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A value below 2.1 will cause the native population to decline </p><div class="row" style="margin-top:50px;"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:20px; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:100"><i class="material-icons" style="vertical-align:middle ">pregnant_woman</i> Total Fertiliy Rate (TFR)</span> </div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;">3.6</span><div> (Live Births per Woman, 2024)</div></div></div></div></div><div id="tfr-chart"></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.chart('tfr-chart', { chart: { type: 'line' }, title: { text: '' }, subtitle: { text: 'Total Fertility Rate in Vanuatu, 1955-Present' }, tooltip: { valueDecimals: 1, pointFormat: '<span style="color:{series.color}">{series.name}</span>: <b>{point.y}</b> births per woman<br/>', shared: true }, xAxis: { categories: [ '1955', '1960', '1965', '1970', '1975', '1980', '1985', '1990', '1995', '2000', '2005', '2010', '2015', '2020', '2024'] }, yAxis: { title: { text: 'Deaths per 1000 live births' } }, legend: { layout: 'vertical', align: 'right', verticalAlign: 'middle' }, credits: { enabled: false }, series: [{ name: 'Total Fertility Rate (TFR)', color: '#FF8080', lineWidth: 5, data: [7.033,6.784,6.524,6.346,5.976,5.691, 5.433,5.166, 4.847, 4.537, 4.133, 4.126, 3.952, 3.738, 3.569] }], responsive: { rules: [{ condition: { maxWidth: 800 }, chartOptions: { legend: { layout: 'horizontal', align: 'center', verticalAlign: 'bottom' } } }] } });</script><h2 id="life-exp">Life Expectancy in Vanuatu</h2><p>See also: <a href="/demographics/life-expectancy/#countries-ranked-by-life-expectancy">Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy</a></p><div class="row" style="margin-top:50px; margin-bottom:50px"><div class="col-md-4"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:19px; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:100"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-hourglass" aria-hidden="true"></span> Both Sexes</span> </div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;">71.7 years</span><div>(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)</div></div></div> </div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:19px; text-transform:uppercase; color:#f7a35c; font-weight:bold"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user" aria-hidden="true"></span> Females</span> </div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;">74.1 years</span><div>(life expectancy at birth, females)</div></div></div> </div><div class="col-md-4"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:19px; text-transform:uppercase; color:#7cb5ec; font-weight:bold"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user" aria-hidden="true"></span> Males</span> </div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;">69.6 years</span><div>(life expectancy at birth, males)</div></div></div></div></div><div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.chart('container', { title: { text: 'Life Expectancy in Vanuatu from 1955 to Present' }, subtitle: { text: 'Males, Females, and Both Sexes combined' }, xAxis: { categories: [ '1950', '1955', '1960', '1965', '1970', '1975', '1980', '1985', '1990', '1995', '2000', '2005', '2010', '2015', '2020', '2024' ], crosshair: true }, yAxis: { min: 0, title: { text: 'Life Expectancy (Years)' } }, credits: { enabled: false }, tooltip: { headerFormat: '<span style="font-size:10px">{point.key}</span><table>', pointFormat: '<tr><td style="color:{series.color};padding:0">{series.name}: </td>' + '<td style="padding:0"><b>{point.y:.1f} years</b></td></tr>', footerFormat: '</table>', shared: true, useHTML: true }, plotOptions: { column: { pointPadding: 0.2, borderWidth: 0 } }, series: [{ type: 'column', name: 'Males', color: '#7cb5ec', data: [43.26, 46.451, 49.196, 51.606, 54.286, 56.986, 59.994, 62.23, 64.769, 66.27, 67.034, 67.62, 67.552, 68.214, 68.198, 69.585] }, { type: 'column', name: 'Females', color: '#f7a35c', data: [45.184, 48.277, 50.953, 53.981, 56.912, 59.894, 63.761, 66.942, 69.969, 71.281, 71.278, 71.624, 72.455, 72.851, 73.245, 74.113] }, { type: 'spline', name: 'Both Sexes', color: '#ddd', data: [43.926, 47.099, 49.841, 52.527, 55.311, 58.133, 61.322, 63.927, 66.684, 68.104, 68.586, 69.166, 69.57, 70.163, 70.385, 71.654] }] });</script><h2 id="u5-infa-title">Infant Mortality Rate and Deaths of Children under 5 Years Old in Vanuatu</h2><div class="row" style="margin-top:50px; margin-bottom:50px"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:19px; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:100"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-baby-formula" aria-hidden="true"></span> Infant Mortality</span> </div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;">14.2</span><div>(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)</div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:19px; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:100"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus" aria-hidden="true"></span> Deaths under age 5</span> </div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22px; font-weight:bold;">17.0</span><div> (per 1,000 live births)</div></div></div></div></div><div id="u5-infa"></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.chart('u5-infa', { chart: { type: 'line' }, title: { text: 'Infant and Under Age 5 Mortality Rate in Vanuatu' }, subtitle: { text: '(per 1000 live births, 1950-Present)' }, xAxis: { categories: [ '1950', '1955', '1960', '1965', '1970', '1975', '1980', '1985', '1990', '1995', '2000', '2005', '2010', '2015', '2020', '2024'] }, yAxis: { title: { text: 'Deaths per 1000 live births' } }, legend: { layout: 'vertical', align: 'right', verticalAlign: 'middle' }, credits: { enabled: false }, series: [{ name: 'Deaths Under Age 5', color: '#66CC00', lineWidth: 5, data: [196.494, 170.995, 150.589, 127.945, 105.056, 84.948, 66.358, 49.339, 37.177, 31.652, 28.998, 27.009, 23.795, 21.523, 19.172, 16.987] }, { name: 'Infant Mortality', color: '#74E800', lineWidth: 5, data: [130.267, 116.483, 104.92, 91.486, 77.303, 64.143, 51.383, 38.93, 30.151, 25.914, 23.837, 22.278, 19.73, 17.691, 15.955, 14.2] }], responsive: { rules: [{ condition: { maxWidth: 800 }, chartOptions: { legend: { layout: 'horizontal', align: 'center', verticalAlign: 'bottom' } } }] } });</script><h2 id="urb">Vanuatu Urban Population</h2>Currently, <strong>25.3 %</strong> of the population of Vanuatu is <strong>urban</strong> (83,089 people in 2024) <div class="row"><div style="width:100%"><div id="urban-chart" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto; padding-top:40px"></div></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.chart('urban-chart', { chart: { type: 'column' }, title: { text: 'Vanuatu Urban vs. Rural Population from 1955 to 2020' }, xAxis: { categories: ['1955','1960','1965','1970','1975','1980','1985','1990','1995','2000','2005','2010','2015','2020','2024'] }, yAxis: { min: 0, title: { text: 'Urban Population' } }, tooltip: { pointFormat: '<span style="color:{series.color}">{series.name}</span>: <b>{point.y}</b> ({point.percentage:.0f}%)<br/>', shared: true }, plotOptions: { column: { stacking: 'normal' }, series: { pointPadding: 0.1, groupPadding: 0 } }, credits: {enabled: false}, series: [{ name: 'Rural Population', color:'#74E800', data: [56633-5243,64431-6627,74358-8416,86266-10524,100269-13378,115660-17045,130356-21743,148063-27443,167137-33923,186281-40109,210760-48362,238248-57802,266101-66048,298858-75025,327777-83089] }, { name: 'Urban Population', data: [5243,6627,8416,10524,13378,17045,21743,27443,33923,40109,48362,57802,66048,75025,83089] }] });</script></div><h2>Population Density</h2><p>The 2024 population density in Vanuatu is 27 people per Km<sup>2</sup></strong> (70 people per mi<sup>2</sup>), calculated on a total <strong>land</strong> area of 12,190 Km2 (4,707 sq. miles).</p> <h3 id="sources">See also</h3><ul> <li><a href="/world-population/vanuatu-population/">Population of Vanuatu</a> </li><li><a href="/gdp/vanuatu-gdp/">GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Vanuatu</a> </li> <li><a href="/demographics/demographics-of-oceania/">Demographics of Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/demographics/world-demographics/">World Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/demographics/">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/population/">Population</a></li></ul><h3>Sources</h3><ul> <li><a href="https://population.un.org/wpp/">World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision</a> - United Nations Population Division</li><li><a href="https://population.un.org/wup/">World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division</a> - United Nations</li> <li><a href="https://www.geonames.org/">GeoNames</a></li> <li><a href="https://unstats.un.org/">United Nations Statistics Division</a></li> <li><a href="https://data.worldbank.org/">World Bank </a></li><li><a href="http://www.oecd.org/">Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) </a></li></ul><h3>Definitions</h3><h4 id="def-population-pyramid">Population Pyramid </h4><p>A Population pyramid (also called "Age-Sex Pyramid") is a graphical representation of the age and sex of a population.</p><p><strong>Types: </strong></p><div class="spaced"><ul> <li><strong>Expansive</strong> - pyramid with a <strong>wide base</strong> (larger percentage of people in younger age groups, indicating high birth rates and high fertility rates) and narrow top (high death rate and lower life expectancies). It suggests a growing population. Example: <a href="/demographics/nigeria-demographics/#population-pyramid">Nigera Population Pyramid</a></li> <li><strong>Constrictive</strong> - pyramid with a <strong>narrow base</strong> (lower percentage of younger people, indicating declining birth rates with each succeeding age group getting smaller than the previous one). Example: <a href="/demographics/us-demographics/#population-pyramid">United States</a></li> <li><strong>Stationary</strong> - with a somewhat <strong>equal proportion </strong>of the population in each age group. The population is stable, neither increasing nor decreasing.</li></ul></div><p><strong>Stages:</strong></p><p><strong><img src="/img/population-pyramid-stages-sm.png" width="600" height="163" class="img-responsive"></strong></p><p> </p><p></p><h4>Dependency Ratio</h4><p>There are three types of age dependency ratio: Youth, Elderly, and Total. All three ratios are commonly multiplied by 100.<br> <br> <strong>Youth Dependency Ratio</strong><br> Definition: population ages 0-15 divided by the population ages 16-64.<br> Formula: (<i>[Population ages 0-15]</i> 梅 <i>[Population ages 16-64]</i>) 脳 100</p><p> <strong>Elderly dependency ratio</strong><br> Definition: population ages 65-plus divided by the population ages 16-64.<br>Formula: (<i>[Population ages 65-plus]</i> 梅 <i>[Population ages 16-64]</i>) 脳 100</p><p><strong>Total dependency ratio<br> </strong>Definition: sum of the youth and old-age ratios.<br> Formula: ((<i>[Population ages 0-15]</i> + <i>[Population ages 65-plus]</i>) 梅 <i>[Population ages 16-64]</i>) 脳 100 </p><p>NOTE: Dependency Ratio does not take into account labor force participation rates by age group. 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