Vanuatu 
Facts
Population:
192,910 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
36.35% (male 35,822; female 34,299)
15-64 years:
60.43% (male 59,764; female 56,808)
65 years and over:
3.22% (male 3,348; female 2,869) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.7% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
25.4 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.17 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
61.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
60.95 years
male:
59.58 years
female:
62.39 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
adjective:
Ni-Vanuatu
Ethnic groups:
indigenous Melanesian 94%, French 4%, Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders
Religions:
Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7%
Languages:
English (official), French (official), pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
53%
male:
57%
female:
48% (1979 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $245 million (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
-2.5% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,300 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
20%
industry:
9%
services:
71% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.5% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 65%, services 32%, industry 3% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$94.4 million
expenditures:
$99.8 million, including capital expenditures of $30.4 million (1996 est.)
Industries:
food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
Industrial production growth rate:
1% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production:
35 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
32.6 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, coconuts, fruits, vegetables; fish, beef
Exports:
$25.3 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:
copra, kava, beef, cocoa, timber, coffee
Exports - partners:
Japan 32%, Germany 14%, Spain 8%, New Caledonia 7%, Australia 2% (1997 est.)
Imports:
$77.2 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
Imports - partners:
Japan 52%, Australia 20%, New Caledonia, Singapore, New Zealand, France, Fiji (1997 est.)
Debt - external:
$48 million (1997 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$45.8 million (1995)
Currency:
vatu (VUV)
Currency code:
VUV
Exchange rates:
vatu per US dollar - 143.95 (December 2000), 137.82 (2000), 129.08 (1999), 127.52 (1998), 115.87 (1997), 111.72 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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