Vanuatu Population Pyramid 2023
Vanuatu in 2023
As of 2023, Vanuatu counted 320,408 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2013, the population was 254,482; it has grown by 25.9% since.
The median age was 21.2 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 67.5 children under 15 and 7.4 people aged 65 or over. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
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 | 320,409 | 21.2 | |
| New Caledonia | 289,870 | 34.9 | |
| Solomon Islands | 800,006 | 21.3 | |
| Fiji | 924,146 | 28.7 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10,389,635 | 23.4 |





