Vanuatu
Population 2026
342,575
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.21%
- Density
- 28 per km²
- Land area
- 12,189 km²
- Capital
- Port Vila
- Currency
- Vatu (VUV)
- Official languages
- BI, EN-VU, FR-VU
- Urban population
- 22.3%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 9,1932026
- Deaths
- 1,6862026
- Birth rate
- 27.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.57
- Life expectancy
- 71.7At birth, years
- Median age
- 20.3
- Net migration
- -52
Age distribution
- 0–1438.0%
- 15–6457.7%
- 65+4.4%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $1.4B
- GDP per capita
- $4.0K
- GDP growth
- +3.1%
- Inflation
- 0.7%
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Exports
- $329M
- Imports
- $623M
- Tourism receipts
- 50.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture26.6%
- Industry10.1%
- Manufacturing4.0%
- Services56.8%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture44.5%
- Industry10.0%
- Services45.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port-VilaShefa | 35,9012025 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 342,575 | 9.2K | 1.7K |
| 2020 | 298,867 | 8.9K | 1.7K |
| 2010 | 238,256 | 7.9K | 1.3K |
| 2000 | 186,290 | 6.0K | 991 |
| 1990 | 148,073 | 5.8K | 1.0K |
| 1980 | 115,683 | 4.7K | 1.3K |
| 1970 | 86,283 | 3.6K | 1.0K |
| 1960 | 64,446 | 2.9K | 1.1K |
| 1950 | 51,557 | 2.1K | 1.2K |