Demographics of Vanuatu

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Vanuatu is projected at 0.314 million, up by 2.38% compared with 0.307 million in 2020. Vanuatu is ranked 181st in terms of population and 38th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 8.93 thousand births in Vanuatu in 2021. That is 24 per day, which is ranked 170th. The crude birth rate is 28.37 per 1000 people. There are 1.59 thousand deaths in Vanuatu in 2021. That is 4 per day, which is ranked 183rd. The crude death rate is 5.07 per 1000 people.

76.96 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 25.67% of Vanuatu population. Vanuatu is ranked 210th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Vanuatu in 2021 is 102.74 males per 100 females. There are 0.159 million males and 0.155 million females in Vanuatu. The percentage of female population is 49.32% compare to 50.68% male population. Vanuatu has 4.25 thousand more males than females. Vanuatu is at 172nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Vanuatu population

Year Population Growth (%)
195047,696-
195554,9213.02
196063,6893.07
196574,2682.98
197085,3742.96
197599,8633.19
1980115,5982.71
1985129,9892.31
1990146,5752.64
1995168,1612.46
2000184,9642.04
2005209,2822.53
2010236,2162.59
2015271,1282.74
2016278,3262.65
2017285,4992.58
2018292,6752.51
2019299,8822.46
2020307,1502.42
2021314,4642.38
  • Total
  • Crude

Vanuatu death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19509882,49520.3551.45
19551,0042,77918.2150.44
19601,0253,12016.0148.77
19651,0213,37713.7645.56
19701,0303,61211.9642.03
19751,0554,03110.5440.27
19801,0444,5099.0539.12
19851,0274,8867.8837.51
19901,0515,3277.1236.08
19951,1105,7776.6534.63
20001,1406,2236.1233.38
20051,1766,8815.6232.89
20101,3147,6645.5332.26
20151,4778,3505.4530.81
20201,5758,8385.1328.76
20211,5938,9255.0728.37
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Vanuatu

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19504,17543,522-8.752
19555,24349,6814.789.546
19606,62757,0724.8610.404
19658,41665,8734.7511.329
197010,52474,8654.7012.325
197513,37886,4944.9013.395
198017,04598,5875.3814.740
198521,743108,2844.8916.722
199027,443119,1914.2118.715
199533,923134,3123.9820.164
200040,109144,9543.4421.673
200548,362161,0083.8723.099
201057,802178,4933.1324.462
201566,048198,5552.6424.961
202075,025218,9092.5825.525
202176,962222,9102.5825.665
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Vanuatu population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 22,146 20,949 43,095 13.70 105.714
05-09 20,224 18,862 39,086 12.43 107.221
10-14 19,592 18,202 37,794 12.02 107.637
15-19 16,224 14,928 31,152 9.91 108.682
20-24 13,537 12,805 26,342 8.38 105.717
25-29 11,901 13,078 24,979 7.94 91.000
30-34 11,180 12,423 23,603 7.51 89.994
35-39 9,190 9,592 18,782 5.97 95.809
40-44 8,231 8,231 16,462 5.23 100.000
45-49 6,827 6,695 13,522 4.30 101.972
50-54 6,080 5,737 11,817 3.76 105.979
55-59 4,745 4,636 9,381 2.98 102.351
60-64 3,603 3,417 7,020 2.23 105.443
65-69 2,514 2,352 4,866 1.55 106.888
70-74 1,638 1,602 3,240 1.03 102.247
75-79 894 838 1,732 0.55 106.683
80-84 613 545 1,158 0.37 112.477
85-89 190 187 377 0.12 101.604
90-94 26 26 52 0.02 100.000
95-99 2 2 4 0.00 100.000
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 159,357 155,107 314,464 102.740