Vanuatu Population Pyramid 2004
Vanuatu in 2004
As of 2004, Vanuatu counted 205,711 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 26.0%, up from 163,314 in 1994.
Half of the population was younger than 19.2 years; 40.7% were children under 15 and 2.8% were 65 or older. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Vanuatu was 3.60 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 71.5 years on average (73.9 years for girls, 69.4 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
2,420 immigrants live in Vanuatu, 0.7% of the population.
| Australia | 677 |
| France | 565 |
| New Zealand | 331 |
| New Caledonia | 267 |
| Fiji | 239 |
15,135 people born in Vanuatu live in other countries.
| Australia | 10,208 |
| New Caledonia | 4,021 |
| South Africa | 230 |
| French Polynesia | 210 |
| Fiji | 190 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | 205,711 | 19.2 | |
| New Caledonia | 240,852 | 27.7 | |
| Solomon Islands | 474,611 | 19.0 | |
| Fiji | 874,366 | 23.6 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 6,328,041 | 20.2 |





