Demographics of New Caledonia

New Caledonia population pyramid in 2020

Demographic features of the population of New Caledonia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

## Historical population

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Historical populationsYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1956 | 68,480| —
1963 | 86,519| +3.40%
1969 | 100,579| +2.54%
1976 | 133,233| +4.10%
1983 | 145,368| +1.25%
1989 | 164,173| +2.05%
1996 | 196,836| +2.63%
2004 | 230,789| +2.01%
2009 | 245,580| +1.25%
2014 | 268,767| +1.82%
2019 | 271,407| +0.20%
2022 | 269,815| −0.20%
2023 | 268,510| −0.48%
ISEE[1]

## Vital statistics

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Births and deaths[2]

Year  | Population  | Live births  | Deaths  | Natural increase  | Crude birth rate  | Crude death rate  | Rate of natural increase  | TFR

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1981  | 140,050  | 3,668  | 914  | 2,754  | 27.7  | 6.4  | 21.3  | 3.64
1982  | 145,700  | 3,830  | 914  | 2,916  | 26.3  | 6.3  | 20.0  | 3.41
1983  | 148,700  | 3,832  | 848  | 2,984  | 25.8  | 5.7  | 20.1  | 3.33
1984  | 151,650  | 3,763  | 905  | 2,858  | 24.8  | 6.0  | 18.8  | 3.17
1985  | 154,450  | 3,619  | 891  | 2,728  | 23.4  | 5.8  | 17.7  | 3.00
1986  | 157,350  | 3,921  | 904  | 3,017  | 24.9  | 5.7  | 19.2  | 3.17
1987  | 160,500  | 4,122  | 913  | 3,209  | 25.7  | 5.7  | 20.0  | 3.25
1988  | 163,650  | 4,035  | 962  | 3,073  | 24.7  | 5.9  | 18.8  | 3.10
1989  | 166,898  | 3,944  | 990  | 2,954  | 23.6  | 5.9  | 17.7  | 2.97
1990  | 170,899  | 4,378  | 928  | 3,450  | 25.6  | 5.4  | 20.2  | 3.19
1991  | 175,362  | 4,501  | 978  | 3,523  | 25.7  | 5.6  | 20.1  | 3.15
1992  | 179,799  | 4,405  | 931  | 3,474  | 24.5  | 5.2  | 19.3  | 2.99
1993  | 184,496  | 4,337  | 954  | 3,383  | 23.5  | 5.2  | 18.3  | 2.86
1994  | 189,482  | 4,267  | 1,060  | 3,207  | 22.5  | 5.6  | 16.9  | 2.70
1995  | 193,816  | 4,242  | 1,020  | 3,222  | 21.9  | 5.3  | 16.6  | 2.59
1996  | 197,564  | 4,401  | 1,020  | 3,381  | 22.3  | 5.2  | 17.1  | 2.65
1997  | 201,418  | 4,490  | 1,016  | 3,474  | 22.3  | 5.0  | 17.2  | 2.67
1998  | 205,279  | 4,352  | 982  | 3,370  | 21.2  | 4.8  | 16.4  | 2.55
1999  | 209,214  | 4,316  | 1,095  | 3,221  | 20.6  | 5.2  | 15.4  | 2.48
2000  | 213,230  | 4,566  | 1,077  | 3,489  | 21.4  | 5.1  | 16.4  | 2.59
2001  | 217,324  | 4,326  | 1,131  | 3,195  | 19.9  | 5.2  | 14.7  | 2.43
2002  | 221,490  | 4,194  | 1,121  | 3,073  | 18.9  | 5.1  | 13.9  | 2.33
2003  | 225,296  | 4,102  | 1,121  | 2,981  | 18.2  | 5.0  | 13.2  | 2.27
2004  | 228,750  | 3,978  | 1,116  | 2,862  | 17.4  | 4.9  | 12.5  |
2005  | 232,250  | 4,051  | 1,142  | 2,909  | 17.4  | 4.9  | 12.5  |
2006  | 235,750  | 4,224  | 1,113  | 3,111  | 17.9  | 4.7  | 13.2  |
2007  | 239,250  | 4,093  | 1,207  | 2,886  | 17.1  | 5.0  | 12.1  |
2008  | 242,750  | 4,015  | 1,169  | 2,846  | 16.5  | 4.8  | 11.7  |
2009  | 245,950  | 4,103  | 1,261  | 2,842  | 16.7  | 5.1  | 11.6  |
2010  | 249,750  | 4,178  | 1,191  | 2,987  | 16.7  | 4.8  | 12.0  | 2.20
2011  | 254,350  | 4,119  | 1,320  | 2,799  | 16.2  | 5.2  | 11.0  | 2.15
2012  | 259,000  | 4,389  | 1,322  | 3,067  | 16.9  | 5.1  | 11.8  | 2.28
2013  | 263,650  | 4,373  | 1,374  | 2,999  | 16.6  | 5.2  | 11.4  | 2.19
2014  | 268,050  | 4,370  | 1,406  | 2,964  | 16.3  | 5.2  | 11.1  | 2.17
2015  | 269,460  | 4,191  | 1,465  | 2,726  | 15.6  | 5.4  | 10.2  | 2.08
2016  | 270,220  | 4,271  | 1,569  | 2,702  | 15.8  | 5.8  | 10.0  | 2.13
2017  | 270,810  | 4,067  | 1,531  | 2,536  | 15.0  | 5.7  | 9.3  | 2.04
2018  | 271,240  | 4,076  | 1,556  | 2,520  | 15.0  | 5.7  | 9.3  | 2.06
2019  | 271,228  | 4,110  | 1,627  | 2,483  | 15.2  | 6.0  | 9.2  | 2.10
2020  | 271,080  | 3,991  | 1,540  | 2,451  | 14.6  | 5.7  | 8.9  | 2.05
2021  | 270,390  | 3,931  | 1,985  | 1,946  | 14.3  | 7.3  | 7.0  | 2.05
2022  | 269,215  | 3,805  | 1,900  | 1,905  | 14.1  | 7.1  | 7.0  | 2.02

