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South Pacific Internet Stats > Site Links > Vanuatu
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Vanuatu
Internet usage,
broadband and telecommunications reports
Internet Usage Statistics:
51,186
Internet users as of November, 2015;
18.8% of the population, according to IWS.
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Vanuatu - officially the Republic of Vanuatu - is an island
nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic
origin, is some 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 kilometres
(310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon
Islands, near New Guinea.
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. In the late 18th century Europeans
began to settle in the area. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts
of the country, and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the
archipelago as the New Hebrides through a British-French Condominium. An independence
movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.
Vanuatu is mountainous and much of it is covered with tropical rainforests. Like
most of the area, it is prone to earthquakes and tidal waves. Most of the people
live in rural areas and practice subsistence agriculture.
The main sources of revenue are agriculture and eco-tourism. Both depend on the weather,
and when, as in 1999, cyclones and persistent rain hit Vanuatu, both suffer. Tax revenue
is derived from import duties, and neither personal income nor company profits are taxed.
Latest Population
Estimate:
272,264
population for 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Latest GNI
Estimate:
GNI per
capita (PPP) estimate is US$ 3,097 for 2014.
Vanuatu Size
(Area):
Total size is
12,190 sq km - Population Density is 23 persons per sq km.
Weather in
Vanuatu:
Weather in Port Vila
Travel to
Vanuatu:
Tourism in Vanuatu.
Internet Usage and
Population Statistics:
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YEAR
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Users
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Population
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% Pen.
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GDP
p.c.*
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Usage
Source
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2000
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3,000
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189,862
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1.6
%
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US$
1,153
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ITU
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2009
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17,000
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218,519
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7.8
%
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US$
2,442
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ITU
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2015
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51,186
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272,264
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18.8
%
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US$
3,097
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ITU
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Note: Per Capita GDP in US dollars, source:
United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs.
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