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Vanuatu: Vanuatu People Profile 2011

2010/07/08

Population

Value:

218 519

Date:

Jul.2009

Comparison to the world:

185

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

30.7% (male 34,263/female 32,833)

Year:

2009

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

65.3% (male 72,670/female 69,970)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

4% (male 4,516/female 4,267)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

24.2 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

24.2 years

Name:

female

Value:

24.2 years

Population growth rate

Value:

1,40%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Birth rate

Value:

21.53 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Death rate

Value:

7.55 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

Jul.2009

Comparison to the world:

121

Net migration rate

Value:

Year:

2009

Urbanization

Urban population:

25% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:

4.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.05 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.04 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.04 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

1.06 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.04 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

49.45 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

51.97 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

46.81 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

63.98 years

Comparison to the world:

169

Male value:

62.37 years

Female value:

65.66 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

2.5 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

Nationality

Noun:

Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)

Adjective:

Ni-Vanuatu

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999 Census)</p>

Religions

Value:

Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)

Languages

Languages info:

local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)

Year:

1999

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

74%

Male:

Female:

Year:

1999

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)