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New Caledonia

Territoryof France

Special collectivity of France. A 2025 agreement proposed making it a State of New Caledonia within France; it had not been put into effect by 2026.[1][2][3] Draft, not yet reviewed

Capital
Population
295,333 in 2025[5]
Other published figures
  • 278,500in 2017[6]
Land area
18,576 km²[7]
Total area
18,576 km²[8] land and water
Official language
Currency
Coast
Yes[12]
Continent
Official name
  • Nouvelle-Calédonie[13]

Parts of New Caledonia

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Through time

Population over time[5]
19602025295.3K

79,819 in 1960, 295,333 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196079,819
196182,521
196285,334
196388,050
196490,602
196593,159
196695,820
196798,587
1968101,441
1969104,849
1970109,338
1971114,514
1972119,931
1973125,585
1974131,452
1975137,462
1976142,091
1977144,599
1978146,392
1979148,132
1980149,817
1981151,441
1982153,001
1983155,003
1984157,583
1985160,234
1986162,898
1987165,650
1988168,502
1989172,029
1990176,456
1991181,238
1992186,072
1993190,857
1994195,614
1995200,379
1996205,034
1997209,560
1998214,047
1999218,527
2000223,098
2001227,707
2002232,236
2003236,678
2004240,852
2005244,381
2006247,547
2007250,725
2008253,825
2009257,250
2010261,582
2011266,543
2012271,633
2013276,822
2014281,224
2015283,168
2016283,423
2017283,546
2018283,541
2019283,606
2020284,176
2021285,214
2022287,123
2023289,870
2024292,639
2025295,333

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
NC[14]
ISO alpha-3
NCL[15]
ISO numeric
540[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: New Caledonia Written by this project from the cited sources.
  2. Wikipedia: Overseas France Written by this project from the cited sources.
  3. United Nations: Non-Self-Governing Territories Written by this project from the cited sources.
  4. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), capital: Nouméa (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), population (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  8. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), area (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), official language: French (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), currency: CFP Franc (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), continent: Insular Oceania (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), official name (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: New Caledonia (Q33788), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563710011) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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