Venezuela People Stats
Author: jaacosta47
Venezuelan citizens took to the streets in February 12 for mass protest actions against the administration of newly elected President Nicolas Maduro, who was elected president in 2013. Maduro took the place of Hugo Chavez. Three opposition members of Parliament led by former presidential candidate María Corina Machado, Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma and Voluntad Popular (People's Will) party leader Leopoldo López were among the leaders.
It was intended to be a peaceful rally wherein students would be marching on the streets of Caracas to the Miraflores Presidential Palace and hand over a letter demanding change. The event was supposed to be finished at 2 p.m. after the politicians left the scene. However, police intervened and the peaceful demonstration became turned violent with protesters throwing rocks and police spraying tear gas on them. The situation escalated to the point where there was shooting that left three people dead including a policeman and several people injured.
Are Venezuelans really violent? Of course, the answer is negative since this incident was political in nature. In fact, people from this country in Latin America are known to be sociable and friendly. More than 90 percent of the population is composed of Roman Catholics while the rest are Protestants and atheists. There is a small Muslim community dispersed across the country’s 23 states. A small Jewish community also settled down in the capital city of Caracas. Venezuela is home to roughly 28 million people composed of groups of Europeans, American Indians, Asians, Africans and Middle Eastern immigrants. Most of the European settlers came from Spain but a large number of Germans, Italians, Portuguese, and North Americans come to Venezuela during the mid-20th century.
Definitions
- Age distribution > Median age: The median age of the country's residents. This is the age most people are in the country.
- Age distribution > Population aged 0-14: Percentage of total population aged 0-14.
- Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total: Number of people aged 0-14.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 15-24.
- Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total: Number of people aged 15-24.
- Age distribution > Total dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant persons out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant person is a person aged 0-14 and those over 65 years old.
- Birth rate: The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
- Death rate: The average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.
- Ethnic groups: This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.
- Gender > Female population: Total female population.
- Marriage, divorce and children > Total divorces per thousand people: Total number of divorces in given year by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Population: Population, total refers to the total population.
- Population > Population growth, past and future: Population growth rate (percentage).
- Population growth: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Population growth rate: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
SOURCES: United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Population Division. Source tables
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Venezuela People Profiles (Subcategories)
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Venezuelan citizens took to the streets in February 12 for mass protest actions against the administration of newly elected President Nicolas Maduro, who was elected president in 2013. Maduro took the place of Hugo Chavez. Three opposition members of Parliament led by former presidential candidate María Corina Machado, Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma and Voluntad Popular (People's Will) party leader Leopoldo López were among the leaders.
It was intended to be a peaceful rally wherein students would be marching on the streets of Caracas to the Miraflores Presidential Palace and hand over a letter demanding change. The event was supposed to be finished at 2 p.m. after the politicians left the scene. However, police intervened and the peaceful demonstration became turned violent with protesters throwing rocks and police spraying tear gas on them. The situation escalated to the point where there was shooting that left three people dead including a policeman and several people injured.
Are Venezuelans really violent? Of course, the answer is negative since this incident was political in nature. In fact, people from this country in Latin America are known to be sociable and friendly. More than 90 percent of the population is composed of Roman Catholics while the rest are Protestants and atheists. There is a small Muslim community dispersed across the country’s 23 states. A small Jewish community also settled down in the capital city of Caracas. Venezuela is home to roughly 28 million people composed of groups of Europeans, American Indians, Asians, Africans and Middle Eastern immigrants. Most of the European settlers came from Spain but a large number of Germans, Italians, Portuguese, and North Americans come to Venezuela during the mid-20th century.
Posted on 20 May 2014
jaacosta47
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