313,046 (2023 est.)
noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
Melanesian 99.2%, non-Melanesian 0.8% (2016 est.)
local languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.)
Protestant 70% (includes Presbyterian 27.9%, Anglican 15.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.5%, Assemblies of God 4.7%, Church of Christ 4.5%, Neil Thomas Ministry 3.1%, and Apostolic 2.2%), Roman Catholic 12.4%, customary beliefs 3.7% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 12.6%, none 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2009 est.)
0-14 years: 31.73% (male 50,721/female 48,607)
15-64 years: 63.41% (male 97,376/female 101,135)
65 years and over: 4.86% (2023 est.) (male 7,486/female 7,721)
total dependency ratio: 76.5
youth dependency ratio: 69.9
elderly dependency ratio: 12.3
potential support ratio: 15.2 (2021 est.)
total: 23 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.5 years (2020 est.)
1.59% (2023 est.)
21.19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
3.99 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
three-quarters of the population lives in rural areas; the urban populace lives primarily in two cities, Port-Vila and Lugenville; three largest islands - Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Efate - accomodate over half of the populace
urban population: 26% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.55% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
53,000 PORT-VILA (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
94 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
total population: 75.4 years
male: 73.72 years
female: 77.17 years (2023 est.)
2.59 children born/woman (2023 est.)
1.26 (2023 est.)
49% (2013)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 89.7% of population
total: 92.3% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 10.3% of population
total: 7.7% of population (2020 est.)
4% of GDP (2020)
0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2016)
improved: urban: 91.1% of population
rural: 60.4% of population
total: 68.2% of population
unimproved: urban: 8.9% of population
rural: 39.6% of population
total: 31.8% of population (2020 est.)
25.2% (2016)
total: 1.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.34 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.39 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.87 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 17.8% (2020 est.)
male: 33% (2020 est.)
female: 2.6% (2020 est.)
11.7% (2013)
69.2% (2023 est.)
2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.1%
male: 89.8%
female: 88.4% (2021)
total: 5.4%
male: 5.2%
female: 5.6% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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