Vanuatu People:
Population:
205,754 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.3% (male:35,039; female:33,553)
15-64 years: 63.1% (male:66,311; female:63,502)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male:3,878; female:3,471) (2005)
Median age:
total: 22.64 years
male: 22.68 years
female: 22.59 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.52% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
23.06 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.9 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 55.16 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 57.73 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 52.45 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 62.49 years (2005 est.)
male: 61 years
female: 64.05 years
Total fertility rate:
2.77 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
NA
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
Ethnic groups:
Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999)
Religions:
Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs (including Jon Frum cargo cult) 5.6%, other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999)
Languages:
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)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74%
male: NA
female: NA (1999)
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