Vanuatu
Urban population in Vanuatu
Urban population in Vanuatu: 5.6% in 1950 and 22.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 22.3%
- Since 1950
- +16.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 219 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 37.6%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 37.6% in 2050.
- The highest was 24.9% in 2016, the lowest 5.6% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Vanuatu |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.3 |
| 2024 | 22.3 |
| 2023 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | 22.3 |
| 2020 | 22.4 |
| 2019 | 23.5 |
| 2018 | 24.3 |
| 2017 | 24.8 |
| 2016 | 24.9 |
| 2015 | 24.9 |
| 2014 | 24.9 |
| 2013 | 24.8 |
| 2012 | 24.8 |
| 2011 | 24.8 |
| 2010 | 24.7 |
| 2009 | 24.3 |
| 2008 | 23.9 |
| 2007 | 23.6 |
| 2006 | 23.3 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2004 | 22.7 |
| 2003 | 22.5 |
| 2002 | 22.2 |
| 2001 | 21.9 |
| 2000 | 21.7 |
| 1999 | 21.4 |
| 1998 | 21.1 |
| 1997 | 20.8 |
| 1996 | 20.5 |
| 1995 | 20.2 |
| 1994 | 20 |
| 1993 | 19.7 |
| 1992 | 19.4 |
| 1991 | 19.1 |
| 1990 | 18.8 |
| 1989 | 18.4 |
| 1988 | 18.1 |
| 1987 | 17.7 |
| 1986 | 17.3 |
| 1985 | 16.9 |
| 1984 | 16.5 |
| 1983 | 16 |
| 1982 | 15.6 |
| 1981 | 15.2 |
| 1980 | 14.8 |
| 1979 | 14.4 |
| 1978 | 14 |
| 1977 | 13.6 |
| 1976 | 13.2 |
| 1975 | 12.9 |
| 1974 | 12.5 |
| 1973 | 12.1 |
| 1972 | 11.8 |
| 1971 | 11.4 |
| 1970 | 11 |
| 1969 | 10.7 |
| 1968 | 10.3 |
| 1967 | 10 |
| 1966 | 9.7 |
| 1965 | 9.4 |
| 1964 | 9.1 |
| 1963 | 8.8 |
| 1962 | 8.5 |
| 1961 | 8.2 |
| 1960 | 8 |
| 1959 | 7.7 |
| 1958 | 7.4 |
| 1957 | 7.2 |
| 1956 | 6.9 |
| 1955 | 6.7 |
| 1954 | 6.5 |
| 1953 | 6.2 |
| 1952 | 6 |
| 1951 | 5.8 |
| 1950 | 5.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Vanuatu |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 22.4 |
| 2027 | 22.5 |
| 2028 | 22.5 |
| 2029 | 22.7 |
| 2030 | 22.8 |
| 2031 | 23 |
| 2032 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 23.5 |
| 2034 | 23.8 |
| 2035 | 24.2 |
| 2036 | 24.6 |
| 2037 | 25.1 |
| 2038 | 25.6 |
| 2039 | 26.2 |
| 2040 | 26.8 |
| 2041 | 27.5 |
| 2042 | 28.3 |
| 2043 | 29.2 |
| 2044 | 30.1 |
| 2045 | 31.1 |
| 2046 | 32.2 |
| 2047 | 33.4 |
| 2048 | 34.7 |
| 2049 | 36.1 |
| 2050 | 37.6 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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