Population of New Caledonia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of New Caledonia is 294,281 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of New Caledonia is projected at 288,218 or 288.22 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in New Caledonia is projected at 285,498 or 285.50 thousands people for the year 2020. New Caledonia ranks number 183th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. New Caledonia is ranked 7th among 23 countries in Oceania.

New Caledonia's population peak will be 2080 with 360.4 thousand people after New Caledonia's population will be decreased year by year. The New Caledonia population is projected to reach 311.0 thousand in 2030 and increase further to 346.5 thousand in 2050, and by 355.9 thousand by 2100. New Caledonia accounts for 0.0037 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.0036% in 2026 and is projected to decline at 0.0033% by 2100.

New Caledonia was at 184th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 182nd in 2100.

New Caledonia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	285,498	2,748	0.97	0.0037
2021	288,218	2,720	0.95	0.0037
2022	290,915	2,697	0.94	0.0037
2023	293,584	2,669	0.92	0.0037
2024	296,205	2,621	0.89	0.0037
2025	298,786	2,581	0.87	0.0037
2026	301,317	2,531	0.85	0.0036
2027	303,805	2,488	0.83	0.0036
2028	306,251	2,446	0.81	0.0036
2029	308,660	2,409	0.79	0.0036
2030	311,024	2,364	0.77	0.0036
2031	313,355	2,331	0.75	0.0036
2032	315,637	2,282	0.73	0.0036
2033	317,874	2,237	0.71	0.0036
2034	320,069	2,195	0.69	0.0036
2035	322,210	2,141	0.67	0.0036
2036	324,295	2,085	0.65	0.0036
2037	326,329	2,034	0.63	0.0036
2038	328,296	1,967	0.60	0.0036
2039	330,202	1,906	0.58	0.0036
2040	332,044	1,842	0.56	0.0036
2041	333,812	1,768	0.53	0.0036
2042	335,516	1,704	0.51	0.0036
2043	337,148	1,632	0.49	0.0036
2044	338,699	1,551	0.46	0.0036
2045	340,188	1,489	0.44	0.0036
2046	341,594	1,406	0.41	0.0036
2047	342,930	1,336	0.39	0.0036
2048	344,190	1,260	0.37	0.0036
2049	345,382	1,192	0.35	0.0036
2050	346,510	1,128	0.33	0.0036
2051	347,557	1,047	0.30	0.0036
2052	348,551	994	0.29	0.0035
2053	349,477	926	0.27	0.0035
2054	350,339	862	0.25	0.0035
2055	351,152	813	0.23	0.0035
2056	351,911	759	0.22	0.0035
2057	352,614	703	0.20	0.0035
2058	353,268	654	0.19	0.0035
2059	353,892	624	0.18	0.0035
2060	354,475	583	0.16	0.0035
2061	355,036	561	0.16	0.0035
2062	355,564	528	0.15	0.0035
2063	356,057	493	0.14	0.0035
2064	356,530	473	0.13	0.0035
2065	356,972	442	0.12	0.0035
2066	357,391	419	0.12	0.0035
2067	357,785	394	0.11	0.0034
2068	358,154	369	0.10	0.0034
2069	358,494	340	0.09	0.0034
2070	358,813	319	0.09	0.0034
2071	359,105	292	0.08	0.0034
2072	359,371	266	0.07	0.0034
2073	359,605	234	0.07	0.0034
2074	359,821	216	0.06	0.0034
2075	360,006	185	0.05	0.0034
2076	360,154	148	0.04	0.0034
2077	360,277	123	0.03	0.0034
2078	360,371	94	0.03	0.0034
2079	360,432	61	0.02	0.0034
2080	360,452	20	0.01	0.0034
2081	360,449	-3	0.00	0.0034
2082	360,409	-40	-0.01	0.0034
2083	360,337	-72	-0.02	0.0034
2084	360,237	-100	-0.03	0.0034
2085	360,108	-129	-0.04	0.0033
2086	359,943	-165	-0.05	0.0033
2087	359,765	-178	-0.05	0.0033
2088	359,553	-212	-0.06	0.0033
2089	359,325	-228	-0.06	0.0033
2090	359,085	-240	-0.07	0.0033
2091	358,814	-271	-0.08	0.0033
2092	358,540	-274	-0.08	0.0033
2093	358,253	-287	-0.08	0.0033
2094	357,952	-301	-0.08	0.0033
2095	357,639	-313	-0.09	0.0033
2096	357,318	-321	-0.09	0.0033
2097	356,993	-325	-0.09	0.0033
2098	356,658	-335	-0.09	0.0033
2099	356,324	-334	-0.09	0.0033
2100	355,990	-334	-0.09	0.0033

New Caledonia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	64,825	-	-	0.0026
1951	64,256	-569	-0.88	0.0025
1952	64,408	152	0.24	0.0024
1953	65,126	718	1.11	0.0024
1954	66,278	1,152	1.77	0.0024
1955	67,748	1,470	2.22	0.0024
1956	69,468	1,720	2.54	0.0025
1957	71,376	1,908	2.75	0.0025
1958	73,449	2,073	2.90	0.0025
1959	75,678	2,229	3.03	0.0025
1960	78,056	2,378	3.14	0.0026
1961	80,584	2,528	3.24	0.0026
1962	83,218	2,634	3.27	0.0026
1963	85,905	2,687	3.23	0.0027
1964	88,579	2,674	3.11	0.0027
1965	91,200	2,621	2.96	0.0027
1966	93,686	2,486	2.73	0.0027
1967	96,071	2,385	2.55	0.0028
1968	98,609	2,538	2.64	0.0028
1969	101,620	3,011	3.05	0.0028
1970	105,324	3,704	3.64	0.0028
1971	109,830	4,506	4.28	0.0029
1972	114,984	5,154	4.69	0.0030
1973	120,432	5,448	4.74	0.0031
1974	125,642	5,210	4.33	0.0031
1975	130,264	4,622	3.68	0.0032
1976	134,173	3,909	3.00	0.0032
1977	137,470	3,297	2.46	0.0033
1978	140,273	2,803	2.04	0.0033
1979	142,768	2,495	1.78	0.0033
1980	145,144	2,376	1.66	0.0033
1981	147,405	2,261	1.56	0.0032
1982	149,535	2,130	1.44	0.0032
1983	151,626	2,091	1.40	0.0032
1984	153,747	2,121	1.40	0.0032
1985	155,982	2,235	1.45	0.0032
1986	158,346	2,364	1.52	0.0032
1987	160,872	2,526	1.60	0.0032
1988	163,657	2,785	1.73	0.0032
1989	166,787	3,130	1.91	0.0032
1990	170,336	3,549	2.13	0.0032
1991	174,336	4,000	2.35	0.0032
1992	178,759	4,423	2.54	0.0033
1993	183,480	4,721	2.64	0.0033
1994	188,365	4,885	2.66	0.0033
1995	193,293	4,928	2.62	0.0034
1996	198,240	4,947	2.56	0.0034
1997	203,187	4,947	2.50	0.0034
1998	208,056	4,869	2.40	0.0035
1999	212,776	4,720	2.27	0.0035
2000	217,269	4,493	2.11	0.0035
2001	221,493	4,224	1.94	0.0036
2002	225,482	3,989	1.80	0.0036
2003	229,244	3,762	1.67	0.0036
2004	232,883	3,639	1.59	0.0036
2005	236,442	3,559	1.53	0.0036
2006	239,930	3,488	1.48	0.0036
2007	243,331	3,401	1.42	0.0036
2008	246,695	3,364	1.38	0.0036
2009	250,085	3,390	1.37	0.0036
2010	253,527	3,442	1.38	0.0036
2011	257,054	3,527	1.39	0.0037
2012	260,653	3,599	1.40	0.0037
2013	264,242	3,589	1.38	0.0037
2014	267,739	3,497	1.32	0.0037
2015	271,065	3,326	1.24	0.0037
2016	274,191	3,126	1.15	0.0037
2017	277,150	2,959	1.08	0.0037
2018	279,993	2,843	1.03	0.0037
2019	282,750	2,757	0.98	0.0037