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### Structure of the population

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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2017): [3]

Age Group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | %

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Total  | 140 000  | 138 495  | 278 495  | 100
0–4  | 10 481  | 10 106  | 20 587  | 7.39
5–9  | 11 009  | 10 286  | 21 295  | 7.65
10–14  | 10 922  | 10 583  | 21 505  | 7.72
15–19  | 11 621  | 11 342  | 22 963  | 8.25
20–24  | 10 329  | 9 608  | 19 937  | 7.16
25–29  | 10 338  | 10 400  | 20 738  | 7.45
30–34  | 10 760  | 10 727  | 21 487  | 7.72
35–39  | 10 255  | 10 462  | 20 717  | 7.44
40–44  | 10 853  | 10 702  | 21 555  | 7.74
45–49  | 9 795  | 9 949  | 19 744  | 7.09
50–54  | 8 939  | 8 780  | 17 719  | 6.36
55–59  | 7 010  | 6 945  | 13 955  | 5.01
60–64  | 5 722  | 5 508  | 11 230  | 4.03
65-69  | 4 516  | 4 361  | 8 877  | 3.19
70-74  | 3 339  | 3 311  | 6 650  | 2.39
75-79  | 2 157  | 2 485  | 4 642  | 1.67
80-84  | 1 198  | 1 595  | 2 793  | 1.00
85-89  | 607  | 931  | 1 538  | 0.55
90-94  | 119  | 317  | 436  | 0.16
95+  | 30  | 97  | 127  | 0.05
Age group  | Male  | Female  | Total  | Percent
0–14  | 32 412  | 30 975  | 63 387  | 22.76
15–64  | 95 622  | 94 423  | 190 045  | 68.24
65+  | 11 966  | 13 097  | 25 063  | 9.00

## Ethnic groups

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Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constituted 41.2% of the population in 2019, followed by Europeans (Caldoche and Zoreille) with 24.1%. The Europeans are the largest ethnic group in the South Province, where they make up a plurality, while Kanak are the majority in the two other provinces. The remainder of the population are Wallis and Futunan (8.3%), Tahitian (2.0%), Indonesians (1.4%), Ni-Vanuatu (0.9%), Vietnamese, other Asian (0.4%), Mixed (11.3%), and belong to other ethnic groups (9.5%). An estimate of 15,000 Caledonians were of Algerian descent.[4]

Population of New Caledonia according to ethnic group 1963-2019 Ethnic
group  | census
1963  | census
1969  | census
1976  | census
1983  | census
1989  | census
1996  | census
2009  | census
2014  | census
2019

