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People
27,223,228 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
45
0-14 years: 30.5% (male 4,157,194/female 4,022,595)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 8,480,872/female 8,754,620)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 620,657/female 778,905) (2010 est.)
total: 25.8 years
male: 25.1 years
female: 26.5 years (2010 est.)
1.515% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
20.29 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
5.14 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
urban population: 93% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 21.07 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 96
male: 24.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 73.77 years
country comparison to the world: 109
male: 70.69 years
female: 77 years (2010 est.)
2.45 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
0.7%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
110,000 (1999 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
4,100 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria (2009)
noun: Venezuelan(s)
adjective: Venezuelan
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 93.3%
female: 92.7% (2001 census)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2008)
3.7% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 122
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