Largest Cities and Towns by Population in Venezuela

210 cities and towns in Venezuela with 20,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by unofficial population estimates for June 30, 2019 (by National Institute of Statistics, Venezuela).

Rank	City or Town	Population
1	Maracaiboincl. San Francisco	2,262,600
2	Caracas	2,087,700
3	Valenciaincl. Los Guayos, Naguanagua, San Diego, Tocuyito	1,585,500
4	Barquisimeto	1,089,100
5	Ciudad Guayana	893,400
6	Maturín	508,200
7	Maracay	464,700
8	Barcelona	454,200
9	Petare	441,700
10	Ciudad Bolívar	425,000
11	Cumaná	384,900
12	Turmeroincl. Santa Rita	379,500
13	Barinas	356,800
14	Acarigua - Araure	356,700
15	Barutaincl. Las Minas	309,400
16	Cabimas	299,700
17	Puerto La Cruzincl. Pozuelos	299,500
18	Mérida	289,800
19	San Cristóbal	284,600
20	Guarenas	244,600
21	Coro (Sta. Ana de Coro)	231,600
22	Los Teques	230,800
23	El Tigre	215,800
24	Cabudareincl. Los Rastrojos	200,000
25	Guacara	196,400
26	Puerto Cabello	191,000
27	Guatire	180,500
28	Guanare	175,400
29	San Felipeincl. Independencia	174,300
30	San Fernando de Apure	166,400
31	Cúaincl. Nueva Cúa	165,600
32	Valera	165,500
33	Carúpano	159,300
34	Calabozo	155,200
35	Punto Fijo	154,100
36	Ciudad Ojeda	153,400
37	San Juan de los Morros	151,600
38	Charallave	145,500
39	Catia La Mar	141,900
40	Anaco	138,700
41	Valle de la Pascua	136,400
42	Cagua	136,400
43	Palo Negro	128,700
44	Ocumare del Tuy	127,600
45	Porlamar	126,500
46	Santa Lucía	126,400
47	Ejido	116,700
48	Puerto Ayacucho	116,300
49	El Limón	114,900
50	Mariara	114,800
51	Punta Cardón	113,800
52	Carora	113,600
53	La Victoria	112,900
54	Táriba	109,400
55	San Carlos de Austria	107,100
56	Tucupita	105,600
57	Tinaquillo	105,200
58	Yaritagua	100,200
59	El Vigía	98,900
60	Upata	95,600
61	Villa de Cura	95,200
62	El Hatillo	92,900
63	El Cartanal	83,500
64	San Carlos del Zulia	82,300
65	San José de Guanipa	81,800
66	Santa Teresa del Tuy	79,900
67	Chacao	79,300
68	Güigüe	78,700
69	Caucagüita	78,400
70	San Antonio de los Altos	78,300
71	La Dolorita	77,300
72	La Villa del Rosario (Rosario)	75,900
73	Rubio	75,800
74	La Concepción	75,100
75	Los Dos Caminos	75,000
76	Machiques	73,500
77	Maiquetía	69,800
78	Santa Cruz de Mara	69,300
79	San Joaquín	68,800
80	Morón	67,400
81	Tacarigua	65,900
82	El Cafetal	64,500
83	Biruaca	64,300
84	Chivacoa	64,000
85	Altagracia de Orituco	63,600
86	Los Puertos de Altagracia (Altagracia)	60,400
87	Puerto Píritu - Píritu	60,400
88	Boconóincl. El Carmen	59,400
89	Zaraza	58,200
90	Villa Rosa	58,200
91	Carrizal	58,100
92	Lagunillas	57,300
93	El Tocuyo	57,000
94	Punta de Mata	57,000
95	Cantaura	55,300
96	San Rafael del Moján	54,700
