Vanuatu Population Pyramid 2035
Vanuatu in 2035
United Nations projections (medium variant) put the population of Vanuatu at 411,063 in 2035. That would be 22.6% more than in 2025 (335,169).
Half of the population would be younger than 23.1 years, with 33.7% children under 15 and 5.3% aged 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 | 411,063 | 23.1 | |
| New Caledonia | 318,240 | 38.2 | |
| Fiji | 969,629 | 30.8 | |
| Solomon Islands | 1,039,657 | 24.0 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 12,540,603 | 26.1 |





