Population of New Caledonia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Mar 2025

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The current population of New Caledonia is 295,217 as of June 16, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of New Caledonia is projected at 295,333, or 295k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in New Caledonia is projected at 292,639, or 293k people, for the year 2024.

New Caledonia is the seventh-most populous country in Oceania, and at 185th position in the world in the list of 237 countries/territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

New Caledonia population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	63,335	63,790	910	1.427	0.00256
1951	64,245	64,728	966	1.492	0.00255
1952	65,211	65,732	1,042	1.585	0.00254
1953	66,253	66,805	1,104	1.653	0.00254
1954	67,357	67,946	1,178	1.734	0.00253
1955	68,535	69,159	1,248	1.805	0.00252
1956	69,783	70,615	1,664	2.357	0.00253
1957	71,447	72,555	2,217	3.056	0.00254
1958	73,664	74,841	2,353	3.144	0.00257
1959	76,017	77,260	2,486	3.218	0.00260
1960	78,503	79,819	2,631	3.297	0.00265
1961	81,134	82,521	2,774	3.362	0.00269
1962	83,908	85,334	2,851	3.341	0.00273
1963	86,759	88,050	2,582	2.933	0.00276
1964	89,341	90,602	2,521	2.783	0.00278
1965	91,862	93,159	2,595	2.786	0.00279
1966	94,457	95,820	2,726	2.845	0.00281
1967	97,183	98,587	2,808	2.848	0.00284
1968	99,991	101,441	2,899	2.858	0.00286
1969	102,890	104,849	3,918	3.737	0.00290
1970	106,808	109,338	5,059	4.628	0.00296
1971	111,867	114,514	5,295	4.625	0.00304
1972	117,162	119,931	5,538	4.618	0.00312
1973	122,700	125,585	5,771	4.596	0.00320
1974	128,471	131,452	5,961	4.536	0.00329
1975	134,432	137,462	6,059	4.408	0.00338
1976	140,491	142,091	3,201	2.253	0.00343
1977	143,692	144,599	1,814	1.255	0.00343
1978	145,506	146,392	1,771	1.210	0.00341
1979	147,277	148,132	1,711	1.155	0.00339
1980	148,988	149,817	1,659	1.107	0.00337
1981	150,647	151,441	1,589	1.049	0.00334
1982	152,236	153,001	1,531	1.001	0.00332
1983	153,767	155,003	2,472	1.595	0.00330
1984	156,239	157,583	2,688	1.706	0.00330
1985	158,927	160,234	2,615	1.632	0.00329
1986	161,542	162,898	2,712	1.665	0.00329
1987	164,254	165,650	2,793	1.686	0.00328
1988	167,047	168,502	2,911	1.728	0.00328
1989	169,958	172,029	4,141	2.407	0.00329
1990	174,099	176,456	4,714	2.672	0.00331
1991	178,813	181,238	4,850	2.676	0.00334
1992	183,663	186,072	4,818	2.589	0.00338
1993	188,481	190,857	4,751	2.489	0.00341
1994	193,232	195,614	4,764	2.436	0.00345
1995	197,996	200,379	4,765	2.378	0.00348
1996	202,761	205,034	4,546	2.217	0.00351
1997	207,307	209,560	4,506	2.150	0.00354
1998	211,813	214,047	4,467	2.087	0.00356
1999	216,280	218,527	4,494	2.057	0.00359
2000	220,774	223,098	4,648	2.083	0.00361
2001	225,422	227,707	4,569	2.007	0.00364
2002	229,991	232,236	4,489	1.933	0.00366
2003	234,480	236,678	4,395	1.857	0.00369
2004	238,875	240,852	3,954	1.642	0.00370
2005	242,829	244,381	3,104	1.270	0.00371
2006	245,933	247,547	3,227	1.304	0.00371
2007	249,160	250,725	3,130	1.248	0.00371
2008	252,290	253,825	3,070	1.210	0.00371
2009	255,360	257,250	3,779	1.469	0.00371
2010	259,139	261,582	4,886	1.868	0.00373
2011	264,025	266,543	5,035	1.889	0.00375
2012	269,060	271,633	5,146	1.895	0.00377
2013	274,206	276,822	5,232	1.890	0.00380
2014	279,438	281,224	3,573	1.271	0.00381
2015	283,011	283,168	314	0.111	0.00379
2016	283,325	283,423	196	0.069	0.00375
2017	283,521	283,546	50	0.018	0.00371
2018	283,571	283,541	-60	-0.021	0.00367
2019	283,511	283,606	190	0.067	0.00363
2020	283,701	284,176	951	0.335	0.00360
2021	284,652	285,214	1,124	0.394	0.00359
2022	285,776	287,123	2,694	0.938	0.00358
2023	288,470	289,870	2,799	0.966	0.00358

