French Polynesia vs New Caledonia: Population

French Polynesia

281,125 people

in 2023

New Caledonia

289,879 people

in 2023

French Polynesia rank

186th

New Caledonia rank

184th

Population over time

New Caledonia currently reports 289,879 people against 281,125 people in French Polynesia, a difference of 8,754 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1700 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 186th and New Caledonia ranks 184th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.