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 |
Name and flag |
Population
(2008 estimates) |
Percentage of
national pop. (%) |
|
Metropolitan District of Caracas |
4,502,631 |
19.0 |
| 1 |
Zulia |
3,520,376 |
13.1 |
| 2 |
Miranda |
2,789,073 |
10.3 |
| 3 |
Capital District |
2,284,291 |
8.5 |
| 4 |
Carabobo |
2,106,264 |
8.4 |
| 5 |
Lara |
1,751,625 |
6.8 |
| 6 |
Aragua |
1,629,433 |
6.2 |
| 7 |
Bolívar |
1,490,612 |
5.6 |
| 8 |
Anzoátegui |
1,440,876 |
5.3 |
| 9 |
Táchira |
1,145,374 |
4.5 |
| 10 |
Sucre |
895,978 |
3.5 |
| 11 |
Falcón |
877,386 |
3.4 |
| 12 |
Portuguesa |
848,259 |
3.3 |
| 13 |
Monagas |
828,363 |
3.2 |
| 14 |
Mérida |
819,760 |
3.1 |
| 15 |
Barinas |
730,407 |
2.9 |
| 16 |
Guárico |
723,965 |
2.9 |
| 17 |
Trujillo |
691,908 |
2.6 |
| 18 |
Yaracuy |
499,049 |
2.2 |
| 19 |
Apure |
457,685 |
1.8 |
| 20 |
Nueva Esparta |
426,337 |
1.7 |
| 21 |
Vargas |
329,447 |
1.3 |
| 22 |
Cojedes |
291,234 |
1.1 |
| 23 |
Delta Amacuro |
149,427 |
0.4 |
| 24 |
Amazonas |
136,506 |
0.3 |
By area
| Rank |
State |
Area (km²) |
% |
| 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 (state) |
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
See also
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