New Caledonia population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	291,269	292,639	2,741	0.937	0.00359
2025	294,010	295,333	2,646	0.896	0.00359
2026	296,656	297,892	2,473	0.830	0.00359
2027	299,129	300,368	2,479	0.825	0.00359
2028	301,608	302,839	2,462	0.813	0.00359
2029	304,070	305,253	2,367	0.775	0.00359
2030	306,437	307,577	2,280	0.741	0.00359
2031	308,717	309,838	2,242	0.724	0.00359
2032	310,959	312,048	2,179	0.698	0.00359
2033	313,138	314,190	2,105	0.670	0.00359
2034	315,243	316,247	2,007	0.635	0.00358
2035	317,250	318,240	1,979	0.622	0.00358
2036	319,229	320,208	1,958	0.611	0.00358
2037	321,187	322,158	1,942	0.603	0.00358
2038	323,129	324,051	1,845	0.569	0.00358
2039	324,974	325,830	1,713	0.526	0.00357
2040	326,687	327,500	1,625	0.496	0.00357
2041	328,312	329,091	1,558	0.473	0.00356
2042	329,870	330,707	1,673	0.506	0.00356
2043	331,543	332,311	1,536	0.462	0.00356
2044	333,079	333,777	1,396	0.418	0.00355
2045	334,475	335,163	1,376	0.411	0.00355
2046	335,851	336,483	1,265	0.376	0.00355
2047	337,116	337,638	1,044	0.309	0.00354
2048	338,160	338,655	990	0.292	0.00354
2049	339,150	339,643	986	0.290	0.00353
2050	340,136	340,580	889	0.261	0.00352
2051	341,025	341,402	754	0.221	0.00352
2052	341,779	342,168	779	0.228	0.00351
2053	342,558	342,931	746	0.218	0.00351
2054	343,304	343,585	562	0.164	0.00350
2055	343,866	344,155	578	0.168	0.00350
2056	344,444	344,675	462	0.134	0.00349
2057	344,906	345,150	488	0.141	0.00348
2058	345,394	345,661	535	0.155	0.00348
2059	345,929	346,087	317	0.092	0.00347
2060	346,246	346,411	329	0.095	0.00347
2061	346,575	346,695	241	0.070	0.00346
2062	346,816	346,928	224	0.065	0.00346
2063	347,040	347,151	222	0.064	0.00345
2064	347,262	347,378	233	0.067	0.00345
2065	347,495	347,557	124	0.036	0.00344
2066	347,619	347,670	102	0.029	0.00344
2067	347,721	347,687	-68	-0.020	0.00343
2068	347,653	347,626	-54	-0.016	0.00342
2069	347,599	347,548	-101	-0.029	0.00342
2070	347,498	347,462	-73	-0.021	0.00341
2071	347,425	347,380	-90	-0.026	0.00340
2072	347,335	347,295	-81	-0.023	0.00340
2073	347,254	347,238	-33	-0.010	0.00339
2074	347,221	347,213	-16	-0.005	0.00339
2075	347,205	347,134	-142	-0.041	0.00339
2076	347,063	347,007	-113	-0.033	0.00338
2077	346,950	346,876	-148	-0.043	0.00338
2078	346,802	346,658	-289	-0.083	0.00337
2079	346,513	346,379	-268	-0.077	0.00337
2080	346,245	346,183	-123	-0.036	0.00337
2081	346,122	346,010	-225	-0.065	0.00336
2082	345,897	345,800	-193	-0.056	0.00336
2083	345,704	345,619	-170	-0.049	0.00336
2084	345,534	345,357	-354	-0.103	0.00336
2085	345,180	345,026	-309	-0.090	0.00335
2086	344,871	344,676	-390	-0.113	0.00335
2087	344,481	344,262	-438	-0.127	0.00335
2088	344,043	343,817	-453	-0.132	0.00334
2089	343,590	343,387	-406	-0.118	0.00334
2090	343,184	342,951	-466	-0.136	0.00334
2091	342,718	342,462	-513	-0.150	0.00334
2092	342,205	341,971	-467	-0.137	0.00333
2093	341,738	341,488	-499	-0.146	0.00333
2094	341,239	340,964	-550	-0.161	0.00333
2095	340,689	340,384	-610	-0.179	0.00333
2096	340,079	339,788	-582	-0.171	0.00332
2097	339,497	339,146	-703	-0.207	0.00332
2098	338,794	338,483	-623	-0.184	0.00332
2099	338,171	337,872	-598	-0.177	0.00331
2100	337,573	337,221	-704	-0.209	0.00331