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How many babies are born in Vanuatu?

9.19 thousand babies born in Vanuatu in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 169th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Vanuatu: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Vanuatu’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1 ~15 45.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~41 ~920 44.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~310 ~7K 44.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~1.27K ~27.8K 45.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~2.73K ~59.8K 45.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 2.15K 51.5K 41.6 UN estimate
2000 6.02K 186K 32.3 UN estimate
2023 8.99K 320K 28.1 UN estimate
2026 9.19K 343K 26.8 UN projection
2050 11.6K 534K 21.6 UN projection
2075 12.4K 729K 17.0 UN projection
2100 12K 875K 13.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Vanuatu among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 8.99K. That is roughly 13,321 times the estimated ~1 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.50 children per woman, fertility in Vanuatu is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Vanuatu each year?

An estimated 9.19 thousand babies are born in Vanuatu in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 25 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Vanuatu?

Vanuatu has an estimated 26.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.50 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.