Venezuela: Reference Information

Venezuela: Reference Information - General Data
Official Name	República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Capital	Caracas (3.5m)
Other Cities	Maracaíbo (1.4m)
	Valencia (1.0m)
Area (km2)	912,050
Population (million)	24.1
Population density (per km2)	26.5
Population growth rate (%)	1.8
Life expectancy (1999, years)	73
Illiteracy rate (1995, %)	8.9
Language	Spanish
Measures	Metric system
Time	4 hours behind GMT
International Growth Competitiveness Index	68 of 80
TI Corruption Perception Index	84 of 102
United Nations Human Development Index	69 of 175

Note: The above information was last updated on 1 January 2001. The latest update is available by paid subscription in the LatinFocus Consensus Forecast. For more details please click here.

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