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Venezuela, RB — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Venezuela, RB, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.39%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -89.0% since 1961
Population growth for Venezuela, RB was 0.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.56% in 1961. The lowest was -2.96% in 2019 (about -7.6× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.39% per year.
Venezuela, RB ranks 148 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 68%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Venezuela, RB sits below it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 89% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 63%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.39%
First (1961)
3.56%
Change
-89.0%
Highest
3.56%
in 1961
Lowest
-2.96%
in 2019
Average
1.92%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.39%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.39% |
| 2024 | 0.37% |
| 2023 | 0.31% |
| 2022 | -0.09% |
| 2021 | -0.73% |
| 2020 | -1.72% |
| 2019 | -2.96% |
| 2018 | -2.51% |
| 2017 | -0.65% |
| 2016 | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 1.05% |
| 2014 | 1.14% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.