Demographics of Vanuatu

Demographics of Vanuatu
Population pyramid of Vanuatu in 2020
Population	308,043 (2022 est.)
Growth rate	1.63% (2022 est.)
Birth rate	21.57 births/1,000 population
Death rate	3.98 deaths/1,000 population
Life expectancy	75.14 years
• male	73.45 years
• female	76.91 years
Fertility rate	2.66 children
Infant mortality rate	14.34 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio
Total	0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth	1.05 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Ni-Vanuatu
Major ethnic	Melanesian - 99.2%

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.

Vital statistics

Births and deaths

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

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

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

• Ni-Vanuatu 97.6%
• Part Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%
• Other 1.3%

Religions

Further information: Religion in Vanuatu

• Protestant 70%
  • Presbyterian 27.9%
  • Anglican 15.1%
  • Seventh-day Adventist 12.5%
  • Assemblies of God 4.7%
  • Church of Christ 4.5%
  • Neil Thomas Ministry 3.1%
  • Apostolic 2.2%)
• Roman Catholic 12.4%,
• Customary beliefs 3.7%
  • Including Jon Frum cargo cult
• Other 12.6%
• None 1.1%
• Unspecified 0.2%

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%