Venezuela is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different races, ethnicity, and national backgrounds.

51.60% of the people identified themselves as Moreno, 43.60% identified themselves as White, 2.90% identified themselves as black,0.70% identified themselves as African Descendent, 1.20% identified themselves as other ethnic groups

Moreno a term used throughout Ibero-America that in this case means “dark-skinned” or “brown-skinned”, as opposed to having a lighter skin (this term connotes skin color or tone, rather than facial features or descent). Traditionally denotes Amerindian (Indigenous) and European ancestry (mostly Spaniard ancestry). White people are mainly of Spanish, English, French, Germans, and Italian ancestry. 

Ethnic minorities in Venezuela consist of groups that descend mainly from African or indigenous peoples; 2.9% identified themselves as “black” and 0.7% as afro descendiente (Afro-descendant), 2.6% claimed to belong to indigenous peoples, and 1.2% answered “other races”

Among indigenous people, 58% were Wayúu, 7% Warao, 5% Kariña, 4% Pemón, 3% Piaroa, 3% Jivi, 3% Añu, 3% Cumanágoto, 2% Yukpa, 2% Chaima and 1% Yanomami; the remaining 9% consisted of other indigenous nations.

The racial composition is as follows

Source: 2017 Peru Census