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
editYear | Pop. | ±% 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% |
2022 | 269,815 | −0.20% |
2023 | 268,510 | −0.48% |
ISEE[1] |
Vital statistics
editBirths 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 |
2023 | 3,358 | 1,440 | 1,918 | 12.5 | 5.4 | 7.1 |
Structure of the population
editAge 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
editEthnic 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]
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
editThe following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.[5]
Age structure
edit- 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
edit- 297,160
Population growth rate
edit- 1.19%
- 14.13 births/1,000 population
- 5.88 deaths/1,000 population
- 3.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Total population: 78.83 years
- Male: 74.93 years
- Female: 82.92 years
- 1.86 children born/woman
Nationality
edit- noun: New Caledonian(s)
- adjective: New Caledonian
Religions
edit- Roman Catholic 60%
- Protestant 30%
- Other 10%
Ethnic groups
edit- 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
edit- French (official)
- 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
- Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 96.9%
- Male: 97.3%
- Female: 96.5%
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Population at Different Censuses". isee.nc. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "ISEE - Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie". www.isee.nc.
- ^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Population Structure of Communities". isee.nc. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Australia-Oceania ::NEW CALEDONIA". CIA The World Factbook. 15 December 2021.