China vs Venezuela: Population in urban agglomerations … Population agglomerations
China
32.7%
in 2025
Venezuela
35.2%
in 2025
China rank
31st
Venezuela rank
29th
Population in urban agglomerations … Population agglomerations over time
- China
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 35.2% against 32.7% in China, a difference of 2.5%.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times China's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Venezuela has been ahead every year.
China ranks 31st and Venezuela ranks 29th of 121 countries.
Venezuela has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.3% | 30.7% | 22.3% | Venezuela |
| 1970s | 7.8% | 33.9% | 26.1% | Venezuela |
| 1980s | 9.0% | 34.0% | 25.0% | Venezuela |
| 1990s | 12.9% | 32.3% | 19.4% | Venezuela |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 30.4% | 10.7% | Venezuela |
| 2010s | 25.7% | 30.1% | 4.4% | Venezuela |
| 2020s | 30.9% | 34.5% | 3.6% | Venezuela |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, China or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 35.2% against 32.7% in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between China and Venezuela?
- 2.5%, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Venezuela?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do China and Venezuela rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- China ranks 31st and Venezuela ranks 29th of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.