Country profile · Oceania · VUT
Vanuatu: area, population and density
Vanuatu has 12,190 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 335,169; calculated population density is 27 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Vanuatu ranks 157th of 196 by land area, 174th by population and 159th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 12,190 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 335,169World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 27 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Vanuatu in the country comparison set
Vanuatu has 12,190 sq km of land area and a population value of 335,169 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 157th by land area, 174th by population, and 159th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
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