Geography-note: on major sea and air routes linking North and South
America
@Venezuela:People
Population: 22,803,409 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 34% (male 3,979,045; female 3,733,364) 15-64 years: 62% (male 7,054,525; female 7,011,814) 65 years and over: 4% (male 469,799; female 554,862) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.77% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 22.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 4.98 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 27.52 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)