Demographics of New Caledonia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of New Caledonia is projected at 0.288 million, up by 0.95% compared with 0.285 million in 2020. New Caledonia is ranked 183rd in terms of population and 113th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 3.94 thousand births in New Caledonia in 2021. That is 11 per day, which is ranked 186th. The crude birth rate is 13.64 per 1000 people. There are 1.73 thousand deaths in New Caledonia in 2021. That is 5 per day, which is ranked 181st. The crude death rate is 6.01 per 1000 people.

0.21 million people are living in urban areas, which is 71.93% of New Caledonia population. New Caledonia is ranked 93rd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in New Caledonia in 2021 is 100.93 males per 100 females. There are 0.14 million males and 143.44 million females in New Caledonia. The percentage of female population is 49.77% compare to 50.23% male population. New Caledonia has 1.34 thousand more males than females. New Caledonia is at 144th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

New Caledonia population

Year Population Growth (%)
195064,823-
195567,7432.22
196078,0593.15
196591,1942.96
1970105,3233.64
1975130,2693.68
1980145,1411.66
1985155,9851.45
1990170,3352.13
1995193,2962.62
2000217,2632.11
2005236,4411.53
2010253,5291.38
2015271,0621.24
2016274,1901.15
2017277,1591.08
2018279,9861.02
2019282,7570.99
2020285,4910.97
2021288,2170.95
  • Total
  • Crude

New Caledonia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,0952,27516.9035.04
19559722,38114.1034.63
19609232,66411.7934.10
19659313,15410.2134.69
19709523,9718.8536.73
19759744,2057.5932.99
19809763,8386.7426.45
19859763,8366.2324.49
19901,0164,1705.9124.25
19951,0454,4495.4223.03
20001,1304,3405.2120.06
20051,2654,3105.3618.21
20101,3644,3965.3817.31
20151,5024,1525.5515.35
20201,6903,9385.9213.78
20211,7323,9356.0113.64
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of New Caledonia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195015,94048,885-24.589
195520,73247,0166.6330.602
196029,16248,8947.1737.360
196540,71750,4836.5044.646
197053,96051,3645.2751.232
197571,86158,4035.1755.165
198083,35161,7932.3657.426
198591,77064,2121.7058.834
1990101,15468,6332.2459.577
1995114,98875,7442.6460.288
2000131,80781,0642.6561.919
2005148,83783,8492.6663.965
2010168,45282,5852.1967.102
2015186,69482,3972.0169.379
2020205,19581,7181.8471.518
2021208,88981,5361.8071.925
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

New Caledonia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 9,943 9,501 19,444 6.75 104.652
05-09 10,894 10,422 21,316 7.40 104.529
10-14 11,185 10,733 21,918 7.60 104.211
15-19 10,871 10,483 21,354 7.41 103.701
20-24 11,968 11,491 23,459 8.14 104.151
25-29 10,681 9,738 20,419 7.08 109.684
30-34 10,550 10,067 20,617 7.15 104.798
35-39 10,602 10,271 20,873 7.24 103.223
40-44 9,801 9,927 19,728 6.84 98.731
45-49 10,580 10,492 21,072 7.31 100.839
50-54 9,310 9,430 18,740 6.50 98.727
55-59 8,442 8,622 17,064 5.92 97.912
60-64 6,443 7,025 13,468 4.67 91.715
65-69 5,020 5,220 10,240 3.55 96.169
70-74 4,053 4,212 8,265 2.87 96.225
75-79 2,666 2,823 5,489 1.90 94.439
80-84 1,202 1,799 3,001 1.04 66.815
85-89 439 804 1,243 0.43 54.602
90-94 114 303 417 0.14 37.624
95-99 14 67 81 0.03 20.896
100+ 1 8 9 0.00 12.500
Total 144,779 143,438 288,217 100.935