Vanuatu

Vanuatu, officially the Republic of Vanuatu, is a Pacific island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is 1,750 kilometres east of northern Australia, 540 kilometres northeast of New Caledonia, east of New Guinea, southeast of the Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Vanuatu	12,242 km²
Population	235,310
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+164.9%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+43%
Timezone	Vanuatu Standard Time

Map of Vanuatu

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	88,813	130,410	164,569	235,310
Population Density	7.25 / km²	10.7 / km²	13.4 / km²	19.2 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1500 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
1500	6,846	n/a	n/a
1600	10,269	4.1%	342
1700	15,404	4.1%	513
1800	24,924	4.9%	952
1900	37,520	4.2%	1,259
1910	38,578	2.8%	1,058
1920	39,317	1.9%	739
1930	40,058	1.9%	741
1940	40,801	1.9%	743
1950	41,545	1.8%	744
1960	56,323	35.6%	14,778
1970	75,689	34.4%	19,366
1990	130,410	31.3%	27,360
2000	164,569	26.2%	34,159
2020	259,305	25.5%	47,368
2030	305,576	17.8%	46,271
2040	347,734	13.8%	42,158
2050	382,584	10%	34,850
2060	409,662	7.1%	27,078
2070	427,719	4.4%	18,057
2080	435,913	1.9%	8,194
2090	435,196	-0.2%	-717
2100	427,069	-1.9%	-8,127

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Provinces in Vanuatu

Provinces in Vanuatu

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Sanma	4,241 km²	50,670	30.9 / mi²
Shefa	1,499.8 km²	90,818	156.8 / mi²
Tafea	1,642.5 km²	33,457	52.8 / mi²

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