Editing Demographics of Vanuatu

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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Vanuatu]]|image=File:Vanuatu single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of [[Vanuatu]] in 2020|size_of_population=308,043 (2022 est.)|nation=Ni-Vanuatu|major_ethnic=Melanesian - 99.2%|growth=1.63% (2022 est.)|birth=21.57 births/1,000 population|death=3.98 deaths/1,000 population|net_migration=-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population|sr_at_birth=1.05 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=14.34 deaths/1,000 live births|life=75.14 years|life_male=73.45 years|life_female=76.91 years|fertility=2.66 children}}

[[demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Vanuatu]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. 4% of the people living in [[Vanuatu]] are Europeans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/vanuatu.htm|title = Vanuatu - Country Profile - Nations Online Project}}</ref>

==Population==
[[Image:Vanuatu demography.png|thumb|450px|Vanuatu's population (1961-2003).]]
===Structure of the population===

Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 07.XI.2016) (Data is based on mini-census taken in 2016.): <ref>{{cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2019/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 138 265
| align="right" | 134 194 
| align="right" | 272 459
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 20 172
| align="right" | 18 764
| align="right" | 38 936
| align="right" | 14.29
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 19 276
| align="right" | 17 872
| align="right" | 37 148
| align="right" | 13.63
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 15 560
| align="right" | 14 286
| align="right" | 29 846
| align="right" | 10.95
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 13 207
| align="right" | 12 695
| align="right" | 25 902
| align="right" | 9.51
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 11 738
| align="right" | 13 124
| align="right" | 24 862
| align="right" | 9.13
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 10 986
| align="right" | 12 045
| align="right" | 23 031
| align="right" | 8.45
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 8 909
| align="right" | 9 158
| align="right" | 18 067
| align="right" | 6.63
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 8 148
| align="right" | 8 085
| align="right" | 16 233
| align="right" | 5.96
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 6 726
| align="right" | 6 525
| align="right" | 13 251
| align="right" | 4.86
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 6 125
| align="right" | 5 708
| align="right" | 11 833
| align="right" | 4.34
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 4 756
| align="right" | 4 573
| align="right" | 9 329
| align="right" | 3.42
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 3 792
| align="right" | 3 435
| align="right" | 7 227
| align="right" | 2.65
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 2 832
| align="right" | 2 525
| align="right" | 5 357
| align="right" | 1.97
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 2 089
| align="right" | 1 921
| align="right" | 4 010
| align="right" | 1.47
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 1 521
| align="right" | 1 266
| align="right" | 2 787
| align="right" | 1.02
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 1 069
| align="right" | 840
| align="right" | 1 909
| align="right" | 0.70
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 516
| align="right" | 533
| align="right" | 1 049
| align="right" | 0.39
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 407
| align="right" | 406
| align="right" | 813 
| align="right" | 0.30
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 120
| align="right" | 129
| align="right" | 249
| align="right" | 0.09
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 90
| align="right" | 104
| align="right" | 194
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 226
| align="right" | 200
| align="right" | 426
| align="right" | 0.17
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 55 008
| align="right" | 50 922
| align="right" | 105 930
| align="right" | 38.88
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 77 108
| align="right" | 77 782
| align="right" | 154 890
| align="right" | 56.85
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 6 038
| align="right" | 5 399
| align="right" | 11 437
| align="right" | 4.20
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 111
| align="right" | 91
| align="right" | 202
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Estimates based on the results of 2020 census.): <ref>{{cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2021/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 155 124
| align="right" | 151 875 
| align="right" | 307 000
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 21 893
| align="right" | 20 674
| align="right" | 42 567
| align="right" | 13.87
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 21 002 
| align="right" | 19 349
| align="right" | 40 351
| align="right" | 13.14
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 18 448
| align="right" | 17 096
| align="right" | 35 544
| align="right" | 11.58
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 15 221
| align="right" | 14 432
| align="right" | 29 653
| align="right" | 9.66
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 13 036
| align="right" | 13 305
| align="right" | 26 341
| align="right" | 8.58
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 12 090
| align="right" | 12 707
| align="right" | 24 797
| align="right" | 8.08
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 10 299
| align="right" | 11 110
| align="right" | 21 408
| align="right" | 6.97
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 8 687
| align="right" | 8 699
| align="right" | 17 385
| align="right" | 5.66
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 7 691
| align="right" | 7 763
| align="right" | 15 454
| align="right" | 5.03
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 6 901
| align="right" | 6 652
| align="right" | 13 554
| align="right" | 4.41
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 5 558
| align="right" | 5 658
| align="right" | 11 216
| align="right" | 3.65
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 4 457
| align="right" | 4 499
| align="right" | 8 956
| align="right" | 2.92
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 3 460
| align="right" | 3 555
| align="right" | 7 015
| align="right" | 2.29
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 2 467
| align="right" | 2 504
| align="right" | 4 971
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 1 646
| align="right" | 1 649
| align="right" | 3 296
| align="right" | 1.07
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 1 115
| align="right" | 1 036
| align="right" | 2 151
| align="right" | 0.70
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 571
| align="right" | 575
| align="right" | 1 146
| align="right" | 0.37
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 293
| align="right" | 303
| align="right" | 596
| align="right" | 0.19
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 138
| align="right" | 143
| align="right" | 281 
| align="right" | 0.09
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 83
| align="right" | 83
| align="right" | 166
| align="right" | 0.05
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 70
| align="right" | 84
| align="right" | 154
| align="right" | 0.05
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 61 343
| align="right" | 57 119
| align="right" | 118 462
| align="right" | 38.59
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 87 398
| align="right" | 88 379
| align="right" | 175 777
| align="right" | 57.26
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 6 383
| align="right" | 6 377
| align="right" | 12 760
| align="right" | 4.16
|-
|}

