Key demographics
- Population
- 335.9K
- Density
- 24.6/km²
- HDI
- 0.621 (Medium)
- Gini index (2010)
- 37.6
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.7 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.57
- Urban population (2025)
- 22.3%
- Literacy rate (2023)
- 88.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 60.0%
- Gender wage gap (2010)
- 22.6%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 73.4%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 22.3%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 27.7 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.0 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.57
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 14.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 3.1%
- Tourism (2020)
- 82.4K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Bislama | Bislama |
| English | English |
| French | français |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 93.4% |
| Animism | 4.6% |
| Baháʼà faith | 1.4% |
| Other | 0.6% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Ni-vanuatu | 98.5% |
| Others | 1.5% |
- Demonym (male)
- Ni-Vanuatu
- Demonym (female)
- Ni-Vanuatu
- National anthem
- Yumi, Yumi
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 71.7 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 58.7 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 4.1% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 14.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 52/100
- Hospital beds (2008)
- 1.7/1000
- Physicians (2019)
- 0.16/1000
- Nurses (2019)
- 1.46/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $143
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 8.4%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2023)
- 88.0%
- Education spending (2024)
- 7.6% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 348
- Internet users (2015)
- 22.4%
- Mobile subscriptions (2023)
- 89.3/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 1.2/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 1,919/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 1.2
Geography and practical
- Area
- 12,189 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+11:00
- Calling codes
- +678
- TLD
- .vu
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Vanuatu is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a thin black-edged yellow horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and green bands to the fly end of the field. A yellow boar's tusk encircling two yellow crossed namele leaves is centered in the triangle.
- National anthem
- Yumi, Yumi