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Venezuela

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The Twin Towers of Parque Central, the 60-story skyscrapers that are architectural icons of Caracas, Venezuela. The West Tower opened in 1979 and the East Tower in 1983; until 2003 they were the tallest skyscrapers in Latin America.
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Geography

Area

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Area - comparative

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<p>almost six times the size of Georgia; slightly more than twice the size of California</p>

People and Society

Languages

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Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Venezuela. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Public debt

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Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

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Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

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Heliports

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Merchant marine

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Military and Security

Space

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