Vanuatu People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
308,043 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
Ethnic groups
Melanesian 99.2%, non-Melanesian 0.8% (2016 est.)
Languages
local languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.)
Religions
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.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 33.65% (male 51,267/female 49,111)
15-24 years: 19.99% (male 29,594/female 30,050)
25-54 years: 36.09% (male 52,529/female 55,130)
55-64 years: 5.89% (male 8,666/female 8,904)
65 years and over: 4.39% (male 6,518/female 6,564) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 76.5
youth dependency ratio: 69.9
elderly dependency ratio: 12.3
potential support ratio: 15.2 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 23 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
1.63% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
21.57 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
3.98 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
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
Urbanization
urban population: 25.8% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 2.55% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
53,000 PORT-VILA (capital) (2018)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 14.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.14 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 76.91 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.66 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
49% (2013)
Drinking water source
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.)
Current health expenditure
3.4% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2016)
Sanitation facility access
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.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: malaria
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
25.2% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
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.)
Tobacco use
total: 17.8% (2020 est.)
male: 33% (2020 est.)
female: 2.6% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
11.7% (2013)
Education expenditures
2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.5%
male: 88.3%
female: 86.7% (2018)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 12.3%
male: 10.3%
female: 14.4% (2019 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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