What is the population of Barcelona?
Barcelona has a city population of 815,141. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Venezuela · South America
Barcelona
City population
815,141
#6
in Venezuela
#1
in Anzoategui
#684
worldwide
10.138, -64.688 · 243 km from Caracas
About Barcelona
At 3 m above sea level, this city of 815,141 ranks sixth among Venezuela's listed cities and first in Anzoategui state. It lies 243 km from Caracas and accounts for 2.9% of the national population. Puerto La Cruz, with 370,000 people, stands 10 km away; Lecherías, at 47,778, is 6 km distant.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 12
Elevation
3 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Caracas
Coordinates
10.138, -64.688
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 214 in VenezuelaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Barcelona | 815K |
Barcelona Population FAQ
Where is Barcelona?
Barcelona is in Anzoategui, Venezuela, 243 km from the capital, Caracas. Its coordinates are 10.138, -64.688.
How big is Barcelona compared with other cities in Venezuela?
It is the 6th largest of the 214 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Venezuela, holding 2.9% of the national population.