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🇻🇺 Vanuatu

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3VUT
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2VU
UN M49 numeric548
IOC codeVAN
Official nameRepublic of Vanuatu
Native name(s)bis: official: Ripablik blong Vanuatu; common: Vanuatu; eng: official: Republic of Vanuatu; common: Vanuatu; fra: official: République de Vanuatu; common: Vanuatu
Alt spellingsVU, Republic of Vanuatu, Ripablik blong Vanuatu, République de Vanuatu
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionMelanesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalPort Vila
Area (km²)12,189
Lat / Lng-16.0000, 167.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.vu
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 78

Demographics

Population (World Bank)335,169 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)71.654 (2024)
Languagesbis: Bislama; eng: English; fra: French
Demonymseng: f: Ni-Vanuatu; m: Ni-Vanuatu; fra: f: Vanuatuane; m: Vanuatuan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,353,658,840.64 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)4,038.735 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.073 (2025)
CurrenciesVUV: name: Vanuatu vatu; symbol: Vt

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195051,541
195152,360
195253,261
195354,300
195455,422
195556,633
195657,925
195759,376
195860,981
195962,669
196064,431
196166,264
196268,174
196370,159
196472,219
196574,358
196676,590
196778,921
196881,314
196983,755
197086,266
197188,862
197291,562
197394,362
197497,260
1975100,269
1976103,388
1977106,618
1978109,963
1979113,040
1980115,660
1981118,249
1982121,035
1983123,998
1984127,109
1985130,356
1986133,720
1987137,187
1988140,756
1989144,393
1990148,063
1991151,793
1992155,608
1993159,463
1994163,314
1995167,137
1996170,911
1997174,626
1998178,313
1999182,048
2000186,281
2001191,031
2002195,863
2003200,746
2004205,711
2005210,760
2006215,923
2007221,276
2008226,896
2009232,731
2010238,248
2011243,474
2012248,883
2013254,482
2014260,240
2015266,101
2016272,087
2017278,507
2018285,259
2019291,985
2020298,858
2021305,868
2022313,046
2023320,409

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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