==Vital statistics==

===Registered Births and deaths===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vnso.gov.vu/index.php/census-and-surveys/census/2009-census|title = 2009 NPH Census}}</ref>

Note: Birth and death registration incomplete in 2012-2014 period <ref>{{cite web |title=Vanuatu CVRS Report 2012-14 |url=https://getinthepicture.org/sites/default/files/resources/Vanuatu_Vital_Statistics_Report_2012_2014.pdf |website=CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate
! width="70"|Crude death rate
! width="70"|Rate of natural increase
! width="70"|TFR
|-
| align="right" | 1967
| align="right" | 77,988
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.6
|-
| align="right" | 1979
| align="right" | 111,251
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6.5
|-
| align="right" | 1989
| align="right" | 142,419
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 38.0
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" | 28.9
| align="right" | 5.3
|-
| align="right" | 1999
| align="right" | 186,678
| align="right" | 5,262
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 28.2
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 4.6
|-
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" | 234,023
| align="right" | 7,335
| align="right" | 1,260
| align="right" | 6,075
| align="right" | 31.3
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 25.9
| align="right" | 4.1
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 5,520
| align="right" | 868
| align="right" | 4,652
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2.87
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 264,652
| align="right" | 5,994
| align="right" | 764
| align="right" | 5,230
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 2.9
| align="right" | 19.8
| align="right" | 2.87
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 6,774
| align="right" | 614
| align="right" | 6,160
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2.87
|-
|}

==Ethnic groups==
*[[Ni-Vanuatu]] 97.6%
*Part Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%
*Other 1.3%

==Languages==
{{main|Languages of Vanuatu}}

{| {{table}}
|+ First Language
|-
! Languages
! Percentage
|-
| Local languages (more than 100)
| {{percentage bar|63.2}}
|-
| [[Bislama]] (official; creole)
| {{percentage bar|33.7}}
|-
| [[English language|English]] (official)
| {{percentage bar|2}}
|-
| [[French language|French]] (official)
| {{percentage bar|0.6}}
|-
| Other
| {{percentage bar|0.5}}
|}

==Religions==
{{See|Religion in Vanuatu}}
*[[Protestant]] 70%
**[[Presbyterian]] 27.9%
**[[Anglican]] 15.1%
**[[Seventh-day Adventist]] 12.5%
**[[Assemblies of God]] 4.7%
**[[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Chris]]t 4.5%
**[[Neil Thomas Ministries|Neil Thomas Ministry]] 3.1%
**[[Apostolic Christian Church|Apostolic]] 2.2%)
*[[Roman Catholic]] 12.4%, 
*Customary beliefs 3.7% 
**Including [[Jon Frum]] [[cargo cult]]
*Other 12.6%
*None 1.1%
*Unspecified 0.2%


==References==
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