Peru vs Venezuela: Population in urban agglomerations … Population agglomerations
Peru
33.3%
in 2025
Venezuela
35.2%
in 2025
Peru rank
30th
Venezuela rank
29th
Population in urban agglomerations … Population agglomerations over time
- Peru
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 35.2% against 33.3% in Peru, a difference of 1.9%.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Venezuela ahead.
Peru ranks 30th and Venezuela ranks 29th of 121 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 1 and Venezuela in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.2% | 30.7% | 11.4% | Venezuela |
| 1970s | 23.9% | 33.9% | 10.0% | Venezuela |
| 1980s | 26.0% | 34.0% | 8.0% | Venezuela |
| 1990s | 27.0% | 32.3% | 5.3% | Venezuela |
| 2000s | 28.7% | 30.4% | 1.7% | Venezuela |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 30.1% | 1.8% | Peru |
| 2020s | 33.0% | 34.5% | 1.5% | 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, Peru or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 35.2% against 33.3% in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Peru and Venezuela?
- 1.9%, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Venezuela?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Peru and Venezuela rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Peru ranks 30th 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.