Venezuela 
Facts
Population:
23,916,810 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
32.11% (male 3,962,517; female 3,716,880)
15-64 years:
63.17% (male 7,581,589; female 7,526,467)
65 years and over:
4.72% (male 515,687; female 613,670) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.56% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
20.65 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
4.92 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:
0.84 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
25.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.31 years
male:
70.29 years
female:
76.56 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.46 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.49% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
62,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
2,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Venezuelan(s)
adjective:
Venezuelan
Ethnic groups:
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people
Religions:
nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
Languages:
Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
91.1%
male:
91.8%
female:
90.3% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $146.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.2% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
5%
industry:
24%
services:
71% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
67% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
1.5%
highest 10%:
35.6% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
13% (2000)
Labor force:
9.9 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 64%, industry 23%, agriculture 13% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:
14% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$26.4 billion
expenditures:
$27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
petroleum, iron ore mining, construction materials, food processing, textiles, steel, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity - production:
81.215 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
32.16%
hydro:
67.84%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
75.53 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef, pork, milk, eggs; fish
Exports:
$32.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures
Exports - partners:
US and Puerto Rico 57%, Colombia, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Italy (1999)
Imports:
$14.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials
Imports - partners:
US 53%, Japan, Colombia, Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Canada (1999)
Debt - external:
$34 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$35 million with more assistance likely as a result of flooding (1999)
Currency:
bolivar (VEB)
Currency code:
VEB
Exchange rates:
bolivares per US dollar - 699.700 (January 2001), 679.960 (2000), 605.717 (1999), 547.556 (1998), 488.635 (1997), 417.333 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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It is not the duty of a head of state to be a permanent candidate. The holder of this post needs to understand that he governs for the benefit of all.
In a move that undoubtedly set off alarm bells in Washington, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean.
The Foreign Ministry rejected the "animosity and hatred" of John P. Walters and reaffirmed its accusations against the D.E.A., calling it "a body that operated in a criminal way in Venezuelan territory."
The pro-revolution forces face a big challenge in securing an overwhelming victory in the November regional elections in order not to lose ground to the United States-backed opposition.
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