Vanuatu People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 136,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 3 2%

Nationality: noun—Vanuatuan(s); adjective—Vanuatuan

Ethnic divisions: 90% indigenous Melanesian; 8% French; remainder Vietnamese, Chinese, and various Pacific Islanders

Religion: most at least nominally Christian

Language: English and French (official); pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama)

Life expectancy: 55

Literacy: probably 10-20(7

NOTE: The information regarding Vanuatu on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Vanuatu 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Vanuatu 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.