Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Capital Port Vila
12,189 km² · 335,169 people (2025) · Vanuatu vatu
About 83 islands, 65 of them inhabited, strung along 1,300 km. Mount Yasur on Tanna has been in near-continuous mild eruption for centuries and is one of the most accessible active volcanoes in the world. Vanuatu sits on the Ring of Fire and consistently ranks as the country most exposed to natural hazards.
The facts
- Capital
- Port Vila
- Area
- 12,189 km² — 4,706 sq mi
- Population
- 335,169 (2025)
- Density
- 27.5 people per km²
- Currency
- Vanuatu vatu (VUV, Vt)
- Official languages
- Bislama, English, French
- Time zone
- UTC+11:00
- Calling code
- +678
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- VU · VUT
- Continent
- Oceania
How it compares
- By area
- 159 of 200
- By population
- 177 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | 13,880 | 403,033 |
| Montenegro | 13,812 | 623,129 |
| Vanuatu ← | 12,189 | 335,169 |
| Qatar | 11,586 | 2,972,215 |
| Gambia | 11,300 | 2,822,093 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Vanuatu?
- Port Vila
- What currency does Vanuatu use?
- The Vanuatu vatu (VUV).
- How big is Vanuatu?
- 12,189 km², or 4,706 square miles — 159 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Vanuatu drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Bahamas 13,880 km²
- Montenegro 13,812 km²
- Qatar 11,586 km²
- Gambia 11,300 km²
- Australia Oceania
- Papua New Guinea Oceania
- New Zealand Oceania
- Fiji Oceania
- Solomon Islands Oceania
- Samoa Oceania
- Kiribati Oceania
- Micronesia Oceania
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)