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Vanuatu Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Vanuatu with its 6 first-level divisions, the capital Port Vila and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Vanuatu

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 6 units

Vanuatu is divided into 6 first-level administrative divisions:

MalampaPenamaSanmaShefaTafeaTorba

Largest cities in Vanuatu

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1Port VilaCapital44,040
2Luganville13,397

Port Vila is the largest urban area in Vanuatu with about 44,040 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Vanuatu: ≈ 1,850 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for Vanuatu at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Vanuatu

CIA World Factbook · 2020
Ni-Vanuatu
99%other
1%

Ni-Vanuatu 99%, other 1% (European, Asian, other Melanesian, Polynesian, Micronesian, other) (2020 est.)

Regionally, Ni-Vanuatu is the most common ethnic group across most of the 6 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Vanuatu

CIA World Factbook · 2020
Protestant
39.9%Roman Catholic
12.1%Apostolic
2.3%Church of Jesus Christ
1.8%customary beliefs
3.1%other
12%none
1.4%unspecified
0.1%

Protestant 39.9% (Presbyterian 27.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 14.8%, Anglican 12%, Churches of Christ 5%, Assemblies of God 4.9%, Neil Thomas Ministry/Inner Life Ministry 3.2%), Roman Catholic 12.1%, Apostolic 2.3%, Church of Jesus Christ 1.8%, customary beliefs (including Jon Frum cargo cult) 3.1%, other 12%, none 1.4%, unspecified 0.1% (2020 est.)

Regionally, Protestant is the most common religious group across most of the 6 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Vanuatu

CIA World Factbook · 2020
indigenous languages
82.6%Bislama
14.5%English
2.1%French
0.8%

indigenous languages (more than 100) 82.6%, Bislama (official; creole) 14.5%, English (official) 2.1%, French (official) 0.8% (2020 est.)

Regionally, indigenous languages is the most common language group across most of the 6 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.