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Ranked list of Venezuelan states

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These are ranked lists of the States of Venezuela sorted by population, area, density and human development index. All the information was retrieved from the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics

By population

Rank State Population (2011)[1] Population (2001)
1 Zulia 3,704,404 2,983,679
2 Miranda 2,675,165 2,330,872
3 Carabobo 2,245,744 1,932,168
4 Federal District 1,943,901 1,836,286
5 Lara 1,774,867 1,556,415
6 Aragua 1,630,308 1,449,616
7 Anzoátegui 1,469,747 1,222,225
8 Bolívar 1,410,964 1,214,846
9 Táchira 1,168,908 992,669
10 Monagas 905,443 712,626
11 Falcón 902,847 763,188
12 Sucre 896,291 786,483
13 Portuguesa 876,496 725,740
14 Mérida 828,592 715,268
15 Barinas 816,264 624,508
16 Guárico 747,739 627,086
17 Trujillo 686,367 608,563
18 Yaracuy 600,852 499,049
19 Nueva Esparta 491,610 373,851
20 Apure 459,025 377,756
21 Vargas 352,920 298,109
22 Cojedes 323,165 253,105
23 Delta Amacuro 167,676 97,987
24 File:Flag of Amazonas State.svg Amazonas 146,480 70,464

By area

Rank Name and flag Area
(km²)
Percentage of
total area. (%)
1 Bolívar 238,000 26.0%
2 File:Flag of Amazonas State.svg Amazonas 180,145 19.7%
3 Apure 76,500 8.3%
4 Guárico 64,986 7.1%
5 File:Bandezulia.gif Zulia 63,100 6.9%
6 File:Banderaanzoa.GIF Anzoátegui 43,300 4.7%
7 Delta Amacuro 40,200 4.4%
8 Barinas 35,200 3.8%
9 Monagas 28,900 3.2%
10 Falcón 24,800 2.7%
11 Lara 19,800 2.2%
12 Portuguesa 15,200 1.7%
13 Cojedes 14,800 1.6%
14 Sucre 11,800 1.3%
15 Mérida 11,300 1.2%
16 Táchira 11,100 1.2%
17 Miranda 7,950 0.9%
18 Trujillo 7,400 0.8%
19 Yaracuy 7,100 0.8%
20 Aragua 7,014 0.8%
21 Carabobo 4,650 0.5%
22 Vargas 1,497 0.2%
23 Nueva Esparta 1,150 0.1%
24 Venezuelan Capital District 433 0.04%
25 Dependencias Federales 120 0.01%
Total 916,445 100%

By density

Rank State Population Area (km²) Density
1 Distrito Capital 1,836,286 433 4,240.8
2 Carabobo 1,932,168 4,650 415.5
3 Nueva Esparta 373,851 1,150 325.1
4 Miranda 2,330,872 7,950 293.2
5 Aragua 1,449,616 7,014 206.7
6 Vargas 298,109 1,497 199.1
7 Táchira 992,669 11,100 89.4
8 Trujillo 608,563 7,400 82.2
9 Lara 1,556,415 19,800 78.6
10 Yaracuy 499,049 7,100 70.3
11 Sucre 786,483 11,800 66.7
12 Mérida 715,268 11,300 63.3
13 Portuguesa 725,740 15,200 47.7
14 Zulia 2,983,679 63,100 47.3
15 Falcón 763,188 24,800 30.8
16 Anzoátegui 1,222,225 43,300 28.2
17 Monagas 712,626 28,900 24.7
18 Barinas 624,508 35,200 17.7
19 Cojedes 253,105 14,800 17.1
20 Dependencias Federales 1,651 120 13.8
21 Guárico 627,086 64,986 9.6
22 Bolívar 1,214,846 238,000 5.1
23 Apure 377,756 76,500 4.9
24 Delta Amacuro 97,987 40,200 2.4
25 Amazonas 70,464 180,145 0.4
Total 23,054,210 916,445 25.2

By human development index

Venezuelan map indicating the Human Development Index by state.
  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849
  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749
Rank State HDI
High human development
1 Capital District 0.8656
2 Miranda 0.8497
3 Monagas 0.8352
4 Aragua 0.8316
5 Falcon 0.8282
6 File:Banderaanzoa.GIF Anzoátegui 0.8274
7 Carabobo 0.8269
8 Nueva Esparta 0.8263
9 Vargas 0.8230
10 Bolívar 0.8084
11 File:Bandezulia.gif Zulia 0.8078
12 Táchira 0.8017
13 Lara 0.8017
Medium human development
14 Mérida 0.7969
15 Guárico 0.7900
16 Barinas 0.7900
17 Cojedes 0.7782
18 Sucre 0.7776
19 Trujillo 0.7766
20 Yaracuy 0.7745
21 Portuguesa 0.7657
22 Apure 0.7627
23 Delta Amacuro 0.7610
24 File:Flag of Amazonas State.svg Amazonas 0.7424

See also

References

  1. ^ "Venezuela Federal States, Major Cities, Urban Localities & Metropolitan Area – Statistics & Maps on City Population". Retrieved 17 March 2013.