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	Name and flag	Population (2008 estimates)	Percentage of national pop. (%)
	Metropolitan District of Caracas	4,502,631	19.0
1	Zulia	3,520,376	13.1
2	Miranda	2,789,073	10.3
3	Capital District	2,284,291	8.5
4	Carabobo	2,106,264	8.4
5	Lara	1,751,625	6.8
6	Aragua	1,629,433	6.2
7	Bolívar	1,490,612	5.6
8	Anzoátegui	1,440,876	5.3
9	Táchira	1,145,374	4.5
10	Sucre	895,978	3.5
11	Falcón	877,386	3.4
12	Portuguesa	848,259	3.3
13	Monagas	828,363	3.2
14	Mérida	819,760	3.1
15	Barinas	730,407	2.9
16	Guárico	723,965	2.9
17	Trujillo	691,908	2.6
18	Yaracuy	499,049	2.2
19	Apure	457,685	1.8
20	Nueva Esparta	426,337	1.7
21	Vargas	329,447	1.3
22	Cojedes	291,234	1.1
23	Delta Amacuro	149,427	0.4
24	Amazonas	136,506	0.3

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	Zulia	63,100	6.9
6	Anzoátegui	43,300	4.7
7	Delta Amacuro	40,200	4.4%
8	Barinas	35,200	3.8%
9	Monagas	28,900	3.2%
10	Falcón	24,800	2.7%
11	Lara	19,800	2.2%
12	Portuguesa	15,200	1.7%
13	Cojedes	14,800	1.6%
14	Sucre	11,800	1.3%
15	Mérida	11,300	1.2%
16	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

Venezulean 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	Comparable country
High human development
1	Capital District	0.8656	Uruguay
2	Miranda	0.8497	Libya
3	Monagas	0.8352	Trinidad and Tobago
4	Aragua	0.8316	Montenegro
5	Falcon	0.8282	Malaysia
6	Anzoátegui	0.8274	Malaysia
7	Carabobo	0.8269	Serbia
8	Nueva Esparta	0.8263	Belarus
9	Vargas	0.8230	Belarus
10	Bolívar	0.8084	Bosnia and Herzegovina
11	Zulia	0.8078	Colombia
12	Táchira	0.8017	Lebanon
13	Lara	0.8017	Lebanon
Medium human development
14	Mérida	0.7969	Ukraine
15	Guárico	0.7900	Ukraine
16	Barinas	0.7900	Ukraine
17	Cojedes	0.7782	Georgia
18	Sucre	0.7776	Dominican Republic
19	Trujillo	0.7766	Dominican Republic
20	Yaracuy	0.7745	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
21	Portuguesa	0.7657	Jamaica
22	Apure	0.7627	Jamaica
23	Delta Amacuro	0.7610	Paraguay
24	Amazonas	0.7424	Syria

See also

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