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At birth. 1.05 male (s)/female. Nationality. Nationality. Ni-Vanuatu. Major ethnic. Melanesian - 99.2%. Demographic features of the population of Vanuatu include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. 4% of the people living in Vanuatu are Europeans. [1]
663,251 km 2 (256,083 sq mi) Vanuatu (formerly called the New Hebrides) is a nation and group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It is composed of over 80 islands with 2,528 kilometres (1,571 mi) of coastline and a total surface area of 12,189 square kilometres (4,706 sq mi). It's a small country with a total size of 12,189 km 2 (4,706 sq mi).
Map of Vanuatu with its capital, Port Vila, located on its third largest island Rentapau, a wildflowers garden Vanuatu is a Y-shaped archipelago consisting of about 83 relatively small, geologically newer islands of volcanic origin (65 of them inhabited), with about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) between the most northern and southern islands.
Vanuatu has been divided into six provinces since 1994. The names in English of all provinces are derived from the initial letters of their constituent islands: #. Province. Capital. Main islands. Land Area. (km 2) Population.
Aneityum had a population of 915 in 2009. [2] This population is believed to have been between 9,000 and 20,000 prior to the arrival of the Europeans, [3] in 1793.However, introduced diseases and blackbirding played a major role in Aneityum's massive depopulation, which left the island with fewer than 200 inhabitants in 1930.
This is a list of islands of Vanuatu by province, largely from north to south, subdivided by archipelago when appropriate. Vanuatu is usually said to contain 83 islands.
Tanna (sometimes misspelled Tana) is an island in southern Vanuatu. Tanna is the most populous island of Tafea Province, and the third most populous in the whole country (after Efate and Espiritu Santo ). It is home to five indigenous languages, which also rank among the most vibrant in the whole archipelago, ranging from 3500 to 11500 speakers.
Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.