Population: 20,189,361 (July 1991), growth rate 2.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 28 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 26 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 71 years male, 78 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.4 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Venezuelan(s); adjective--Venezuelan

Ethnic divisions: mestizo 67%, white 21%, black 10%, Indian 2%

Religion: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%

Language: Spanish (official); Indian dialects spoken by about 200,000 Amerindians in the remote interior

Literacy: 88% (male 87%, female 90%) age 15 and over can read and write (1981 est.)

Labor force: 5,800,000; services 56%, industry 28%, agriculture 16% (1985)

Organized labor: 32% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Venezuela on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Venezuela People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Venezuela People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.