Vanuatu: flag, capital & map
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Country facts
- Capital
- Port Vila
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 335,169
- Area
- 12,189 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Bislama, English, French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Vanuatu Vatu (VUV)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Vanuatu is a country in Melanesia. Its capital is Port Vila.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Vanuatu
The flag of Vanuatu is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a thin black-edged yellow horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and green bands to the fly end of the field. A yellow boar's tusk encircling two yellow crossed namele leaves is centered in the triangle.
Where it is
Vanuatu is grouped in Melanesia, within Roam’s Oceania region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Vanuatu has a recorded area of 12,189 square kilometres. Among the 4 countries assigned to Melanesia in this dataset, it ranks 4 by area, from largest to smallest. Fiji is immediately above it in that ordering, at 18,272 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 335,169 people for Vanuatu in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 27 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Bislama, English, and French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Vanuatu Vatu (VUV). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Vanuatu?
Reveal answer
Port Vila. Vanuatu is a country in Melanesia. Its capital is Port Vila.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Vanuatu?
Reveal answer
The flag of Vanuatu is composed of two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a black isosceles triangle superimposed on the hoist side of the field. This triangle has its base on the hoist end, spans about two-fifth the width of the field and is enclosed on its sides by the arms of a thin black-edged yellow horizontally oriented Y-shaped band which extends along the boundary of the red and green bands to the fly end of the field. A yellow boar's tusk encircling two yellow crossed namele leaves is centered in the triangle.
Which land neighbours of Vanuatu are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Vanuatu. It is grouped in Melanesia, within Roam’s Oceania region.
Which languages does the source list for Vanuatu?
Reveal answer
Bislama, English, and French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Vanuatu.
Which currency codes are listed for Vanuatu?
Reveal answer
Vanuatu Vatu (VUV). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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