97	Santa Ritaincl. Palmarejo	54,600
98	Ureñaincl. Aguas Calientes	54,100
99	Guasdualito	53,800
100	Socopó	53,800
101	San Josecito	53,200
102	San Juan Bautista	53,100
103	Caraballeda	51,100
104	Caicara del Orinoco	50,600
105	Colón (San Juan de Colón)	50,500
106	El Consejo	50,300
107	San Antonio del Táchira	49,400
108	Cocorote	49,300
109	Palmira	47,600
110	Lechería	46,900
111	Quibor	45,800
112	Trujillo	45,600
113	Barinitas	45,400
114	La Sierrita	44,200
115	Santa Bárbara	43,900
116	Villa Bruzual	42,800
117	Nirgua	42,200
118	San Mateo	40,300
119	Pariaguán	39,800
120	Concepción	39,100
121	Caripito	38,700
122	Bachaquero	38,600
123	Las Tejerías	38,400
124	San Francisco de Yare	38,400
125	Fila de Mariches	38,300
126	Araira	37,600
127	La Fría	37,000
128	Güiria	36,800
129	Ciudad Bolivia	36,600
130	Santa Bárbara	36,600
131	La Blanca - 12 de Octubre	36,100
132	Achaguas	36,000
133	Tumeremo	35,700
134	La Asunción	35,600
135	Santa Cruz	35,500
136	Tovar	35,500
137	Zuata	35,400
138	Plaza Paraguachi	34,700
139	La Guardia	34,700
140	Temblador	34,200
141	Guanta	33,900
142	Bejuma	33,800
143	Tinaco	33,200
144	Pampatar	33,000
145	Higuerote	32,200
146	Píritu	31,900
147	El Recreo	31,700
148	Miranda	31,700
149	Duaca	31,600
150	Paraguaipoa	31,100
151	La Vela de Coro	31,000
152	Santa Ana del Táchira	30,500
153	El Pilar	30,200
154	Puerto Cumarebo	29,600
155	Caja Seca	29,400
156	Sabana de Mendoza	29,100
157	El Sombrero	29,000
158	Montalbán	28,800
159	Pueblo Nuevo	28,100
160	Mamporal	28,000
161	Punta de Piedras	27,700
162	Cariaco	27,600
163	Tucupido	27,200
164	Aragua de Barcelona	26,700
165	Tucacas	26,600
166	Caucagua	26,300
167	Pampanito	26,100
168	Guasipati	26,000
169	Juan Griego	25,700
170	El Callao	25,400
171	Guanarito	25,400
172	Palo Gordo	25,400
173	Lagunillas	25,300
174	Soledad	25,000
175	Capacho Nuevo	24,400
176	El Valle del Espíritu Santo	24,200
177	La Grita	24,100
178	San Sebastián	23,800
179	Pozo Verde	23,800
180	San Pablo	23,800
181	Las Mercedes del Llano	23,700
182	Coloncito	23,600
183	Tía Juana	23,500
184	Sabaneta	23,300
185	Ospino	23,200
186	Sanare	22,900
187	San Diego	22,900
188	Carayaca	22,800
189	Mene Grande	22,700
190	Monay	22,600
191	Río Caribe	22,100
192	Judibana	22,000
193	Dabajuro	21,900
194	Urachiche	21,900
195	Cumanacoa	21,600
196	Carvajal	21,600
197	Tabay	21,100
198	San Casimiro	20,900
199	Santa Cruz de Los Taques	20,700
200	La Paz	20,600
201	San Francisco de Asis	20,500
202	Tucaní	20,500
203	La Guaira	20,300
204	San José de Perijá	20,200
205	Sabana de Parra	20,200
206	Araya	20,000
207	Marigüitar	20,000
208	Macuto	20,000
209	Betijoque	19,900
210	Sabaneta de Palmas	19,800

