Vanuatu

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PROFILE
  • Area: 12,189 sq. km (4,706 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 277,554 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.9% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 73.4 years (2016)
  • Languages: local languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%
  • Religions: Protestant 70% (includes Presbyterian 27.9%, Anglican 15.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.5%), Roman Catholic 12.4%, customary beliefs 3.7% (including John Frum cargo cult), other 12.6%, none 1.1%, unspecified 0.2%
  • Formal name: Republic of Vanuatu
  • Alternate names: Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides, New Hebrides, New Hebrides Condominium, Republic of Vanuatu, République de Vanuatu, Ripablik blong Vanuatu
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Baldwin LONSDALE; head of government: Prime Minister Charlot SALWAI
  • Capital: Port-Vila
  • Administrative divisions: 6 provinces
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $2,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
  • Currency: vatu (VUV)
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