Ranked list of Venezuelan states

These are ranked lists of the States of Venezuela sorted by population, area, density and human development index. All the information was retrieved from the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics

By population

Rank	State	Population (2011)	Population (2001)
1	Zulia	3,704,404	2,983,679
2	Miranda	2,675,165	2,330,872
3	Carabobo	2,245,744	1,932,168
4	Federal District	1,943,901	1,836,286
5	Lara	1,774,867	1,556,415
6	Aragua	1,630,308	1,449,616
7	Anzoátegui	1,469,747	1,222,225
8	Bolívar	1,410,964	1,214,846
9	Táchira	1,168,908	992,669
10	Monagas	905,443	712,626
11	Falcón	902,847	763,188
12	Sucre	896,291	786,483
13	Portuguesa	876,496	725,740
14	Mérida	828,592	715,268
15	Barinas	816,264	624,508
16	Guárico	747,739	627,086
17	Trujillo	686,367	608,563
18	Yaracuy	600,852	499,049
19	Nueva Esparta	491,610	373,851
20	Apure	459,025	377,756
21	Vargas	352,920	298,109
22	Cojedes	323,165	253,105
23	Delta Amacuro	167,676	97,987
24	Amazonas	146,480	70,464

By area

Rank	Name and flag	Area (km²)	Percentage of total area. (%)
1	Bolívar	238,000	26.0%
2	Amazonas	180,145	19.7%
3	Apure	76,500	8.3%
4	Guárico	64,986	7.1%
5	30px Zulia	63,100	6.9%
6	30px Anzoátegui	43,300	4.7%
7	Delta Amacuro	40,200	4.4%
8	30px Barinas	35,200	3.8%
9	Monagas	28,900	3.2%
10	Falcón	24,800	2.7%
11	Lara	19,800	2.2%
12	30px Portuguesa	15,200	1.7%
13	Cojedes	14,800	1.6%
14	Sucre	11,800	1.3%
15	Mérida	11,300	1.2%
16	30px Táchira	11,100	1.2%
17	Miranda	7,950	0.9%
18	Trujillo	7,400	0.8%
19	Yaracuy	7,100	0.8%
20	Aragua	7,014	0.8%
21	Carabobo	4,650	0.5%
22	Vargas	1,497	0.2%
23	Nueva Esparta	1,150	0.1%
24	Venezuelan Capital District	433	0.04%
25	Dependencias Federales	120	0.01%
	Total	916,445	100%

By density

Rank	State	Population	Area (km²)	Density
1	Distrito Capital	1,836,286	433	4,240.8
2	Carabobo	1,932,168	4,650	415.5
3	Nueva Esparta	373,851	1,150	325.1
4	Miranda	2,330,872	7,950	293.2
5	Aragua	1,449,616	7,014	206.7
6	Vargas	298,109	1,497	199.1
7	Táchira	992,669	11,100	89.4
8	Trujillo	608,563	7,400	82.2
9	Lara	1,556,415	19,800	78.6
10	Yaracuy	499,049	7,100	70.3
11	Sucre	786,483	11,800	66.7
12	Mérida	715,268	11,300	63.3
13	Portuguesa	725,740	15,200	47.7
14	Zulia	2,983,679	63,100	47.3
15	Falcón	763,188	24,800	30.8
16	Anzoátegui	1,222,225	43,300	28.2
17	Monagas	712,626	28,900	24.7
18	Barinas	624,508	35,200	17.7
19	Cojedes	253,105	14,800	17.1
20	Dependencias Federales	1,651	120	13.8
21	Guárico	627,086	64,986	9.6
22	Bolívar	1,214,846	238,000	5.1
23	Apure	377,756	76,500	4.9
24	Delta Amacuro	97,987	40,200	2.4
25	Amazonas	70,464	180,145	0.4
	Total	23,054,210	916,445	25.2

By human development index

File:Venezuelan states by human development index.svg

Venezuelan map indicating the Human Development Index by state.

0.850–0.899   0.800–0.849   0.750–0.799   0.700–0.749

Rank	State	HDI
Very high human development
1	Capital District	0.8656
2	Miranda	0.8497
3	Monagas	0.8352
4	Aragua	0.8316
5	Falcon	0.8282
6	25px Anzoátegui	0.8274
7	Carabobo	0.8269
8	Nueva Esparta	0.8263
9	25px Vargas	0.8230
10	Bolívar	0.8084
11	25px Zulia	0.8078
12	25px Táchira	0.8017
13	Lara	0.8017
High human development
14	Mérida	0.7969
15	Guárico	0.7900
16	25px Barinas	0.7900
17	Cojedes	0.7782
18	Sucre	0.7776
19	Trujillo	0.7766
20	Yaracuy	0.7745
21	25px Portuguesa	0.7657
22	Apure	0.7627
23	Delta Amacuro	0.7610
24	Amazonas	0.7424

See also

• Demographics of Venezuela
• Subdivisions of Venezuela
• List of cities in Venezuela