!!!Vanuatu: People & Society ||Population|277,554 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Ni-Vanuatu \\ ||Ethnic groups|Ni-Vanuatu 97.6%, part Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%, other 1.3% (2009 est.) ||Languages|local languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.) ||Religions|Protestant 70% (includes Presbyterian 27.9%, Anglican 15.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.5%, Assemblies of God 4.7%, Church of Christ 4.5%, Neil Thomas Ministry 3.1%, and Apostolic 2.2%), Roman Catholic 12.4%, customary beliefs 3.7% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 12.6%, none 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2009 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 36.11% (male 51,160/female 49,073) \\ ''15-24 years'': 20% (male 27,559/female 27,939) \\ ''25-54 years'': 34.74% (male 47,189/female 49,244) \\ ''55-64 years'': 5.27% (male 7,327/female 7,297) \\ ''65 years and over'': 3.88% (male 5,470/female 5,296) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 68.7% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 61.6% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 7.1% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 14.1% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 21.7 years \\ ''male'': 21.3 years \\ ''female'': 22.1 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|1.9% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|24.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|4.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 26.1% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 3.42% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|PORT-VILA (capital) 53,000 (2014) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.96 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|78 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 16.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 14 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 73.4 years \\ ''male'': 71.8 years \\ ''female'': 75.1 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|3.16 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|38.4% (2007) ||Health expenditures|5% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2008) ||Hospital bed density|1.8 beds/1,000 population (2008) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 98.9% of population \\ rural: 92.9% of population \\ total: 94.5% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 1.1% of population \\ rural: 7.1% of population \\ total: 5.5% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 65.1% of population \\ rural: 55.4% of population \\ total: 57.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 34.9% of population \\ rural: 44.6% of population \\ total: 42.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|32.9% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|10.7% (2013) ||Education expenditures|4.9% of GDP (2014) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 85.2% \\ ''male'': 86.6% \\ ''female'': 83.8% (2015 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 10.6% \\ ''male'': 10.2% \\ ''female'': 11.2% (2009 est.) \\