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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

The Philippines fits inside Venezuela 3 times

Philippines: 300,000 km² (2024) · Venezuela: 912,050 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

The Philippines’ coastline is 13 times as long as Venezuela’s

Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 2,800 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Venezuela’s highest peak towers 2,024 m above the Philippines’

Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 4,978 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 24% of Venezuela

Philippines: 42.7% (2024) · Venezuela: 24.4% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

The Philippines has 4.1 times as many people as Venezuela

Philippines: 117 million (2025) · Venezuela: 28.5 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

The Philippines is 12 times as densely populated as Venezuela

Philippines: 392 per km² (2025) · Venezuela: 32 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Venezuela are 8.3 cm taller than in the Philippines

Philippines: 165.2 cm (2019) · Venezuela: 173.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Venezuela are 5.9 cm taller than in the Philippines

Philippines: 154.1 cm (2019) · Venezuela: 160 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Venezuela is 3.7 years older than in the Philippines

Philippines: 25.3 years (2023) · Venezuela: 29 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Venezuela have 0.2 more children on average than in the Philippines

Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Venezuela: 2.08 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

10% of people in Venezuela are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Philippines: 5.7% (2025) · Venezuela: 10% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Venezuela hosts 57 times as many refugees per resident as the Philippines

Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025) · Venezuela: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Venezuela has produced 0.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the Philippines 0.1

Philippines: 0.1 (2026) · Venezuela: 0.7 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

The Philippines has 2 official languages, Venezuela 1

Philippines: 2 (2026) · Venezuela: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

The Philippines’ economy is 4.9 times the size of Venezuela’s

Philippines: $487 billion (2025) · Venezuela: $99.7 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025) · Venezuela: no data

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Philippines: 39.3 (2023) · Venezuela: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Philippines: 5.3% (2023) · Venezuela: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.3% in Venezuela, versus 2.2% in the Philippines

Philippines: 2.2% (2025) · Venezuela: 5.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Venezuela spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, the Philippines 1.3%

Philippines: 1.3% (2025) · Venezuela: 2.2% (2017)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Philippines: 14.4% (2024) · Venezuela: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Philippines: 33% (2025) · Venezuela: no data

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

The Philippines spends 4% more on health per person than Venezuela

Philippines: $194 (2023) · Venezuela: $186 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Venezuela live 2.7 years longer than in the Philippines

Philippines: 69.9 years (2024) · Venezuela: 72.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in the Philippines is 2% more likely to die before turning one than in Venezuela

Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Venezuela: 21.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Venezuela has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as the Philippines

Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021) · Venezuela: 1.7 per 1,000 (2017)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Venezuela has 2% more hospital beds per person than the Philippines

Philippines: 1 per 1,000 (2021) · Venezuela: 1 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Venezuela is 2.6 times that in the Philippines

Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

23% of adults in Venezuela are obese, versus 9.7% in the Philippines

Philippines: 9.7% (2024) · Venezuela: 23% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

Philippines: 19.9% (2024) · Venezuela: no data

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in the Philippines rate their lives 0.45 points higher than in Venezuela

Philippines: 6.21 (2025) · Venezuela: 5.76 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in the Philippines drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Venezuela

Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023) · Venezuela: 2.6 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Venezuela has 13% more meat per person than the Philippines

Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023) · Venezuela: 38 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

The Philippines has 183 kcal more food per person per day than Venezuela

Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023) · Venezuela: 2,800 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in the Philippines put in 267 more hours a year than in Venezuela

Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023) · Venezuela: 1,829 hours (2014)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in the Philippines went to school 0.3 years longer than in Venezuela

Philippines: 10 years (2023) · Venezuela: 9.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

The Philippines welcomed 67% more tourists per resident than Venezuela (2019)

Philippines: 0.02 (2022) · Venezuela: 0.01 (2017)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

The Philippines has 3 more World Heritage sites than Venezuela (6 against 3)

Philippines: 6 (2026) · Venezuela: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Venezuela has won 19 Olympic medals, the Philippines 18

Philippines: 18 (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 19 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

77% of people in Venezuela are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Philippines: 67% (2024) · Venezuela: 77% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Venezuela is 6% faster than in the Philippines

Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026) · Venezuela: 176 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Venezuela have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Philippines: 94.8% (2024) · Venezuela: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Venezuela live in cities, versus 56% in the Philippines

Philippines: 56% (2025) · Venezuela: 89% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

The Philippines has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Venezuela 71

Philippines: 115 (2024) · Venezuela: 71 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

The Philippines’ railway network is 14% longer than Venezuela’s

Philippines: 509 km (2016) · Venezuela: 447 km (2014)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from the Philippines fly 5.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Venezuela

Philippines: 0.36 (2023) · Venezuela: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Venezuela, but only 25% of the Philippines

Philippines: 24.8% (2024) · Venezuela: 53.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Venezuela emits 2.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Philippines

Philippines: 1.5 t (2024) · Venezuela: 4.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

91% of Venezuela’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Philippines: 23.3% (2025) · Venezuela: 91.1% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in the Philippines carries 46% more fine dust than in Venezuela

Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Venezuela: 15.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Venezuela as in the Philippines

Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 12.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Venezuela are 7% deadlier than in the Philippines

Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 14.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

The Philippines is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Venezuela

Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

The Philippines gets 42% more rain than Venezuela

Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 2,117 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is the Philippines bigger than Venezuela?

Venezuela is larger. The Philippines fits inside Venezuela 3 times.

Which has more people, the Philippines or Venezuela?

The Philippines has 4.1 times as many people as Venezuela (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, the Philippines or Venezuela?

People in Venezuela live 2.7 years longer than in the Philippines. Life expectancy at birth is 69.9 years in the Philippines and 72.7 in Venezuela.

Are people taller in the Philippines or Venezuela?

Men in Venezuela are 8.3 cm taller than in the Philippines (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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