Ranked list of Venezuelan states
Appearance
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
0.850–0.899 0.800–0.849 0.750–0.799 0.700–0.749 |
Rank | State | HDI | ||||||||||
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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 |