Vanuatu Population Pyramid 2082
Vanuatu in 2082
In 2082, Vanuatu is projected to have a population of 776,103 people. Ten years before, in 2072, the projected population is 706,951 — 9.8% lower.
The median age is projected at 33.1 years, with 37.1 children under 15 and 20.4 people aged 65 or over for every 100 people of working age (15–64). The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
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 | 776,103 | 33.1 | |
| Fiji | 949,514 | 40.6 | |
| New Caledonia | 345,801 | 46.2 | |
| Solomon Islands | 1,734,324 | 35.0 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 18,030,231 | 35.4 |