Source: National Institute of Statistics, Venezuela (2019 unofficial estimate), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

69 urban areas in Venezuela with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Caracas	2,578,410	+0.07%	308	8,371	195	2,585,384	2,566,670
2	Maracaibo	2,043,926	+0.65%	294	6,947	243	2,097,096	2,242,148
3	Valencia	1,437,199	+0.09%	298	4,816	356	1,442,421	1,439,172
4	Maracay	845,856	+0.06%	151	5,602	627	847,963	887,948
5	Barquisimeto	815,751	+0.41%	137	5,937	653	829,218	857,817
6	Barcelona	679,626	+0.72%	144	4,733	803	699,103	785,399
7	Ciudad Guayana	538,755	+0.67%	60	8,979	1,034	553,119	605,490
8	Maturin	456,631	+0.83%	94	4,847	1,237	471,817	533,710
9	Guarenas	399,809	+0.08%	56	7,139	1,430	401,138	401,028
10	Cumana	381,899	+0.67%	63	6,062	1,509	392,164	451,938
11	San Cristobal	363,390	+0.39%	45	8,075	1,584	369,075	383,495
12	Catia La Mar [La Guaira]	320,413	+0.09%	73	4,389	1,809	321,630	322,535
13	Ciudad Bolivar	310,530	+0.88%	56	5,585	1,874	321,475	353,309
14	Barinas	297,177	+0.63%	68	4,396	1,969	304,695	318,685
15	Cabimas	285,312	+0.58%	65	4,389	2,061	291,937	323,710
16	Acarigua	273,139	+0.40%	62	4,405	2,156	277,457	288,623
17	Porlamar	270,168	+1.58%	93	2,899	2,184	287,218	369,992
18	Punto Fijo	258,175	+0.97%	94	2,752	2,293	268,227	309,665
19	San Antonio de los Altos [Los Teques]	250,705	+0.09%	47	5,334	2,361	251,563	250,796
20	Mérida	215,580	+1.18%	35	6,124	2,776	225,797	293,679
21	Coro	199,243	+1.85%	33	6,112	3,036	214,019	253,071
22	Santa Teresa del Tuy	192,894	+0.08%	38	5,076	3,157	193,539	195,010
23	Guanare	171,465	+0.59%	38	4,489	3,579	175,534	185,200
24	Ciudad Ojeda	166,499	+0.65%	42	3,964	3,676	170,823	223,949
25	Puerto Cabello	155,989	+0.09%	33	4,727	3,930	156,544	156,160
26	Valera	143,489	+0.50%	33	4,348	4,295	146,377	159,088
27	Carora	141,450	+0.40%	20	7,072	4,357	143,688	152,677
28	Charallave	133,811	+0.33%	28	4,745	4,610	135,572	135,927
29	La Victoria	131,428	+0.08%	22	5,974	4,705	131,835	132,727
30	Barrio Alí Primera	122,015	+0.42%	4.00	30,504	5,097	124,084	132,046
31	Anaco	121,620	+0.59%	40	3,041	5,119	124,477	137,821
32	Chirica Vieja	120,810	+0.64%	17	7,106	5,151	123,905	136,970
33	Puerto Ayacucho	115,344	+1.14%	25	4,614	5,412	120,594	144,518
34	Cabudare	114,270	+0.38%	32	3,571	5,467	116,020	120,137
35	Calabozo	113,804	+0.07%	31	3,671	5,486	114,138	116,124
36	San Carlos	110,890	+0.07%	23	4,821	5,633	111,222	110,580
37	Carúpano	110,490	+0.75%	30	3,683	5,660	113,795	149,952
38	Tucupita	109,454	+0.61%	17	6,438	5,718	112,126	126,086
39	Valle de La Pascua	104,765	+0.51%	20	5,238	5,973	106,910	117,262
40	El Vigía	101,418	+0.41%	17	5,966	6,165	103,094	107,760
41	San Juan de Los Morros	100,145	+0.07%	21	4,769	6,252	100,431	99,632
42	Cúa	99,486	+0.08%	22	4,522	6,285	99,821	99,378
43	Tamaca	98,107	+0.44%	28	3,504	6,380	99,838	107,796
44	Machiques	93,268	+0.96%	14	6,662	6,717	96,831	110,905
45	Biruaca	91,909	+0.08%	10	9,191	6,833	92,193	94,384
46	Ocumare del Tuy	88,754	+0.07%	12	7,396	7,089	88,992	88,304
47	Tinaquillo	85,700	+0.07%	16	5,356	7,353	85,934	85,237
48	El Tocuyo	78,641	+0.86%	10	7,710	8,044	81,337	98,387
49	Upata	78,116	+1.31%	18	4,245	8,095	82,221	90,353
50	Santa Bárbara del Zulia	77,326	+0.47%	13	5,948	8,178	78,766	83,275
51	Villa del Rosario	74,823	+0.97%	16	4,676	8,425	77,736	97,494
52	El Zorro	73,151	+0.75%	20	3,658	8,612	75,350	103,262
53	Rubio	71,189	+0.47%	15	4,746	8,827	72,530	78,414
54	Socopó	69,774	+0.40%	13	5,367	8,995	70,887	75,428
55	Palo Negro	67,400	+0.06%	14	4,814	9,304	67,555	68,289
56	Las Mercedes	66,708	+0.07%	7.00	9,530	9,406	66,901	66,659
57	San Mateo	66,698	+0.10%	8.00	8,337	9,411	66,954	66,961
58	San Rafael del Moján	66,087	+1.12%	13	5,007	9,504	69,056	82,709
59	Villa de Cura	65,365	+0.07%	14	4,669	9,606	65,560	67,711
60	San José de Guanipa	64,933	+0.36%	7.00	9,276	9,671	65,871	67,912
61	Boconó	58,166	+0.55%	11	5,288	10,725	59,454	64,224
62	Marín	55,798	+0.11%	10	5,580	11,185	56,036	56,393
63	Puerto Escondido	55,782	+1.50%	26	2,129	11,186	59,137	71,215
64	Duaca	55,452	+2.10%	4.40	12,603	11,239	60,117	63,199
65	Quíbor	54,621	+0.37%	12	4,552	11,397	55,423	57,154
66	Zaraza	53,621	+0.60%	10	5,362	11,604	54,913	64,788
67	La Concepción	52,469	+1.41%	10	5,144	11,814	55,431	85,444
68	Punta de Mata	51,339	+0.58%	13	3,949	11,993	52,523	58,009
69	San Antonio del Táchira	50,613	+0.37%	7.00	7,230	12,059	51,352	55,322

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

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