Population of New Caledonia (2025)

New Caledonia population

298,066

Births this year: 35,958 Births today 10
Deaths this year 13,248 Deaths today 4

New Caledonia Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Roman Catholic 60% 165,213 people
Protestant 30% 82,607 people
other 10% 27,536 people

New Caledonia Population by Ethnic groups (2009 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Kanak 40.3% 110,968 people
European 29.2% 80,404 people
Wallisian, Futunian 8.7% 23,956 people
Tahitian 2% 5,507 people
Indonesian 1.6% 4,406 people
Vietnamese 1% 2,754 people
Ni-Vanuatu 0.9% 2,478 people
other 16.2% 44,608 people

New Caledonia population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 295,594 147,986 147,608 100 100 100 100.3
00-04 20,477 10,474 10,003 6.9 7.1 6.8 104.7
05-09 20,441 10,450 9,991 6.9 7.1 6.8 104.6
10-14 20,240 10,335 9,905 6.8 7 6.7 104.3
15-19 20,030 10,302 9,728 6.8 7 6.6 105.9
20-24 20,694 10,617 10,077 7 7.2 6.8 105.4
25-29 22,246 11,362 10,884 7.5 7.7 7.4 104.4
30-34 23,519 11,986 11,533 8 8.1 7.8 103.9
35-39 21,065 10,675 10,390 7.1 7.2 7 102.7
40-44 18,631 9,393 9,238 6.3 6.3 6.3 101.7
45-49 18,586 9,287 9,299 6.3 6.3 6.3 99.9
50-54 19,444 9,627 9,817 6.6 6.5 6.7 98.1
55-59 17,634 8,771 8,863 6 5.9 6 99
60-64 16,036 7,957 8,079 5.4 5.4 5.5 98.5
65-69 12,846 6,241 6,605 4.3 4.2 4.5 94.5
70-74 9,594 4,510 5,084 3.2 3 3.4 88.7
75-79 6,869 3,104 3,765 2.3 2.1 2.6 82.4
80-84 4,299 1,860 2,439 1.5 1.3 1.7 76.3
85-89 2,067 791 1,276 0.7 0.5 0.9 62
90-94 694 207 487 0.2 0.1 0.3 42.5
95-99 167 36 131 0.1 0 0.1 27.5
100+ 15 1 14 0 0 0 7.1

New Caledonia Age structure and Population pyramid

New Caledonia Age structure and Population pyramid

New Caledonia Sex ratio

New Caledonia Sex ratio

New Caledonia Dependency ratios

Chart working age in New Caledonia

New Caledonia Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2024 292,435 1.10 3,183 100.37 16.00
2023 289,252 1.12 3,206 100.49 15.82
2022 286,046 1.14 3,225 100.62 15.65
2021 282,821 1.16 3,244 100.76 15.47
2020 279,577 1.18 3,263 100.91 15.29
2019 276,314 1.20 3,282 101.06 15.12
2018 273,032 1.22 3,296 101.21 14.94
2017 269,736 1.24 3,305 101.37 14.76
2016 266,431 1.26 3,313 101.56 14.58
2015 263,118 1.28 3,318 101.79 14.39
2014 259,800 1.30 3,327 102.07 14.21
2013 256,473 1.32 3,344 102.40 14.03
2012 253,129 1.35 3,374 102.71 13.85
2011 249,755 1.38 3,410 102.90 13.66
2010 246,345 1.42 3,454 102.91 13.48
2005 228,683 8.90 18,686 101.10 12.51
2000 209,997 10.99 20,799 102.61 11.49
1995 189,198 12.26 20,661 104.47 10.35
1990 168,537 9.49 14,608 104.15 9.22
1985 153,929 8.50 12,063 104.21 8.42
1980 141,866 10.65 13,650 105.87 7.76
1975 128,216 22.08 23,191 108.41 7.01
1970 105,025 15.16 13,828 109.38 5.75
1965 91,197 16.83 13,139 110.91 4.99
1960 78,058 15.21 10,308 111.49 4.27
1955 67,750 4.51 2,926 111.26 3.71
1950 64,824 111.23 3.55
Chart population New Caledonia Population (1950 - 2025)