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Vanuatu — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Vanuatu, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.23%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -20.5% since 1961
Population growth for Vanuatu was 2.23% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.09% in 1978. The lowest was 2.07% in 1999 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.36% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 36 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Vanuatu sits above it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.23%
First (1961)
2.81%
Change
-20.5%
Highest
3.09%
in 1978
Lowest
2.07%
in 1999
Average
2.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.36%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.23% |
| 2024 | 2.27% |
| 2023 | 2.32% |
| 2022 | 2.32% |
| 2021 | 2.32% |
| 2020 | 2.33% |
| 2019 | 2.33% |
| 2018 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 2.33% |
| 2016 | 2.22% |
| 2015 | 2.23% |
| 2014 | 2.24% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.