Vanuatu

LOCATION: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia

AREA: 12,189 sq km

CAPITAL: Port-Vila

POPULATION: 218,519

BIRTH RATE: 21.53 births/1,000

DEATH RATE: 7.55 deaths/ 1,000

LIFE EXPECTANCY: 63.98 years

RELIGION: Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6%, other 9.6%, unspecified 1.3%

LANGUAGES: local languages 72.6%, pidgin 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other .3%

LITERACY RATE: age 15 and above can read and write: (Male: NA) (Female: NA)