Recognised as Country
Venezuela
- VE
- South America
- VES
- .ve
Venezuela (VE/VEN) is a country in South America with its capital at Caracas. It covers about 916,445 km² with a population of roughly 28,000,000, uses the VES, dials on +58, owns the .ve internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Caracas. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameVenezuela
CapitalCaracas
ContinentSouth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2VE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3VEN
Internet TLD.ve
Calling code+58
Currency codeVES
Geography
Latitude6.4238° N
Longitude66.5897° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area916,445 km²353,841 square miles
Land neighbours3
Distance from London7,834 kmto the approximate centre of Venezuela, not to Caracas. WSW, bearing 255.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Caracasthe IANA zone for Caracas; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-04:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-04:00
Offset in JulyUTC-04:00
Current offsetUTC-04:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 10:32
Hours ahead of UTC-4
Population & scale
Population28,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density30.6 per km²≈
Share of world population0.346%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset32 of 196
Population rank in this dataset53 of 196
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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