Venezuela People Profile 2012

In 2030, the population of Venezuela will reach 37.1 million. Population growth is being driven by huge increases in the number of those aged 50+. Fertility and birth rates have fallen dramatically but nevertheless Venezuela remains an overwhelmingly young country.
 

In recent decades the population grew to one of the highest rates in the world. Over three quarters of the population lives in urban areas, about one fifth in Greater Caracas.

About 70 percent of the population is mulatto, mestizo, of mixed Spanish, Indian, and African descent. The remainder consists of Indians in remote areas, blacks along the Caribbean coast, and people of European descent, not mixed in large cities.

largest cities of Venezuela Caracas, the capital, Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay.
Except among the Indian tribes, who have their own languages, Spanish is the dominant language. There is complete religious freedom, but almost all people are Roman Catholics.