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

Historical populations
YearPop.±% p.a.
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%
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Vital statistics

Births and deaths[2]

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

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

Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constituted 41.2% of the population in 2019, followed by Europeans 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
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

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

Age structure

  • 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

  • 297,160

Population growth rate

  • 1.19%

Birth rate

  • 14.13 births/1,000 population

Death rate

  • 5.88 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

  • 3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio

  • 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

  • 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

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

Total fertility rate

  • 1.86 children born/woman

Nationality

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

Religions

Ethnic groups

Languages

Literacy

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

See also

References

  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.