Polity · 1811 CE – 1868 CE
Republic of Venezuela
Venezuela · República Bolivariana de Venezuela
- Peak recorded area
- 400,228 km²
- 1811 CE
- Rulers on record
- 10
- from 1812 CE
- Data series
- 11
- 1811 CE–1823 CE
Overview
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and various islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 912,050 km2 (352,140 sq mi), with a population estimated at 31.8 million in 2025. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is Caracas.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1868 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| City Pop Caracas6 obs · 1700 CE–1802 CE | 31.2Kpersons1802 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Population6 obs · 1650 CE–1820 CE | 718thousands1820 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Urban Population4 obs · 1650 CE–1800 CE | 205thousands1800 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Urbanization Ratio4 obs · 1650 CE–1800 CE | 0.205ratio1800 CE · Clio-Infra |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP24 obs · 1800 CE–1823 CE | 675.5int'l $ (inflation adj.)1823 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP per capita2 obs · 1800 CE–1820 CE | 374.771990 int. GK$1820 CE · Clio-Infra |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index31 obs · 1789 CE–1819 CE | 0.012index (0-1)1819 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index31 obs · 1789 CE–1819 CE | 0.015index (0-1)1819 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index31 obs · 1789 CE–1819 CE | 0.016index (0-1)1819 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index31 obs · 1789 CE–1819 CE | 0.177index (0-1)1819 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index31 obs · 1789 CE–1819 CE | 0.041index (0-1)1819 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Rulers
10 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Francisco Javier UstárizPresident of Venezuela1812 CE
- Simón BolívarPresident of Venezuela1813 CE – 1814 CE
- José Antonio PáezPresident of Venezuela1830 CE – 1835 CE
- Andrés NarvartePresident of Venezuela1835 CE
- José María CarreñoPresident of Venezuela1835 CE
- Carlos SoublettePresident of Venezuela1837 CE – 1839 CE
- Julián CastroPresident of Venezuela1858 CE – 1859 CE
- Pedro José Ramón Gual EscandónPresident of Venezuela1858 CE
- Manuel Felipe de TovarPresident of Venezuela1859 CE – 1861 CE
- Juan Crisóstomo FalcónPresident of Venezuela1863 CE – 1868 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Spanish, Venezuelan Sign Language
- Currency
- bolivars (VEB)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Republic of Venezuela is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.