Demographics of Vanuatu

Vanuatu population pyramid in 2020

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.^[1]

Vital statistics

Births and deaths^[2]

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

• 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

• 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%

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