Vanuatu Population Pyramid 2043
Vanuatu in 2043
By 2043, the population of Vanuatu is expected to reach 476,311. Ten years before, in 2033, the projected population is 395,374 — 20.5% lower.
Half of the population would be younger than 24.8 years, with 32.0% children under 15 and 5.9% aged 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid 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 | 476,311 | 24.8 | |
| New Caledonia | 332,311 | 40.0 | |
| Fiji | 990,872 | 32.6 | |
| Solomon Islands | 1,189,127 | 25.9 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 13,853,419 | 28.0 |





