Population of Vanuatu

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

The current population of Vanuatu is 330,995 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Vanuatu is projected at 314,464 or 314.46 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Vanuatu is projected at 307,145 or 307.15 thousands people for the year 2020. Vanuatu ranks number 181st in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Vanuatu is ranked 6th among 23 countries in Oceania.

Vanuatu's population will be increased year by year. The Vanuatu population is projected to reach 383.4 thousand in 2030 and increase to 556.8 thousand in 2050 and 968.1 thousand by 2100. Vanuatu accounts for 0.0040 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.0020% in 1954 and is projected to increase by 0.0089% by 2100.

Vanuatu was at 192nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 165th in 2100.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Net change

Vanuatu population projections

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
2020307,1457,2632.420.0039
2021314,4647,3192.380.0040
2022321,8327,3682.340.0040
2023329,2487,4162.300.0041
2024336,7417,4932.280.0042
2025344,3057,5642.250.0042
2026351,9517,6462.220.0043
2027359,6817,7302.200.0043
2028367,4907,8092.170.0044
2029375,3967,9062.150.0044
2030383,3737,9772.120.0045
2031391,4468,0732.110.0045
2032399,5928,1462.080.0046
2033407,8278,2352.060.0047
2034416,1478,3202.040.0047
2035424,5378,3902.020.0048
2036433,0048,4671.990.0048
2037441,5428,5381.970.0049
2038450,1468,6041.950.0050
2039458,8048,6581.920.0050
2040467,5198,7151.900.0051
2041476,2778,7581.870.0051
2042485,0788,8011.850.0052
2043493,9268,8481.820.0053
2044502,8108,8841.800.0053
2045511,7398,9291.780.0054
2046520,6908,9511.750.0055
2047529,6888,9981.730.0055
2048538,6899,0011.700.0056
2049547,7189,0291.680.0057
2050556,7569,0381.650.0057
2051565,7899,0331.620.0058
2052574,8359,0461.600.0058
2053583,8819,0461.570.0059
2054592,9399,0581.550.0060
2055601,9959,0561.530.0060
2056611,0389,0431.500.0061
2057620,0949,0561.480.0062
2058629,1449,0501.460.0062
2059638,1979,0531.440.0063
2060647,2489,0511.420.0064
2061656,2989,0501.400.0064
2062665,3509,0521.380.0065
2063674,3919,0411.360.0066
2064683,4159,0241.340.0066
2065692,4219,0061.320.0067
2066701,4068,9851.300.0068
2067710,3698,9631.280.0068
2068719,3018,9321.260.0069
2069728,1928,8911.240.0070
2070737,0388,8461.210.0070
2071745,8248,7861.190.0071
2072754,5578,7331.170.0072
2073763,2378,6801.150.0072
2074771,8598,6221.130.0073
2075780,4408,5811.110.0074
2076788,9608,5201.090.0074
2077797,4278,4671.070.0075
2078805,8248,3971.050.0076
2079814,1548,3301.030.0076
2080822,4068,2521.010.0077
2081830,5708,1640.990.0078
2082838,6568,0860.970.0078
2083846,6608,0040.950.0079
2084854,5837,9230.940.0080
2085862,4267,8430.920.0080
2086870,2007,7740.900.0081
2087877,8897,6890.880.0081
2088885,4817,5920.860.0082
2089892,9727,4910.850.0083
2090900,3417,3690.830.0083
2091907,5867,2450.800.0084
2092914,7177,1310.790.0084
2093921,7197,0020.770.0085
2094928,6336,9140.750.0086
2095935,4406,8070.730.0086
2096942,1536,7130.720.0087
2097948,7736,6200.700.0087
2098955,2976,5240.690.0088
2099961,7276,4300.670.0088
2100968,0656,3380.660.0089

Vanuatu population estimates

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to World
195047,697--0.0019
195148,9181,2212.560.0019
195250,2961,3782.820.0019
195351,7721,4762.930.0019
195453,3221,5502.990.0020
195554,9211,5993.000.0020
195656,5571,6362.980.0020
195758,2401,6832.980.0020
195859,9771,7372.980.0021
195961,7881,8113.020.0021
196063,6891,9013.080.0021
196165,7052,0163.170.0021
196267,7942,0893.180.0022
196369,9462,1523.170.0022
196472,1152,1693.100.0022
196574,2702,1552.990.0022
196676,3952,1252.860.0022
196778,4992,1042.750.0023
196880,6572,1582.750.0023
196982,9272,2702.810.0023
197085,3772,4502.950.0023
197188,0102,6333.080.0023
197290,8092,7993.180.0024
197393,7472,9383.240.0024
197496,7743,0273.230.0024
197599,8593,0853.190.0024
1976103,0063,1473.150.0025
1977106,2003,1943.100.0025
1978109,4053,2053.020.0025
1979112,5493,1442.870.0026
1980115,5973,0482.710.0026
1981118,5412,9442.550.0026
1982121,3952,8542.410.0026
1983124,2092,8142.320.0026
1984127,0492,8402.290.0027
1985129,9842,9352.310.0027
1986132,9953,0112.320.0027
1987136,0793,0842.320.0027
1988139,3153,2362.380.0027
1989142,7943,4792.500.0027
1990146,5733,7792.650.0028
1991150,7164,1432.830.0028
1992155,1704,4542.960.0028
1993159,7444,5742.950.0029
1994164,1294,3852.750.0029
1995168,1584,0292.450.0029
1996171,7223,5642.120.0029
1997174,9213,1991.860.0030
1998177,9873,0661.750.0030
1999181,2653,2781.840.0030
2000184,9723,7072.050.0030
2001189,2194,2472.300.0030
2002193,9204,7012.480.0031
2003198,9595,0392.600.0031
2004204,1275,1682.600.0032
2005209,2825,1552.530.0032
2006214,3705,0882.430.0032
2007219,4725,1022.380.0033
2008224,7045,2322.380.0033
2009230,2475,5432.470.0034
2010236,2115,9642.590.0034
2011242,6536,4422.730.0034
2012249,4996,8462.820.0035
2013256,6357,1362.860.0036
2014263,8887,2532.830.0036
2015271,1307,2422.740.0037
2016278,3307,2002.660.0037
2017285,5107,1802.580.0038
2018292,6807,1702.510.0038
2019299,8827,2022.460.0039