Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Venezuela, RB
One in every 309 babies in the world is born here: about 434,341 a year, 0.83 a minute.
- Population
- 28,516,896
- Births a year
- 434,341
- Life expectancy
- 72.8
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 24.2
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
76.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
68.9
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
21.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
24.2
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
227
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.6
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
≈ 12
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
2
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
39
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
12.7
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.08
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
≈ 25
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
87
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
98
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
78
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
3.9
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
≈ $20,025
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
45
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
9.7
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5.3
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
9
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
37
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
30
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
89
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
93
World: 91
Internet users (%)
77
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.76
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.02
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
1.46
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 58.5 → 2026: 73.2 → 2050: 76.9
World
1960: 80 → 2026: 24 → 2050: 24
World
1960: 6.4 → 2026: 2 → 2050: 1.8
World
1960: 62 → 2026: 89 → 2050: 90
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Venezuela, RB comes up about once in every 309 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.