 94,384
46 Ocumare del Tuy 88,695 −0.33% 12 7,391 6,998 88,992 88,304
47 Tinaquillo 85,642 −0.32% 16 5,353 7,272 85,934 85,237
48 El Tocuyo 77,967 0.08% 10 7,797 7,996 81,337 98,387
49 Upata 77,090 0.22% 18 4,283 8,091 82,221 90,353
50 Santa Bárbara del Zulia 76,966 0.07% 13 5,920 8,111 78,766 83,275
51 Villa del Rosario 74,095 0.59% 16 4,631 8,417 77,736 97,494
52 El Zorro 72,601 0.36% 20 3,630 8,570 75,350 103,262
53 Rubio 70,854 0.08% 15 4,724 8,760 72,530 78,414
54 Socopó 69,496 0.01% 13 5,346 8,937 70,887 75,428
55 Palo Negro 67,361 −0.34% 14 4,812 9,201 67,555 68,289
56 Las Mercedes 66,660 −0.32% 7 9,523 9,304 66,901 66,659
57 San Mateo 66,634 −0.3% 8 8,329 9,309 66,954 66,961
58 San Rafael del Moján 65,345 0.75% 13 5,027 9,479 69,056 82,709
59 Villa de Cura 65,316 −0.32% 14 4,665 9,485 65,560 67,711
60 San José de Guanipa 64,699 −0.03% 7 9,243 9,570 65,871 67,912
61 Boconó 57,844 0.16% 11 5,259 10,662 59,454 64,224
62 Marín 55,738 −0.29% 10 5,574 11,053 56,036 56,393
63 Puerto Escondido 54,943 0.59% 26 2,113 11,204 59,137 71,215
64 Quíbor 54,420 −0.03% 12 4,535 11,313 55,423 57,154
65 Duaca 54,286 −0.06% 4 13,572 11,341 60,117 63,199
66 Zaraza 53,298 0.21% 10 5,330 11,541 54,913 64,788
67 La Concepción 51,728 0.43% 10 5,173 11,862 55,431 85,444
68 Punta de Mata 51,043 0.19% 13 3,926 11,987 52,523 58,009
69 San Antonio del Táchira 50,428 −0.03% 7 7,204 12,076 51,352 55,322

See also

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.