World population growth in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: World population growth was -0.2% in 2100. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2100)
-0.2%
Change on year
down 18.1%
World rank
111th
of 239 countries
All-time high
4.6%
in 1970
All-time low
-0.2%
in 2100
Years of data
158
1700–2100
World population growth in New Caledonia, 1700–2100
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded -0.2% for world population growth in 2100. That is the lowest value across all 158 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.1% on the previous year and down 53.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, world population growth in New Caledonia peaked at 4.6% in 1970 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 2100.
New Caledonia ranks 111th of 239 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
World population growth in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1700 | 0.1% | — |
| 1800 | 0.5% | +387.0% |
| 1900 | 0.3% | -33.9% |
| 1910 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1920 | 0.3% | -25.3% |
| 1930 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 1950 | 1.4% | +463.7% |
| 1951 | 1.5% | +4.6% |
| 1952 | 1.6% | +6.2% |
| 1953 | 1.7% | +4.3% |
| 1954 | 1.7% | +4.9% |
| 1955 | 1.8% | +4.1% |
| 1956 | 2.4% | +30.6% |
| 1957 | 3.1% | +29.7% |
| 1958 | 3.1% | +2.9% |
| 1959 | 3.2% | +2.4% |
| 1960 | 3.3% | +2.5% |
| 1961 | 3.4% | +2.0% |
| 1962 | 3.3% | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 2.9% | -12.2% |
| 1964 | 2.8% | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 2.8% | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 2.8% | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 2.8% | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 2.9% | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 3.7% | +30.8% |
| 1970 | 4.6% | +23.8% |
| 1971 | 4.6% | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 4.6% | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 4.6% | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 4.5% | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 4.4% | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 2.3% | -48.9% |
| 1977 | 1.3% | -44.3% |
| 1978 | 1.2% | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.2% | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 1.1% | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 1.0% | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 1.0% | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 1.6% | +59.3% |
| 1984 | 1.7% | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 1.6% | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 1.7% | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 1.7% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 1.7% | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 2.4% | +39.3% |
| 1990 | 2.7% | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 2.7% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 2.6% | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 2.5% | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 2.2% | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 2.1% | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 2.1% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -22.7% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | +21.4% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | +27.2% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -32.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -91.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -37.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -73.9% |
| 2018 | -0.0% | -216.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -419.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +400.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +138.1% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | -4.4% |
| 2026 | 0.8% | -7.4% |
| 2027 | 0.8% | -0.6% |
| 2028 | 0.8% | -1.5% |
| 2029 | 0.8% | -4.7% |
| 2030 | 0.7% | -4.4% |
| 2031 | 0.7% | -2.3% |
| 2032 | 0.7% | -3.6% |
| 2033 | 0.7% | -4.0% |
| 2034 | 0.6% | -5.2% |
| 2035 | 0.6% | -2.0% |
| 2036 | 0.6% | -1.8% |
| 2037 | 0.6% | -1.3% |
| 2038 | 0.6% | -5.6% |
| 2039 | 0.5% | -7.6% |
| 2040 | 0.5% | -5.7% |
| 2041 | 0.5% | -4.6% |
| 2042 | 0.5% | +7.0% |
| 2043 | 0.5% | -8.7% |
| 2044 | 0.4% | -9.5% |
| 2045 | 0.4% | -1.7% |
| 2046 | 0.4% | -8.5% |
| 2047 | 0.3% | -17.8% |
| 2048 | 0.3% | -5.5% |
| 2049 | 0.3% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 0.3% | -10.0% |
| 2051 | 0.2% | -15.3% |
| 2052 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
| 2053 | 0.2% | -4.4% |
| 2054 | 0.2% | -24.8% |
| 2055 | 0.2% | +2.4% |
| 2056 | 0.1% | -20.2% |
| 2057 | 0.1% | +5.2% |
| 2058 | 0.2% | +9.9% |
| 2059 | 0.1% | -40.6% |
| 2060 | 0.1% | +3.3% |
| 2061 | 0.1% | -26.3% |
| 2062 | 0.1% | -7.1% |
| 2063 | 0.1% | -1.5% |
| 2064 | 0.1% | +4.7% |
| 2065 | 0.0% | -46.3% |
| 2066 | 0.0% | -19.4% |
| 2067 | -0.0% | -169.0% |
| 2068 | -0.0% | -20.0% |
| 2069 | -0.0% | +81.2% |
| 2070 | -0.0% | -27.6% |
| 2071 | -0.0% | +23.8% |
| 2072 | -0.0% | -11.5% |
| 2073 | -0.0% | -56.5% |
| 2074 | -0.0% | -50.0% |
| 2075 | -0.0% | +720.0% |
| 2076 | -0.0% | -19.5% |
| 2077 | -0.0% | +30.3% |
| 2078 | -0.1% | +93.0% |
| 2079 | -0.1% | -7.2% |
| 2080 | -0.0% | -53.2% |
| 2081 | -0.1% | +80.6% |
| 2082 | -0.1% | -13.8% |
| 2083 | -0.0% | -12.5% |
| 2084 | -0.1% | +110.2% |
| 2085 | -0.1% | -12.6% |
| 2086 | -0.1% | +25.6% |
| 2087 | -0.1% | +12.4% |
| 2088 | -0.1% | +3.9% |
| 2089 | -0.1% | -10.6% |
| 2090 | -0.1% | +15.3% |
| 2091 | -0.1% | +10.3% |
| 2092 | -0.1% | -8.7% |
| 2093 | -0.1% | +6.6% |
| 2094 | -0.2% | +10.3% |
| 2095 | -0.2% | +11.2% |
| 2096 | -0.2% | -4.5% |
| 2097 | -0.2% | +21.1% |
| 2098 | -0.2% | -11.1% |
| 2099 | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| 2100 | -0.2% | +18.1% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's -0.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is -0.3%, 61% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's -0.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is -0.3%, 66% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where World population growth in New Caledonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2075 | -720.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1950 | +463.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| 2019 | +419.0% | -0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2020 | +400.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 1800 | +387.0% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 2018 | -216.7% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1950s | 2.1% | 1.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.3% | 1.2% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | -0.0% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2030s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2040s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2050s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2060s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2070s | -0.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 2080s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 2090s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2100s | -0.2% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 1 |
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More population data for New Caledonia
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.1918 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -3.14 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.1918 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.1079 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.4774 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population density 18.45 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 15,426 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.2% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per unit of GDP 0 people per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is world population growth in New Caledonia?
- World population growth in New Caledonia was -0.2% in 2100, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest world population growth recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 1970.
- What is the lowest world population growth recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 2100.
- How does New Caledonia rank for world population growth?
- New Caledonia ranks 111th out of 239 countries with data for 2100.
- Is world population growth rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of World population growth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.