Oceania · Melanesia
Capital: Port Vila
Vanuatu
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Vanuatu in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #181
Vanuatu's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
335,169
#174 of 196
11th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$1.35B
#182 of 196
7th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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R&D Spending
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Manufacturing Output
$52.5M
#174 of 196
11th percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Port Vila
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Country code
- VUT
- Neighbors
- No land neighbors
Three interesting facts
Vanuatu has no land borders, so every international boundary is maritime.
Vanuatu spans roughly 12,189 square kilometers, placing it around 157th by area in this factbook.
The country’s linguistic landscape includes Bislama, English, and French, reflecting a notably diverse cultural history.
Geography
Vanuatu on the map
Vanuatu is located in Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia. Its terrain is mostly mountainous islands of volcanic origin, narrow coastal plains. The climate is tropical, moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October, moderate rainfall from November to April, may be affected by cyclones from December to April. In area, the country is slightly larger than Connecticut.
Economy
Economic profile
Vanuatu's economy is characterized by lower-middle income Pacific island economy, extremely reliant on subsistence agriculture and tourism, environmentally fragile, struggling post-pandemic and Tropical Cyclone Harold rebound, sizeable inflation, road infrastructure aid from Australia. Major industries include food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning. Important agricultural products include coconuts, oranges, yams, cabbages, taro, bananas, chillies/peppers, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, cassava (2023). Notable exports include fish, ships, perfume plants, wood, copra (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Vanuatu has an estimated population of 321,409. Languages spoken include indigenous languages (more than 100) 82.6%, Bislama (official, creole) 14.5%, English (official) 2.1%, French (official) 0.8% (2020 est.). The population includes Ni-Vanuatu 99%, other 1% (European, Asian, other Melanesian, Polynesian, Micronesian, other) (2020 est.). The urban population represents 26% of total population (2023).
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