Vanuatu Population Pyramid 2053
Vanuatu in 2053
United Nations projections (medium variant) put the population of Vanuatu at 558,858 in 2053. Ten years before, in 2043, the projected population is 476,311 — 17.3% lower.
Half of the population would be younger than 26.8 years, with 29.9% children under 15 and 7.4% 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 | 558,858 | 26.8 | |
| New Caledonia | 342,931 | 42.2 | |
| Fiji | 1,001,529 | 35.0 | |
| Solomon Islands | 1,358,105 | 28.1 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 15,319,642 | 30.2 |





