Venezuela
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Angel Falls, with a total drop of 979 m, is the world's tallest waterfall; its longest single drop is 807 m. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 10%
- people aged 65 or older
- 2.9M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 16.4%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 19.8 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 8.3%
- women 7.4%, men 9.5%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 1.1%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2001; UN, 2001 census
Languages
44 languages, 39 of them endangered
- ArutaniCritically endangered
- MapoyoCritically endangered
- ParaujanoCritically endangered
- SalibaCritically endangered
- YabaranaCritically endangered
- JapreriaSeverely endangered
- LokonoSeverely endangered
- Warekena VelhaSeverely endangered
- BaniwaDefinitely endangered
- CaribDefinitely endangered
- Central TuneboDefinitely endangered
- Colonia TovarDefinitely endangered
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- CubeoDefinitely endangered
- CuibaDefinitely endangered
- HodïDefinitely endangered
- IngaDefinitely endangered
- MacushiDefinitely endangered
- NheengatuDefinitely endangered
- PiapocoDefinitely endangered
- PlayeroDefinitely endangered
- PuinaveDefinitely endangered
- SanumáDefinitely endangered
- WaikáDefinitely endangered
- WarekenaDefinitely endangered
- YaruroDefinitely endangered
- Ye'kuanaDefinitely endangered
- AkawaioVulnerable
- BaríVulnerable
- CurripacoVulnerable
- GuahiboVulnerable
- MacoVulnerable
- NinamVulnerable
- PanareVulnerable
- PemonVulnerable
- PiaroaVulnerable
- WaraoVulnerable
- WayuuVulnerable
- YanomamöVulnerable
- YukpaVulnerable
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Venezuelan Sign Language
- Panare Trade Spanish
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Joropo in Venezuela2025
- Traditional knowledge and practices for the making and consumption of cassava bread2024
- Program for the safeguarding of the Bandos and Parrandas of the Holy Innocents of Caucagua: nuclei of initiation and transmission of wisdoms and community councils2023
- Festive cycle around the devotion and worship towards Saint John the Baptist2021
- Biocultural programme for the safeguarding of the tradition of the Blessed Palm in Venezuela2019
- Colombian-Venezuelan llano work songs2017
- Carnival of El Callao, a festive representation of a memory and cultural identity2016
- Traditional knowledge and technologies relating to the growing and processing of the curagua2015
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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