Vanuatu
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.4%
- people aged 65 or older
- 14.7K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 6.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.1 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 21.3%
- women 25.9%, men 17.4%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2023
Languages
116 languages, 87 of them endangered
- ArakiCritically endangered
- BwenelangCritically endangered
- LemerigCritically endangered
- LitzlitzCritically endangered
- Mav̋eaCritically endangered
- NasarianCritically endangered
- NavwienCritically endangered
- NeseCritically endangered
- NititaCritically endangered
- TapeCritically endangered
- UraCritically endangered
- VivtiCritically endangered
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- BieriaSeverely endangered
- Dixon ReefSeverely endangered
- NātiSeverely endangered
- OrkonSeverely endangered
- TambotaloSeverely endangered
- ToksikiSeverely endangered
- AmblongDefinitely endangered
- AndeDefinitely endangered
- AneityumDefinitely endangered
- AuluaDefinitely endangered
- AvokDefinitely endangered
- AxambDefinitely endangered
- BakiDefinitely endangered
- BiereboDefinitely endangered
- BotovroDefinitely endangered
- BurmbarDefinitely endangered
- ButmasDefinitely endangered
- DorigDefinitely endangered
- EmaeDefinitely endangered
- EtonDefinitely endangered
- HiwDefinitely endangered
- KiaiDefinitely endangered
- Koro-OlratDefinitely endangered
- LakonDefinitely endangered
- LamenuDefinitely endangered
- LarevatDefinitely endangered
- LehaliDefinitely endangered
- LelepaDefinitely endangered
- LendamboiDefinitely endangered
- Lo-TogaDefinitely endangered
- LonwolwolDefinitely endangered
- LöyöpDefinitely endangered
- MaiiDefinitely endangered
- MalfaxalDefinitely endangered
- Malua BayDefinitely endangered
- MereiDefinitely endangered
- MotaDefinitely endangered
- NahavaqDefinitely endangered
- NarangoDefinitely endangered
- NasvangDefinitely endangered
- NavutDefinitely endangered
- NgenDefinitely endangered
- NindeDefinitely endangered
- NisvaiDefinitely endangered
- NokukuDefinitely endangered
- North AmbrymDefinitely endangered
- NumeDefinitely endangered
- PiamatsinaDefinitely endangered
- PolonombaukDefinitely endangered
- Port SandwichDefinitely endangered
- RerepDefinitely endangered
- SkeDefinitely endangered
- SungwadiaDefinitely endangered
- TangoaDefinitely endangered
- TasmateDefinitely endangered
- TiraxDefinitely endangered
- TolomakoDefinitely endangered
- TutubaDefinitely endangered
- ValpeiDefinitely endangered
- Vera'aDefinitely endangered
- VinmavisDefinitely endangered
- VunapuDefinitely endangered
- VurësDefinitely endangered
- WailapaDefinitely endangered
- WhitesandsDefinitely endangered
- WusiDefinitely endangered
- KatbolVulnerable
- KwameraVulnerable
- LingarakVulnerable
- Merei-TialeVulnerable
- MwotlapVulnerable
- PeteraraVulnerable
- TamamboVulnerable
- UnuaVulnerable
- VaoVulnerable
- Akei
- Apma
- Baetora
- Big Nambas
- Bislama
- Daakaka
- Dalkalaen
- East Ambae
- Erromanga
- Futuna-Aniwa
- Lenakel
- Lewo
- Makura
- Maskelynes
- Mele-Fila
- Mwerlap
- Nafsan
- North Efate
- North Tanna
- Northeast Malakula
- Paamese
- Port Vato
- Raga
- Saa
- Sakao
- Southeast Ambrym
- Southwest Tanna
- West Ambae
- Mavea Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
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List and years: ich.unesco.org
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