The current population of Vanuatu is 341,110 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 327,777 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Vanuatu accounts for 0.004% of the world's population.
- Vanuatu is projected to reach 875K people in 2100.
- For the last 20 years, Vanuatu has had an average growth rate of 3.09% per year.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 211K people to 341K (61.8% growth in 20 years).
- Vanuatu is ranked 174/197 by population and was ranked 175th in 2005.
Vanuatu population clock
Vanuatu
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
341110
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 174/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.004% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.19 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
58.5 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.38 hours
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +20 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +7,368 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.3% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 40/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.21 weeks
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -43 | N/A |
Vanuatu population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 64,431 | - |
| 1961 | 66,264 | 2.84% |
| 1962 | 68,174 | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 70,159 | 2.91% |
| 1964 | 72,219 | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 74,358 | 2.96% |
| 1966 | 76,590 | 3% |
| 1967 | 78,921 | 3.04% |
| 1968 | 81,314 | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 83,755 | 3% |
| 1970 | 86,266 | 3% |
| 1971 | 88,862 | 3.01% |
| 1972 | 91,562 | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 94,362 | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 97,260 | 3.07% |
| 1975 | 100,269 | 3.09% |
| 1976 | 103,388 | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 106,618 | 3.12% |
| 1978 | 109,963 | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 113,040 | 2.8% |
| 1980 | 115,660 | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 118,249 | 2.24% |
| 1982 | 121,035 | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 123,998 | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 127,109 | 2.51% |
| 1985 | 130,356 | 2.55% |
| 1986 | 133,720 | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 137,187 | 2.59% |
| 1988 | 140,756 | 2.6% |
| 1989 | 144,393 | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 148,063 | 2.54% |
| 1991 | 151,793 | 2.52% |
| 1992 | 155,608 | 2.51% |
| 1993 | 159,463 | 2.48% |
| 1994 | 163,314 | 2.41% |
| 1995 | 167,137 | 2.34% |
| 1996 | 170,911 | 2.26% |
| 1997 | 174,626 | 2.17% |
| 1998 | 178,313 | 2.11% |
| 1999 | 182,048 | 2.09% |
| 2000 | 186,281 | 2.33% |
| 2001 | 191,031 | 2.55% |
| 2002 | 195,863 | 2.53% |
| 2003 | 200,746 | 2.49% |
| 2004 | 205,711 | 2.47% |
| 2005 | 210,760 | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 215,923 | 2.45% |
| 2007 | 221,276 | 2.48% |
| 2008 | 226,896 | 2.54% |
| 2009 | 232,731 | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 238,248 | 2.37% |
| 2011 | 243,474 | 2.19% |
| 2012 | 248,883 | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 254,482 | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 260,240 | 2.26% |
| 2015 | 266,101 | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 272,087 | 2.25% |
| 2017 | 278,507 | 2.36% |
| 2018 | 285,259 | 2.42% |
| 2019 | 291,985 | 2.36% |
| 2020 | 298,858 | 2.35% |
| 2021 | 305,868 | 2.35% |
| 2022 | 313,046 | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 320,409 | 2.35% |
| 2024 | 327,777 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 335,169 | 2.26% |
| 2026 | 342,565 | 2.21% |
| 2027 | 349,970 | 2.16% |
| 2028 | 357,397 | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 364,883 | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 372,429 | 2.07% |
| 2031 | 380,015 | 2.04% |
| 2032 | 387,657 | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 395,366 | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 403,188 | 1.98% |
| 2035 | 411,061 | 1.95% |
| 2036 | 419,006 | 1.93% |
| 2037 | 427,031 | 1.92% |
| 2038 | 435,150 | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 443,311 | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 451,509 | 1.85% |
| 2041 | 459,733 | 1.82% |
| 2042 | 468,003 | 1.8% |
| 2043 | 476,308 | 1.77% |
| 2044 | 484,636 | 1.75% |
| 2045 | 492,989 | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 501,316 | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 509,621 | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 517,889 | 1.62% |
| 2049 | 526,138 | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 534,374 | 1.57% |
Vanuatu has a population of 341K as of 2025, compared to 266K in 2015, 211K in 2005, and 167K in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.82% per year. Vanuatu is ranked 42nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Vanuatu will have 492,989 people (44.5% growth) with a rank change from 174th to 172nd.
By the year 2100, Vanuatu's population is projected to grow by 156.6% to 875K people.
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Vanuatu population statistics
|
Vanuatu
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 71.8 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 25.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 21.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.6 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 69.6 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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