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Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %  | Number  | %
Kanak | 41,190 | 47.6 | 46,200 | 45.9 | 55,598 | 41.7 | 61,870 | 42.6 | 73,598 | 44.8 | 86,788 | 44.1 | 99,078 | 40.3 | 104,958 | 39.1 | 111,856 | 41.2
Europeans | 33,355 | 38.6 | 41,268 | 41.0 | 50,757 | 38.1 | 53,974 | 37.1 | 55,085 | 33.6 | 67,151 | 34.1 | 71,721 | 29.2 | 73,199 | 27.2 | 65,488 | 24.1
Wallisians and Futunians | 11,974 | 13.8 | 13,111 | 13.0 | 9,571 | 7.2 | 12,174 | 8.4 | 14,186 | 8.6 | 17,763 | 9.0 | 21,262 | 8.7 | 21,926 | 8.2 | 22,520 | 8.3
Tahitians | 6,391 | 4.8 | 5,570 | 3.8 | 4,750 | 2.9 | 5,871 | 2.6 | 4,985 | 2.0 | 5,608 | 2.1 | 5,366 | 2.0
Ni-Vanuatu | 1,050 | 0.8 | 1,212 | 0.8 | 1,683 | 1.0 | 2,244 | 1.1 | 2,327 | 0.9 | 2,568 | 1.0 | 2,313 | 0.9
Indonesians | 5,111 | 3.8 | 5,319 | 3.7 | 5,191 | 3.2 | 5,003 | 2.5 | 3,767 | 1.6 | 3,859 | 1.4 | 3,786 | 1.4
Vietnamese | 1,943 | 1.5 | 2,381 | 1.6 | 2,461 | 1.5 | 2,822 | 1.4 | 2,357 | 1.0 | 2,506 | 0.9 | 2,230 | 0.8
Others  | 2,812 | 2.1 | 2,868 | 2.0 | 7,219 | 4.4 | 9,894 | 5.0 | 39,865 | 16.2 | 54,143 | 20.1 | 57,848 | 21.3
Total  | 86,519  | 100,579  | 133,233  | 145,368  | 164,173  | 196,836  | 245,580  | 268,767  | 271,407

## CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

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The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.[5]

### Age structure

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* 0–14 years: 21.74% (male 32,227/female 30,819)
* 15–24 years: 15.63% (male 23,164/female 22,163)
* 25–54 years: 43.73% (male 63,968/female 62,856)
* 55–64 years: 9.06% (male 12,700/female 13,568)
* 65 years and over: 9.84% (male 12,552/female 15,992)

### Population

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* 297,160

### Population growth rate

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* 1.19%

### Birth rate

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* 14.13 births/1,000 population

### Death rate

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* 5.88 deaths/1,000 population

### Net migration rate

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* 3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population

### Sex ratio

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* At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
* 0–14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
* 15–24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
* 25–54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
* 55–64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
* 65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
* Total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)

### Infant mortality rate

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* Total: 5 deaths/1,000 live births
* Male: 5.97 deaths/1,000 live births
* Female: 3.98 deaths/1,000 live births

### Life expectancy at birth

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* Total population: 78.83 years
* Male: 74.93 years
* Female: 82.92 years

### Total fertility rate

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* 1.86 children born/woman

### Nationality

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* noun: New Caledonian(s)
* adjective: New Caledonian

### Religions

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* Roman Catholic 60%
* Protestant 30%
* Other 10%

### Ethnic groups

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* Kanak 39.1%
* European 27.1%
* Wallisian and Futunian 8.2%
* Tahitian 2.1%
* Indonesian 1.4%
* Ni-Vanuatu 1%
* Vietnamese 0.9%
* Other 17.7%
* Unspecified 2.5%

### Languages

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* French (official)
* 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

### Literacy

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* Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
* Total population: 96.9%
* Male: 97.3%
* Female: 96.5%

## See also

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* New Caledonia
* Europeans in Oceania
* Demographics of France

## References

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1. ^ "The Population at Different Censuses". isee.nc. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
2. ^ "ISEE - Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie". www.isee.nc.
3. ^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
4. ^ "Population Structure of Communities". isee.nc. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
5. ^ "Australia-Oceania ::NEW CALEDONIA". CIA The World Factbook. 15 December 2021.

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