Territorial change of Venezuela

“Venezuela” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1834 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1900 – 1986, at ≈ 937 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1834 – 1852≈ 935 thousand km²
AD 1853 – 1876≈ 935 thousand km²
AD 1877 – 1899≈ 934 thousand km²
AD 1900 – 1986≈ 937 thousand km²
AD 1987 – 2023≈ 937 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 937 thousand km²
AD 1834AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1900 – 1986 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1834≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 143
AD 1836≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 145
AD 1840≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 155
AD 1842≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 156
AD 1846≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 152
AD 1848≈ 935 thousand km²15 of 147
AD 1849≈ 935 thousand km²15 of 144
AD 1853≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 144
AD 1856≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 149
AD 1857≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 150
AD 1859≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 146
AD 1860≈ 935 thousand km²16 of 142
AD 1861≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 140
AD 1862≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 138
AD 1863≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 139
AD 1864≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 139
AD 1865≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 139
AD 1866≈ 935 thousand km²15 of 133
AD 1868≈ 935 thousand km²15 of 134
AD 1870≈ 935 thousand km²15 of 132
AD 1871≈ 935 thousand km²15 of 113
AD 1873≈ 935 thousand km²17 of 108
AD 1877≈ 934 thousand km²18 of 104
AD 1880≈ 934 thousand km²18 of 104
AD 1884≈ 934 thousand km²18 of 105
AD 1885≈ 934 thousand km²19 of 101
AD 1890≈ 934 thousand km²22 of 99
AD 1895≈ 934 thousand km²22 of 90
AD 1898≈ 934 thousand km²22 of 87
AD 1900≈ 937 thousand km²21 of 84
AD 1905≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 83
AD 1908≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 79
AD 1911≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 76
AD 1912≈ 937 thousand km²25 of 77
AD 1913≈ 937 thousand km²24 of 78
AD 1914≈ 937 thousand km²24 of 76
AD 1915≈ 937 thousand km²24 of 75
AD 1916≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 71
AD 1917≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 71
AD 1918≈ 937 thousand km²25 of 80
AD 1919≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 88
AD 1920≈ 937 thousand km²23 of 84
AD 1922≈ 937 thousand km²25 of 87
AD 1924≈ 937 thousand km²26 of 86
AD 1926≈ 937 thousand km²26 of 84
AD 1927≈ 937 thousand km²26 of 84
AD 1928≈ 937 thousand km²26 of 85
AD 1929≈ 937 thousand km²26 of 85
AD 1930≈ 937 thousand km²26 of 86
AD 1932≈ 937 thousand km²28 of 88
AD 1936≈ 937 thousand km²28 of 89
AD 1938≈ 937 thousand km²29 of 88
AD 1939≈ 937 thousand km²29 of 86
AD 1940≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 77
AD 1941≈ 937 thousand km²30 of 74
AD 1942≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 75
AD 1943≈ 937 thousand km²30 of 73
AD 1944≈ 937 thousand km²28 of 73
AD 1945≈ 937 thousand km²27 of 76
AD 1946≈ 937 thousand km²27 of 83
AD 1947≈ 937 thousand km²28 of 92
AD 1948≈ 937 thousand km²29 of 96
AD 1949≈ 937 thousand km²29 of 96
AD 1950≈ 937 thousand km²28 of 94
AD 1953≈ 937 thousand km²29 of 97
AD 1956≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 103
AD 1958≈ 937 thousand km²30 of 101
AD 1960≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 107
AD 1961≈ 937 thousand km²33 of 122
AD 1962≈ 937 thousand km²33 of 122
AD 1963≈ 937 thousand km²34 of 129
AD 1967≈ 937 thousand km²34 of 140
AD 1969≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 145
AD 1973≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 152
AD 1974≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 152
AD 1976≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 157
AD 1979≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 161
AD 1983≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 162
AD 1987≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 164
AD 1990≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 164
AD 1991≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 164
AD 1992≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 185
AD 1996≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 186
AD 2000≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 188
AD 2006≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 187
AD 2008≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 187
AD 2011≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 187
AD 2014≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 191
AD 2022≈ 937 thousand km²32 of 191
AD 2024≈ 937 thousand km²31 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1866: number 133 of 15.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Gran Colombia · Republic of Venezuela

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and various islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.

Wikipedia (English) “Venezuela”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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