Vanuatu's population rose from 170,911 in 1996 to 335,169 in 2025.
Vanuatu · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Vanuatu's population growth fell from 2.2 % in 1996 to 2.2 % in 2025.
Vanuatu's population density rose from 13.4 in 1994 to 26.3 in 2023.
Vanuatu's population, female (% of total) rose from 47.4 % in 1996 to 49.5 % in 2025.
Vanuatu's urbanisation rose from 20.5 % in 1996 to 22.3 % in 2025.
Vanuatu's urban population rose from 35,069 in 1996 to 74,816 in 2025.
Vanuatu's rural population rose from 135,842 in 1996 to 260,353 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.8 %42nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %40th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.3 %192nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.7 %171st of 217
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- Median ageup +0.0 yrs176th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts34th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts186th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts158th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.8 pts32nd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts149th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −20.9 %91st of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts172nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0163rd of 175
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs141st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs143rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs133rd of 217