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title: "Vanuatu — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Vanuatu: capital Port Vila, area 12,189 km², population 335,169 (2025), currency Vanuatu vatu. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/bahamas/)
- [Montenegro](https://atoneplace.net/country/montenegro/)
- [Qatar](https://atoneplace.net/country/qatar/)
- [Gambia](https://atoneplace.net/country/gambia/)
- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Fiji](https://atoneplace.net/country/fiji/)
- [Solomon Islands](https://atoneplace.net/country/solomon-islands/)
- [Samoa](https://atoneplace.net/country/samoa/)
- [Kiribati](https://atoneplace.net/country/kiribati/)
- [Micronesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/micronesia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]