Demographics of Vanuatu
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.The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.Population
- 275,974
Age structure
- 0–14 years: 36.71%
- 15–24 years: 19.94%
- 25–54 years: 34.45%
- 55–64 years: 5.13%
- 65 years and over: 3.77%
- 1.95%
Birth rate
- 25.04 births/1,000 population
Death rate
- 4.09 deaths/1,000 population
- -1.47 migrant/1,000 population
Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.05 male/female
- 0–14 years: 1.04 male/female
- 15–24 years: 0.99 male/female
- 25–54 years: 0.96 male/female
- 55–64 years: 1.02 male/female
- 65 years and over: 1.04 male/female
- Total population: 1 male/female
- Total: 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 16.77 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 14.58 deaths/1,000 live births
- Total population: 73.06 years
- Male: 71.47 years
- Female: 74.72 years
- 3.25 children born/woman
Nationality
- Ni-Vanuatu
- Ni-Vanuatu
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 63.2%
- Bislama 33.7%
- English 2%
- French 0.6%
- Other 0.5%
Literacy
- Total population: 85.2%
- Male: 86.6%
- Female: 83.8%