East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Vanuatu
One in every 14,472 babies in the world is born here: about 9,268 a year, 0.018 a minute.
- Population
- 335,169
- Births a year
- 9,268
- Life expectancy
- 71.8
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 17.1
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
74.1
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.6
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
14.4
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
17.1
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
100
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
25
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
2
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
14.9
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
0.33
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
3.57
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
21
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
80
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
5
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 11.5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$3,867
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
32
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
19.5
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5.1
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
45
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
53
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
8
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
22
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
66
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
87
World: 91
Internet users (%)
22
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
≈ 6.07
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 50.1 → 2026: 72 → 2050: 75.9
World
1960: 153 → 2026: 16 → 2050: 10
World
1960: 6.8 → 2026: 3.5 → 2050: 2.8
World
1960: 8 → 2026: 23 → 2050: 38
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Vanuatu comes up about once in every 14,472 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.