Oceania · Melanesia
Vanuatu
Vanuatu covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²), the 163rd largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Bahamas, at about 12,600 km².
- 12,300km²Area, main territory
- 300,000Population
- 0.40In Belgiums
100 km
- Vanuatu
Facts
| Area, main territory | 12,300 km²4,750 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 12,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.40 |
| Capital | Port Vila |
| Population | 300,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Density | 24 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 20°S to 13°S |
| In other languages | バヌアツ 日本語 · 瓦努阿图 中文 · 바누아투 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania#6 of 14 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Vanuatu
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 1,381× the size of Vanuatu.
- At 24 people per km², Vanuatu is the 142nd most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Vanuatu lies at 16°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Vanuatu's main territory stretches about 800 km north to south and 357 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 km², to within 2%.
How Vanuatu measures up
Vanuatu holds 0.1% of the land area and 0.7% of the people of the 14 countries listed for Oceania. In Melanesia it is the 4th largest of 4.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 12,300 km² | 162nd of 239 |
| Population | 300,000 | 179th of 237 |
| Density | 24 per km² | 142nd of 185 |
| Farthest north | 16.2°S | 193rd of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Vanuatu is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.40× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.05× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.02× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 256 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 689 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 768 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,381 its size |
Where Vanuatu sits
- Vanuatu's centre lies at 16.2°S, 167.7°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 1,800 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 20°S to 13°S, about 800 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Vanuatu had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Vanuatu would have 15.4 million people. It has 300,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Vanuatu would have 46,000 people. It has 300,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 890,000.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11