Largest Cities in Venezuela 2026: Population Ranking

Venezuela's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Caracas in orange

Venezuela has 4 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 64 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Caracas with 3,000,000 people, followed by Maracaibo (1,752,602) and Valencia (1,619,470). The three largest cities together hold about 22.2% of the country's 28.7 million people.

The capital, Caracas, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Miranda (10), Zulia (7), Aragua (6).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Venezuela population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Venezuela atlas.

Venezuela cities by population

64 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Venezuela
1	CaracasCapital	Distrito Federal	3,000,000	10.5%
2	Maracaibo	Zulia	1,752,602	6.1%
3	Valencia	Carabobo	1,619,470	5.6%
4	Barquisimeto	Lara	1,240,714	4.3%
5	Ciudad Guayana	Bolívar	978,202	3.4%
6	Barcelona	Anzoátegui	815,141	2.8%
7	Maturín	Monagas	647,459	2.3%
8	Maracay	Aragua	464,700	1.6%
9	Ciudad Bolívar	Bolívar	412,619	1.4%
10	Cumaná	Sucre	405,626	1.4%
11	Barinas	Barinas	397,279	1.4%
12	Puerto La Cruz	Anzoátegui	370,000	1.3%
13	Petare	Miranda	364,684	1.3%
14	Cabimas	Zulia	351,736	1.2%
15	Turmero	Aragua	344,700	1.2%
16	Mérida	Mérida	300,000	1%
17	San Cristóbal	Táchira	289,852	1%
18	Santa Teresa del Tuy	Miranda	278,890	1%
19	Los Teques	Miranda	252,242	0.9%
20	Guarenas	Miranda	248,588	0.9%
21	Coro	Falcón	246,657	0.9%
22	Valera	Trujillo	244,708	0.9%
23	Baruta	Miranda	244,216	0.9%
24	Ciudad Ojeda	Zulia	240,283	0.8%
25	San Fernando de Apure	Apure	229,197	0.8%
26	Guatire	Miranda	227,666	0.8%
27	El Tigre	Anzoátegui	222,450	0.8%
28	Porlamar	Nueva Esparta	216,234	0.8%
29	San Felipe	Yaracuy	206,270	0.7%
30	Guacara	Carabobo	198,883	0.7%
31	Acarigua	Portuguesa	188,278	0.7%
32	Cúa	Miranda	182,558	0.6%
33	Araure	Portuguesa	181,820	0.6%
34	Lander	Miranda	176,346	0.6%
35	Puerto Cabello	Carabobo	174,000	0.6%
36	Calabozo	Guárico	168,605	0.6%
37	Carúpano	Sucre	167,187	0.6%
38	Ocumare del Tuy	Miranda	166,072	0.6%
39	San Juan de los Morros	Guárico	160,868	0.6%
40	Valle de La Pascua	Guárico	153,136	0.5%
41	El Limón	Aragua	148,247	0.5%
42	Punto Fijo	Falcón	141,729	0.5%
43	Anaco	Anzoátegui	139,397	0.5%
44	Táriba	Táchira	138,402	0.5%
45	Machiques	Zulia	132,734	0.5%
46	Charallave	Miranda	129,182	0.5%
47	Palo Negro	Aragua	128,875	0.4%
48	La Victoria	Aragua	126,721	0.4%
49	San Carlos del Zulia	Zulia	126,353	0.4%
50	Puerto Ayacucho	Amazonas	125,840	0.4%
51	Carora	Lara	121,741	0.4%
52	La Concepción	Zulia	120,478	0.4%
53	San Carlos	Cojedes	120,375	0.4%
54	Cagua	Aragua	119,033	0.4%
55	Mariara	Carabobo	116,142	0.4%
56	Tinaquillo	Cojedes	115,937	0.4%
57	Punta Cardón	Falcón	113,999	0.4%
58	Yaritagua	Yaracuy	113,343	0.4%
59	Upata	Bolívar	112,617	0.4%
60	Guanare	Portuguesa	112,286	0.4%
61	Catia La Mar	Vargas	106,822	0.4%
62	Cabudare	Lara	102,686	0.4%
63	Los Puertos de Altagracia	Zulia	101,527	0.4%
64	Los Rastrojos	Lara	100,497	0.4%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Venezuela?

Caracas, with about 3,000,000 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Venezuela?

Caracas — population 3,000,000, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Venezuela have over one million people?

4: Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia, Barquisimeto.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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