List of metropolitan areas in Venezuela according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (2013).[1]
| rank | metropolitan areas | core cities | states | population[2] (2013) | Land area[3] | Population density in km2[4] (2013) | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater Caracas | 5,243,301 | 4715.1 | 1,223.41 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Metropolitan District of Caracas | Capital District and Miranda | 3,273,863 | 777.1 | 4212.9 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Valles del Tuy Metropolitan Area | Ocumare del Tuy, Charallave, Santa Teresa del Tuy, Cúa | Miranda | 754,081 | 1694 | 445.14 | |
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Guarenas-Guatire conurbation | Guarenas, Guatire | 473,728 | 558 | 848.97 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Altos Mirandinos Metropolitan Area | Los Teques, San Antonio de Los Altos | 454,929 | 744 | 611.46 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Litoral Varguense conurbation | Vargas | 341,325 | 942 | 362.34 | ||
| 2 | Maracaibo Metropolitan Area | 2,487,471 | 9,010 | 276.07 | |||
| 3 | Valencia Metropolitan Area | 2,074,329 | 2,799 | 741.09 | |||
| 4 | Barquisimeto Metropolitan Area | 1,291,670 | 3,200 | 403.64 | |||
| 5 | Maracay Metropolitan Area | 1,249,704 | 832.57 | 1,501 | |||
| 6 | Ciudad Guayana | 851,071 | 1,612 | 527.95 | |||
| 7 | Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz Metropolitan Area | 801,071 | 2,029 | 394.81 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Barcelona | Simón Bolívar Municipality | 465,989 | 1,706 | 273.14 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Puerto La Cruz | Sotillo Municipality | 272,231 | 244 | 1,115.70 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Lechería | Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality | 29,767 | 12 | 2,480.58 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | Guanta | Guanta Municipality | 33,835 | 67 | 505 | ||
| 8 | Costa Oriental del Lago | Cabimas, Ciudad Ojeda, Lagunillas, Los Puertos de Altagracia, | 758,957 | 8,251 | 91.98 | ||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | - | 280,171 | 604 | 463.85 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | - | 261,404 | 1,233[5] | 212 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | - | 76,243 | 1,966 | 38.78 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | - | 61,960 | 2,816 | 22 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | - | 48,402 | 1,127 | 42.94 | |||
| align=center style="text-indent:20px" | - | 30,777 | 505 | 60.90 | |||
| 9 | San Cristóbal Metropolitan Area | 628,627 | 963 | 652.77 | |||
| 10 | Maturín | - | 472,909[6] | (no exact data for city/urban area) | - | ||
| 11 | Mérida Metropolitan Area | 447,269 | 2,636 | 169.67 | |||
| 12 | Acarigua-Araure Metropolitan Area | Acarigua, Araure | 393,854 | 1,065 | 369.81 | ||
| 13 | Ciudad Bolívar | - | 380,953 | 585 | 65.10 | ||
| 14 | Cumaná | - | 374,706 | 598 | 626.59 | ||
| 15 | Barinas | 355,413 | - | - | |||