| People | Venezuela |
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Population:
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26,814,843 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 93% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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31 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 30.5% (male 4,157,194/female 4,022,595)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 8,480,872/female 8,754,620)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 620,657/female 778,905) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 25.5 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 26.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.508% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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20.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.1 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.61 years
male: 70.54 years
female: 76.83 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.48 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.7%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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110,000 (1999 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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4,100 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Venezuelan(s)
adjective: Venezuelan |
Ethnic groups:
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Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people |
Religions:
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nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2% |
Languages:
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Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 93.3%
female: 92.7% (2001 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2003) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.7% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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