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Cabimas, 
Venezuela
283,656 people lived in Cabimas in 2025. It is the 2048th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 15th largest in Venezuela.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Cabimas governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Cabimas grew
Count 10 people in Cabimas in 1975 and the same count gives 27.4 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 323,710 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2005 and 2010.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Cabimas through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Cabimas in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Venezuela · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Venezuela and its 69 cities in 2025, each a dot whose area is its number of people (the largest is Caracas). Cabimas is ringed, in colour; the other cities are grey. Neighbouring countries are outlines.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Cabimas covered 65 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 19 km² of it. That is 66 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 8 by 8 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown by 80%, and its people are 2.7 times as many.
How to read this: pale is the whole of the city's land; the stronger square inside it is what is actually built on. The three are drawn to the same scale, so a larger square really is more land, and hatching means the year is the UN's projection rather than a count.
Of every 100 people in Venezuela
Its share of Venezuela
Of every 1,000 people in Venezuela in 2025, 10 lived in Cabimas, which is 283,656 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares stand for everyone in Venezuela, one square for every 1,000th person. Count the coloured ones and you have Cabimas's share; the grey remainder live somewhere else in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2039 Modiin-Maccabim-Reut Israel285,763
- 2040 La Ceiba Honduras285,756
- 2042 Tacloban Philippines285,095
- 2046 Zakiganj India284,125
- 2048 Cabimas283,656
- 2049 Poway United States283,508
- 2050 Koutiala Mali283,496
- 2053 Awka Nigeria283,069
- 2054 Boisar India283,063
In Venezuela, 2025
- 1580 San Cristobal361,969
- 1797 Catia La Mar [La Guaira]320,109
- 1869 Ciudad Bolivar307,794
- 1965 Barinas295,298
- 2048 Cabimas283,656
- 2192 Porlamar265,905
- 2283 Punto Fijo255,662
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Cabimas are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Cabimas publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries