🇳🇨New Caledonia

Noum'ea

Asia

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Population

295.3K

0.9%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.96

births/woman

Life Expectancy

78.9y

GDP / capita

$29.2K

Pop. Growth

0.92%

Net Migration

440

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in New Caledonia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇫🇷France48.9K(82.4%)

+35%

🇻🇺Vanuatu4K(6.8%)

−14%

🇮🇩

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male145.7KTotal 295.3K149.6KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

3.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇹🇳Tunisia696(1.2%)

−14%

🇱🇦Lao PDR656(1.1%)

−15%

🇩🇿Algeria652(1.1%)

−15%

🇻🇳Viet Nam647(1.1%)

−14%

🇰🇭Cambodia613(1.0%)

−15%

🇲🇦Morocco610(1.0%)

−15%

🇵🇫French Polynesia591(1.0%)

+66%

🇮🇹Italy291(0.5%)

−15%

🇦🇺Australia285(0.5%)

−15%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the New Caledonia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in New Caledonia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇵🇫French Polynesia2.2K(55.0%)

+0%

🇦🇺Australia1.5K(37.4%)

+5%

🇻🇺Vanuatu267(6.6%)

+10%

🇸🇧Solomon Islands31(0.8%)

−14%

🇳🇴Norway9(0.2%)

+29%

🇭🇺Hungary2(0.0%)

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024