# Population in New Caledonia

Population in New Caledonia was 295,333 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `nc`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/new-caledonia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/new-caledonia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=nc

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 295,333 |
| 2024 | 292,639 |
| 2023 | 289,870 |
| 2022 | 287,123 |
| 2021 | 285,214 |
| 2020 | 284,176 |
| 2019 | 283,606 |
| 2018 | 283,541 |
| 2017 | 283,546 |
| 2016 | 283,423 |
| 2015 | 283,168 |
| 2014 | 281,224 |
| 2013 | 276,822 |
| 2012 | 271,633 |
| 2011 | 266,543 |
| 2010 | 261,582 |
| 2009 | 257,250 |
| 2008 | 253,825 |
| 2007 | 250,725 |
| 2006 | 247,547 |
| 2005 | 244,381 |
| 2004 | 240,852 |
| 2003 | 236,678 |
| 2002 | 232,236 |
| 2001 | 227,707 |
| 2000 | 223,098 |
| 1999 | 218,527 |
| 1998 | 214,047 |
| 1997 | 209,560 |
| 1996 | 205,034 |
| 1995 | 200,379 |
| 1994 | 195,614 |
| 1993 | 190,857 |
| 1992 | 186,072 |
| 1991 | 181,238 |
| 1990 | 176,456 |
| 1989 | 172,029 |
| 1988 | 168,502 |
| 1987 | 165,650 |
| 1986 | 162,898 |
| 1985 | 160,234 |
| 1984 | 157,583 |
| 1983 | 155,003 |
| 1982 | 153,001 |
| 1981 | 151,441 |
| 1980 | 149,817 |
| 1979 | 148,132 |
| 1978 | 146,392 |
| 1977 | 144,599 |
| 1976 | 142,091 |
| 1975 | 137,462 |
| 1974 | 131,452 |
| 1973 | 125,585 |
| 1972 | 119,931 |
| 1971 | 114,514 |
| 1970 | 109,338 |
| 1969 | 104,849 |
| 1968 | 101,441 |
| 1967 | 98,587 |
| 1966 | 95,820 |
| 1965 | 93,159 |
| 1964 | 90,602 |
| 1963 | 88,050 |
| 1962 | 85,334 |
| 1961 | 82,521 |
| 1960 | 79,819 |