Venezuelans

Venezuelans
Venezolanos
Total population
c. 33.5 million
Diaspora c. 7.89 million
0.44% of world's population
Regions with significant populations
Venezuela     28,199,867 (2021)
Colombia2,820,000
Peru1,662,889
United States1,168,271 (2024)
Chile728,586 (2023)
Brazil626,885 (2024)
Spain518,918 (2023)
Ecuador500,000
Argentina162,495
Dominican Republic124,100
Portugal100,000
Panama94,400
Trinidad and Tobago78,849
Syria60,000 - 200,000
Italy59,000 - 150,000
Mexico53,000
Uruguay33,000
France30,000
 Canada28,395
Germany20,000
French Guiana
(Overseas France)
19,000
Bolivia18,940
Aruba17,000
Curaçao17,000
United Kingdom15,000
Cuba15,000
Lebanon12,000
Australia10,000
Ireland5,000
Paraguay4,000
Puerto Rico3,108
Costa Rica3,000
Guyana3,000
United Arab Emirates2,500
Sweden2,274
New Zealand2,000
Denmark1,325
China1,000
Netherlands1,000
Saudi Arabia1,000
South Africa1,000
Bonaire713
Sint Maarten600
Languages
Primarily Venezuelan Spanish (96.6%)
Other languages
Religion
Christian majority: Catholicism (71.0%), Protestantism (Evangelicals) (22.0%), other Christians: Eastern Orthodoxy, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses

Irreligion, Deism, Agnosticism and Atheism: (8.0%)

minorities: Santería (1%), Judaism (0.05%)
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards, Mestizo, Amerindians

Venezuelans (Spanish: venezolanos) are the citizens identified with the country of Venezuela. This connection may be through citizenship, descent or cultural. For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connections exist and are the source of their Venezuelan citizenship or their bond to Venezuela.

Venezuela is a diverse and multilingual country, home to a melting pot of people of distinct origins. As a result, many Venezuelans do not regard their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship or allegiance. From the 1820s to 1930s Venezuela received 2.1 million European immigrants, the third most in Latin America, behind Argentina and Brazil.