What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between New Caledonia and Vanuatu?

30,543 people, with Vanuatu ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Vanuatu?

106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

New Caledonia vs Vanuatu: The global population hockey stick

New Caledonia

289,879 people

in 2023

Vanuatu

320,422 people

in 2023

New Caledonia rank

185th

Vanuatu rank

182nd

The global population hockey stick over time

New Caledonia
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 320,422 people against 289,879 people in New Caledonia, a difference of 30,543 people.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times New Caledonia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was New Caledonia ahead.

New Caledonia ranks 185th and Vanuatu ranks 182nd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, New Caledonia averaged higher in 37 and Vanuatu in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	New Caledonia	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,265 people	924 people	9,341 people	New Caledonia
1100s	11,406 people	1,386 people	10,020 people	New Caledonia
1200s	12,673 people	2,079 people	10,594 people	New Caledonia
1300s	14,082 people	3,119 people	10,963 people	New Caledonia
1400s	15,646 people	4,679 people	10,967 people	New Caledonia
1500s	17,385 people	7,018 people	10,367 people	New Caledonia
1600s	19,317 people	10,528 people	8,789 people	New Caledonia
1700s	21,463 people	15,792 people	5,671 people	New Caledonia
1710s	22,593 people	16,623 people	5,970 people	New Caledonia
1720s	23,782 people	17,498 people	6,284 people	New Caledonia
1730s	25,033 people	18,419 people	6,614 people	New Caledonia
1740s	26,351 people	19,388 people	6,963 people	New Caledonia
1750s	27,738 people	20,409 people	7,329 people	New Caledonia
1760s	29,198 people	21,483 people	7,715 people	New Caledonia
1770s	30,735 people	22,614 people	8,121 people	New Caledonia
1780s	32,352 people	23,804 people	8,548 people	New Caledonia
1790s	34,055 people	25,057 people	8,998 people	New Caledonia
1800s	35,847 people	27,791 people	8,056 people	New Caledonia
1810s	37,734 people	27,791 people	9,943 people	New Caledonia
1820s	39,830 people	27,955 people	11,875 people	New Caledonia
1830s	42,043 people	30,648 people	11,395 people	New Caledonia
1840s	44,379 people	33,797 people	10,582 people	New Caledonia
1850s	46,845 people	37,268 people	9,577 people	New Caledonia
1860s	49,447 people	40,971 people	8,476 people	New Caledonia
1870s	51,152 people	45,041 people	6,111 people	New Caledonia
1880s	52,916 people	49,516 people	3,400 people	New Caledonia
1890s	54,741 people	54,434 people	307 people	New Caledonia
1900s	56,628 people	59,840 people	3,212 people	Vanuatu
1910s	58,581 people	64,963 people	6,382 people	Vanuatu
1920s	60,083 people	59,170 people	913 people	New Caledonia
1930s	61,624 people	58,144 people	3,480 people	New Caledonia
1940s	63,204 people	49,640 people	13,564 people	New Caledonia
1950s	69,360 people	56,464 people	12,897 people	New Caledonia
1960s	92,033 people	73,634 people	18,399 people	New Caledonia
1970s	131,961 people	99,176 people	32,785 people	New Caledonia
1980s	159,630 people	129,264 people	30,367 people	New Caledonia
1990s	197,789 people	165,140 people	32,649 people	New Caledonia
2000s	241,438 people	208,734 people	32,704 people	New Caledonia
2010s	277,517 people	263,937 people	13,579 people	New Caledonia
2020s	286,606 people	309,558 people	22,952 people	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, New Caledonia or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 320,422 people against 289,879 people in New Caledonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between New Caledonia and Vanuatu?: 30,543 people, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Vanuatu?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do New Caledonia and Vanuatu rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: New Caledonia ranks 185th and Vanuatu ranks 182nd of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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