Ranked list of Venezuelan states

These are ranked lists of the States of Venezuela sorted by population, area, density and human development index.

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	Amazonas	146,480	70,464

By area

Rank	Name and flag	Area (km²)	Percentage of total area. (%)
1	Bolívar	238,000	26.0%
2	Amazonas	180,145	19.7%
3	Apure	76,500	8.3%
4	Guárico	64,986	7.1%
5	Zulia	63,100	6.9%
6	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 (2017).

  0.700 - 0.799 (high)

  0.600 - 0.699 (medium)

Rank	State	HDI 2018[2]	Comparable country (2019 report)
High human development
1	Capital District	0.772	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2	Miranda	0.758	China  Ecuador
3	Aragua	0.752	Ukraine
4	Carabobo	0.747	Dominican Republic
5	Nueva Esparta	0.746
5	Vargas	0.746
7	Anzoátegui	0.737	Mongolia
8	Bolívar	0.729	Botswana
9	Táchira	0.723	Jordan
10	Monagas	0.717	Tonga
11	Falcon	0.715
12	Mérida	0.714	Philippines
13	Zulia	0.711	Moldova
14	Delta Amacuro	0.710	Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan
15	Amazonas	0.707	Indonesia  Samoa
16	Lara	0.705	South Africa
17	Cojedes	0.702	Gabon
Medium human development
18	Sucre	0.694	Vietnam
18	Trujillo	0.694
20	Yaracuy	0.691	Iraq
21	Guárico	0.687
22	Portuguesa	0.672	Guyana
23	Barinas	0.671
24	Apure	0.653	Guatemala

See also

• Demographics of Venezuela
• Subdivisions of Venezuela
• List of cities in Venezuela

References

1. "Venezuela Federal States, Major Cities, Urban Localities & Metropolitan Area – Statistics & Maps on City Population". Retrieved 17 March 2013.
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-10-16.

• All information was retrieved from the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics.