Vanuatu - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Vanuatu was 78,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,626 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6,626
1961 6,953
1962 7,298
1963 7,659
1964 8,032
1965 8,414
1966 8,802
1967 9,199
1968 9,612
1969 10,050
1970 10,522
1971 11,031
1972 11,572
1973 12,148
1974 12,750
1975 13,377
1976 14,028
1977 14,704
1978 15,397
1979 16,170
1980 17,039
1981 17,924
1982 18,826
1983 19,756
1984 20,723
1985 21,737
1986 22,798
1987 23,912
1988 25,093
1989 26,325
1990 27,432
1991 28,633
1992 29,926
1993 31,268
1994 32,609
1995 33,908
1996 35,141
1997 36,323
1998 37,507
1999 38,757
2000 40,087
2001 41,537
2002 43,120
2003 44,808
2004 46,558
2005 48,342
2006 50,148
2007 51,984
2008 53,894
2009 55,917
2010 57,783
2011 59,599
2012 61,530
2013 63,546
2014 65,605
2015 67,676
2016 69,754
2017 71,840
2018 73,971
2019 76,152
2020 78,400

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Vanuatu was 25.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10.40 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.40
1961 10.58
1962 10.77
1963 10.95
1964 11.14
1965 11.33
1966 11.52
1967 11.72
1968 11.92
1969 12.12
1970 12.33
1971 12.53
1972 12.74
1973 12.96
1974 13.18
1975 13.40
1976 13.62
1977 13.85
1978 14.07
1979 14.37
1980 14.74
1981 15.12
1982 15.51
1983 15.91
1984 16.31
1985 16.72
1986 17.14
1987 17.57
1988 18.01
1989 18.44
1990 18.72
1991 19.00
1992 19.29
1993 19.57
1994 19.87
1995 20.16
1996 20.46
1997 20.77
1998 21.07
1999 21.38
2000 21.67
2001 21.95
2002 22.24
2003 22.52
2004 22.81
2005 23.10
2006 23.39
2007 23.69
2008 23.99
2009 24.29
2010 24.46
2011 24.56
2012 24.66
2013 24.76
2014 24.86
2015 24.96
2016 25.06
2017 25.16
2018 25.27
2019 25.39
2020 25.53

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization