Carora — UN urban centre
Carora: 140,890 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,331 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2070; territory: Venezuela (VEN). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 10.1716, -70.0762. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 72,990 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 80,378 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 89,449 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 99,127 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 113,167 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 133,091 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 142,951 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 149,527 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 152,617 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 140,869 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 140,890 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 143,688 | Projection |
| 2035 | 146,173 | Projection |
| 2040 | 148,074 | Projection |
| 2045 | 149,179 | Projection |
| 2050 | 152,677 | Projection |
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