Urban population share in Vanuatu

22.3% of people in Vanuatu lived in urban areas in 2025.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2025 22.3% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 22.3%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 209th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Vanuatu over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period VanuatuWorld
2025 22.3% 57.8%
2024 22.3% 57.6%
2023 22.3% 57.3%
2022 22.3% 57.1%
2021 22.3% 56.8%
2020 22.4% 56.4%
2019 23.5% 56.1%
2018 24.3% 55.8%
2017 24.8% 55.3%
2016 24.9% 54.9%
2015 24.9% 54.4%
2014 24.9% 53.9%
2013 24.8% 53.4%
2012 24.8% 52.9%
2011 24.8% 52.5%
2010 24.7% 51.8%
2009 24.3% 51.4%
2008 23.9% 50.9%
2007 23.6% 50.4%
2006 23.3% 49.9%
2005 23.0% 49.4%
2004 22.7% 48.9%
2003 22.5% 48.4%
2002 22.2% 47.8%
2001 21.9% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 22.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.9%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Vanuatu has the 209th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Vanuatu
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects