Demographics of Vanuatu

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Vanuatu, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. 4% of the people living in Vanuatu are Europeans.[1]

Demographics of Vanuatu
Population pyramid of Vanuatu in 2020
Population308,043 (2022 est.)
Growth rate1.63% (2022 est.)
Birth rate21.57 births/1,000 population
Death rate3.98 deaths/1,000 population
Life expectancy75.14 years
 • male73.45 years
 • female76.91 years
Fertility rate2.66 children
Infant mortality rate14.34 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio
Total0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityNi-Vanuatu
Major ethnicMelanesian - 99.2%

Vital statistics

Births and deaths[2]

Note: Birth and death registration incomplete in 2012-2014 period [3]

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
1967 77,988 6.6
1979 111,251 6.5
1989 142,419 38.0 9.1 28.9 5.3
1999 186,678 5,262 28.2 4.6
2009 234,023 7,335 1,260 6,075 31.3 5.4 25.9 4.1
2012 5,520 868 4,652 2.87
2013 264,652 5,994 764 5,230 22.7 2.9 19.8 2.87
2014 6,774 614 6,160 2.87

Structure of the population

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 07.XI.2016): [4]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 138 265 134 194 272 459 100
0–4 20 172 18 764 38 936 14.29
5–9 19 276 17 872 37 148 13.63
10–14 15 560 14 286 29 846 10.95
15–19 13 207 12 695 25 902 9.51
20–24 11 738 13 124 24 862 9.13
25–29 10 986 12 045 23 031 8.45
30–34 8 909 9 158 18 067 6.63
35–39 8 148 8 085 16 233 5.96
40–44 6 726 6 525 13 251 4.86
45–49 6 125 5 708 11 833 4.34
50–54 4 756 4 573 9 329 3.42
55–59 3 792 3 435 7 227 2.65
60–64 2 832 2 525 5 357 1.97
65-69 2 089 1 921 4 010 1.47
70-74 1 521 1 266 2 787 1.02
75-79 1 069 840 1 909 0.70
80-84 516 533 1 049 0.39
85-89 407 406 813 0.30
90-94 120 129 249 0.09
95-99 90 104 194 0.07
100+ 226 200 426 0.17
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 55 008 50 922 105 930 38.88
15–64 77 108 77 782 154 890 56.85
65+ 6 038 5 399 11 437 4.20
unknown 111 91 202 0.07

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021): [5]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 155 124 151 875 307 000 100
0–4 21 893 20 674 42 567 13.87
5–9 21 002 19 349 40 351 13.14
10–14 18 448 17 096 35 544 11.58
15–19 15 221 14 432 29 653 9.66
20–24 13 036 13 305 26 341 8.58
25–29 12 090 12 707 24 797 8.08
30–34 10 299 11 110 21 408 6.97
35–39 8 687 8 699 17 385 5.66
40–44 7 691 7 763 15 454 5.03
45–49 6 901 6 652 13 554 4.41
50–54 5 558 5 658 11 216 3.65
55–59 4 457 4 499 8 956 2.92
60–64 3 460 3 555 7 015 2.29
65-69 2 467 2 504 4 971 1.62
70-74 1 646 1 649 3 296 1.07
75-79 1 115 1 036 2 151 0.70
80-84 571 575 1 146 0.37
85-89 293 303 596 0.19
90-94 138 143 281 0.09
95-99 83 83 166 0.05
100+ 70 84 154 0.05
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 61 343 57 119 118 462 38.59
15–64 87 398 88 379 175 777 57.26
65+ 6 383 6 377 12 760 4.16

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Population
Vanuatu's population (1961-2003).
  • 307,145

Age structure
  • 0–14 years: 36.71% (male 51,014/female 48,940)
  • 15–24 years: 19.94% (male 26,970/female 27,314)
  • 25–54 years: 34.45% (male 45,935/female 47,864)
  • 55–64 years: 5.13% (male 7,034/female 6,932)
  • 65 years and over: 3.77% (male 5,236/female 5,025) (2015 est.)

Population growth rate
  • 1.95%

Birth rate
  • 25.04 births/1,000 population

Death rate
  • 4.09 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate
  • -1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio
  • At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 0–14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
  • 15–24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
  • 25–54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
  • 55–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 1.04 male(s)/female
  • Total population: 1 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate
  • Total: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Male: 16.77 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Female: 14.58 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth
  • Total population: 73.06 years
  • Male: 71.47 years
  • Female: 74.72 years

Total fertility rate
  • 3.25 children born/woman

Nationality
  • Ni-Vanuatu (noun; singular and plural)
  • Ni-Vanuatu (adjective)

Ethnic groups

Religions
Further information: Religion in Vanuatu

Languages
Main article: Languages of Vanuatu

First Language

  • Local languages (more than 100) 63.2%
  • Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%
  • English (official) 2%
  • French (official) 0.6%
  • Other 0.5%

Literacy
  • Total population: 85.2%
  • Male: 86.6%
  • Female: 83.8%

References
  1. "Vanuatu - Country Profile - Nations Online Project".
  2. "2009 NPH Census".
  3. "Vanuatu CVRS Report 2012-14" (PDF). CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2019/
  5. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2021/
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