Vanuatu

Key facts

Capital

Port Vila

Region

Oceania, Melanesia

Population

335,169 (2025)

Area

12,200 km²

Currency

Vanuatu vatu (VUV)

Languages

Bislama, English, French

Calling code

+678

Internet domain

.vu

ISO codes

VU, VUT, 548

Time zone

UTC+11:00

United Nations

Member state

Land and position

Vanuatu covers about 12,200 square kilometres. By area it ranks 164th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Bahamas and a little larger than Falkland Islands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 16° south, 167° east, in the southern hemisphere.

People

About 335,169 people live in Vanuatu (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 181st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 27 people to each square kilometre. About 22 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 72 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Bislama, English, French. A person from Vanuatu is called Ni-Vanuatu.

Money and economy

The currency is the Vanuatu vatu (code VUV, symbol Vt). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 1.35 billion (2025), which is about US$ 4,039 for each person (2025).

Time

Vanuatu uses one time zone, UTC+11:00 (Pacific/Efate). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Largest cities

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Melanesia

Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.