🌆 Largest Cities in Venezuela
Cities of Venezuela with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).
Caracas15%
Maracaibo8.7%
Valencia8.1%
Barquisimeto6.2%
Ciudad Guayana4.9%
Barcelona4.1%
Maturín3.2%
Maracay
Ciudad Bolívar
Cumaná2%
Barinas2%
Puerto La Cruz1.8%
Petare1.8%
Cabimas1.8%
Turmero
Mérida
San Cristóbal
Alto Barinas
Santa Teresa del Tuy
Los Teques
Guarenas
Coro
Valera
Baruta
Ciudad Ojeda
San Fernando de Apure
Guatire
El Tigre
Porlamar
San Felipe
Guacara
Acarigua
Cúa
Araure
Lander
Puerto Cabello
Calabozo
Carúpano
Ocumare del Tuy
10 others7%
1
CaracasDistrito Federal
3,000,000
2
MaracaiboZulia
1,752,602
3
ValenciaCarabobo
1,619,470
4
BarquisimetoLara
1,240,714
5
Ciudad GuayanaBolívar
978,202
6
BarcelonaAnzoátegui
815,141
7
MaturínMonagas
647,459
8
MaracayAragua
464,700
9
Ciudad BolívarBolívar
412,619
10
CumanáSucre
405,626
11
BarinasBarinas
397,279
12
Puerto La CruzAnzoátegui
370,000
13
PetareMiranda
364,684
14
CabimasZulia
351,736
15
TurmeroAragua
344,700
16
MéridaMérida
300,000
17
San CristóbalTáchira
289,852
18
Alto BarinasBarinas
284,289
19
Santa Teresa del TuyMiranda
278,890
20
Los TequesMiranda
252,242
21
GuarenasMiranda
248,588
22
CoroFalcón
246,657
23
ValeraTrujillo
244,708
24
BarutaMiranda
244,216
25
Ciudad OjedaZulia
240,283
26
San Fernando de ApureApure
229,197
27
GuatireMiranda
227,666
28
El TigreAnzoátegui
222,450
29
PorlamarNueva Esparta
216,234
30
San FelipeYaracuy
206,270
31
GuacaraCarabobo
198,883
32
AcariguaPortuguesa
188,278
33
CúaMiranda
182,558
34
AraurePortuguesa
181,820
35
LanderMiranda
176,346
36
Puerto CabelloCarabobo
174,000
37
CalabozoGuárico
168,605
38
CarúpanoSucre
167,187
39
Ocumare del TuyMiranda
166,072
40
El VigíaMérida
162,289
41
San Juan de los MorrosGuárico
160,868
42
Valle de La PascuaGuárico
153,136
43
El LimónAragua
148,247
44
Punto FijoFalcón
141,729
45
AnacoAnzoátegui
139,397
46
TáribaTáchira
138,402
47
MachiquesZulia
132,734
48
CharallaveMiranda
129,182
49
Palo NegroAragua
128,875
50
La VictoriaAragua
126,721
Highlights
Within Venezuela, Caracas ranks first in 2026 with 3,000,000, followed by Maracaibo (1,752,602) and Valencia (1,619,470).
Caracas is 1.7 times higher than Maracaibo, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 3,000,000 (Caracas) to 126,721 (La Victoria), with a median of 234,740.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.