Live births in Vanuatu

Live births in Vanuatu was 8,988 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.1% from 2022. That is the 169th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count8,988 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.1%
Rank169th of 236Countries ranked
Series high8,9882023
Series low2,1451950
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Live births in Vanuatu, 1950 to 2023

2,0004,0006,0008,00010K19501961197219831994200520231950: 2,145 count1951: 2,211 count1952: 2,282 count1953: 2,357 count1954: 2,437 count1955: 2,513 count1956: 2,582 count1957: 2,647 count1958: 2,718 count1959: 2,787 count1960: 2,857 count1961: 2,927 count1962: 2,996 count1963: 3,068 count1964: 3,138 count1965: 3,213 count1966: 3,306 count1967: 3,406 count1968: 3,486 count1969: 3,565 count1970: 3,647 count1971: 3,741 count1972: 3,837 count1973: 3,928 count1974: 4,012 count1975: 4,106 count1976: 4,194 count1977: 4,290 count1978: 4,418 count1979: 4,552 count1980: 4,661 count1981: 4,828 count1982: 4,980 count1983: 5,114 count1984: 5,234 count1985: 5,346 count1986: 5,450 count1987: 5,540 count1988: 5,619 count1989: 5,690 count1990: 5,770 count1991: 5,850 count1992: 5,921 count1993: 5,944 count1994: 5,936 count1995: 5,908 count1996: 5,864 count1997: 5,822 count1998: 5,844 count1999: 5,898 count2000: 6,019 count2001: 6,166 count2002: 6,230 count2003: 6,334 count2004: 6,461 count2005: 6,583 count2006: 6,774 count2007: 7,048 count2008: 7,373 count2009: 7,628 count2010: 7,850 count2011: 8,057 count2012: 8,256 count2013: 8,458 count2014: 8,610 count2015: 8,725 count2016: 8,844 count2017: 8,935 count2018: 8,965 count2019: 8,969 count2020: 8,948 count2021: 8,972 count2022: 8,976 count2023: 8,988 count2,0004,0006,0008,00010K19501975200020232023: 8,988 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
20238,988 Estimated
20228,976 Estimated
20218,972 Estimated
20208,948 Estimated
20198,969 Estimated
20188,965 Estimated
20178,935 Estimated
20168,844 Estimated
20158,725 Estimated
20148,610 Estimated
20138,458 Estimated
20128,256 Estimated
20118,057 Estimated
20107,850 Estimated
20097,628 Estimated
20087,373 Estimated
20077,048 Estimated
20066,774 Estimated
20056,583 Estimated
20046,461 Estimated
20036,334 Estimated
20026,230 Estimated
20016,166 Estimated
20006,019 Estimated
19995,898 Estimated
19985,844 Estimated
19975,822 Estimated
19965,864 Estimated
19955,908 Estimated
19945,936 Estimated
19935,944 Estimated
19925,921 Estimated
19915,850 Estimated
19905,770 Estimated
19895,690 Estimated
19885,619 Estimated
19875,540 Estimated
19865,450 Estimated
19855,346 Estimated
19845,234 Estimated
19835,114 Estimated
19824,980 Estimated
19814,828 Estimated
19804,661 Estimated
19794,552 Estimated
19784,418 Estimated
19774,290 Estimated
19764,194 Estimated
19754,106 Estimated
19744,012 Estimated
19733,928 Estimated
19723,837 Estimated
19713,741 Estimated
19703,647 Estimated
19693,565 Estimated
19683,486 Estimated
19673,406 Estimated
19663,306 Estimated
19653,213 Estimated
19643,138 Estimated
19633,068 Estimated
19622,996 Estimated
19612,927 Estimated
19602,857 Estimated
19592,787 Estimated
19582,718 Estimated
19572,647 Estimated
19562,582 Estimated
19552,513 Estimated
19542,437 Estimated
19532,357 Estimated
19522,282 Estimated
19512,211 Estimated
19502,145 Estimated

Vanuatu compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Vanuatu is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Vanuatu, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Vanuatu, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/vanuatu. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Vanuatu, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/vanuatu.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Vanuatu, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/vanuatu (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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Live births in Vanuatu was 8,988 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.1% from 2022. That is the 169th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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8,988 in 2023, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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