World map showing countries with the largest Venezuelan populations
Location
of diaspora:
Colombia 1,700,000[1][2]
Peru 859,659[3]
Brazil 510,000[4][5]
United States 259,000-500,000[6]
Ecuador 300,000[7]
Spain 300,000[8]
Chile 288,000[9]
Argentina 130,000[9]
Trinidad and Tobago 130,000[10]
Mexico 95,000[11]
Dominican Republic 90,000[12]
Panama 80,000[11]
Italy 12,033[13]
Canada 34,000[14]
France 30,000[10]
Costa Rica 25,000[15]
Germany 20,000[10]
Paraguay 20,000[16]
Curaçao 16,000[17]
United Kingdom 15,000[18]
Cuba 15,000[10]
Vietnam 12,010[19]
Lebanon 12,000[20]
Uruguay 12,000[21]
Australia 10,000[10]
Haiti 5,198[22]
Guyana 5,123[23]
Guatemala 5,000[24]
Ireland 5,000[10]
Bolivia 4,000[25]
Switzerland 3,989[22]
Netherlands 3,878[22]
Aruba 3,399 [22]
United Arab Emirates 2,500[10]
New Zealand 2,000[10]
Sweden 1,837[26]
Norway 1,607[22]
Greece 1,026[22]
Japan 1,000[27]
Saudi Arabia 1,000[10]
Austria 915[22]
Denmark 706[22]
El Salvador 700[28]
Belgium 570[22]
Israel 373[22]
Botswana 305[22]
Honduras 200[29]
Cause
Social issues, political repression, crime, economic downturn, corruption, censorship and others.[30][31][32]
The Venezuelan diaspora refers to Venezuelan citizens living outside Venezuela. In times of economic and political crisis since the 2010s, Venezuelans have often fled to other countries in the Americas and beyond to establish a more sustainable life.
^"Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro survives 2019 despite U.S. insistence he'd fall". Axios. Retrieved 20 December 2019. We have more than 1.7 million refugees, that's the official number and I think it's under-reported. Bogota has 375,000 — that's like the size of New Orleans
^Leon, Adriana (19 October 2017). "Driven by unrest and violence, Venezuelans are fleeing their country by the thousands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^"Venezolanos en Perú: Migración se redujo en más de 90% en julio, según Migraciones". Perú.21 (in Spanish). 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^"Brazil recalls diplomats, officials from Venezuela". Al Jazeera. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
^"UNHCR welcomes Brazil's decision to recognize thousands of Venezuelans as refugees". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. United Nations. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^Eluniversal.com
^"Cómo los venezolanos se están convirtiendo en el chivo expiatorio por las protestas en Sudamérica". BBC News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^Arostegui, Martin (18 February 2018). "Spain Has Pivotal Role in Pressuring Venezuela's Maduro". Voice of America. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ab"Refugees and migrants from Venezuela top 4 million: UNHCR and IOM". UNHCR. UNHCR, IOM. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ abcdefghi"Últimas Noticias (2014), Venezolanos en el exterior".
^ ab"El desgarrador éxodo de los venezolanos, en números". Infobae (in European Spanish). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^""Más de 90 mil venezolanos ingresaron a RD por diferentes aeropuertos en 2019". Listin Diario. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^"Popolazione residente in Italia proveniente dalla Venezuela al 1° gennaio 2022". tuttitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-25.
^"¿ Cuántos venezolanos hay en Canadá y en Québec?". Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
^"REPORTE DE FLUJOS MIGRATORIOS EN CENTROAMÉRICA, NORTEAMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE" (PDF). International Organization for Migration. June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^"Venezolanos en Paraguay: Hay 828 con radicación y 58 piden refugio". Última Hora (in European Spanish). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^Ebus, Bram (13 November 2018). "Venezuelan migrants live in shadows on Caribbean's sunshine islands". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^"En 2019 crecerá un 30% la llegada de venezolanos". El País (in Spanish). 20 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^Data Basical Immigrants. "Immigration to Vietnam". databasicalimmigrants.weebly.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^"As crisis deepens, more Venezuelans are emigrating to Lebanon". NBC News. 18 July 2017.
^"En 2019 crecerá un 30% la llegada de venezolanos". El País (in Spanish). 20 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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^"Over 5000 Venezuelan migrants in Guyana". Guyana Times. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^"Guatemala exigirá visa a los migrantes venezolanos". El Nacional (in Spanish). 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^"Más de 4 mil venezolanos llegaron a Bolivia en 2018, el doble que en 2017". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^"Folkmängden efter födelseland, ålder och kön. År 2000 - 2021". SCB. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^Approximate of Venezuelans living in Japan
^"Venezolanos en El Salvador respaldan a Juan Guaidó y exigen la salida de Maduro". EFE (in Spanish). 30 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^"Venezolanos residentes en Honduras piden a sus compatriotas no dejar la lucha". La Prensa (in Spanish). 23 January 2019.
^Olivares, Francisco (13 September 2014). "Best and brightest for export". El Universal. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^"Hugo Chavez is Scaring Away Talent". Newsweek. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^"Ten percent of Venezuelans are taking steps for emigrating". El Universal. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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