Indigenous peoples in Venezuela

Indigenous people in Venezuela are Native peoples who live in Venezuela. Also called Amerindians or Native Venezuelans, they form about 2% of the population of Venezuela, and many Venezuelans have some Indigenous ancestry. Indigenous people are concentrated in the southern Amazon rainforest state of Amazonas, where they make up nearly 50% of the population, and in the Andes of the western state of Zulia.

At least 30 Indigenous ethnic groups live in Venezuela, including the Wayuu (413,000), Warao people (49,000), Kali'na (34,000), Pemon (30,000), Anu͂ (21,000), Huottüja (19,000), Ya̧nomamö (16,000), Yaruro (7,000), Ye'kuana (6,000), and Motilone Barí (3,000).

About 200,000 Wayuu people who live in Zulia between Lake Maracaibo and the Colombian border. Another 100,000 or so Indigenous people live in the sparsely populated southeastern states of Amazonas, Bolívar, and Delta Amacuro.

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