New Caledonia
New Caledonia in numbers — 13 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
New Caledonia recorded GDP per capita: 29,213 (2024), ranking 58 of 212 worldwide; Population: 295,333 (2025), ranking 178 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 78.9 (2024), ranking 60 of 217 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+5257%) and GDP growth the largest decrease (-251%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits above the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 13 comparable series are higher and 4 are lower.
Its population of 295,333 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
12 of 13 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later; the remaining 1 end earlier because the underlying collection is less frequent.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 295,333 | 2025 | +270.0% |
| Population growth | 0.92% | 2025 | -72.5% |
| Urban population | 68.17% | 2025 | +86.3% |
| GDP | 8,548,919,387.13 | 2024 | +5256.7% |
| GDP per capita | 29,213.19 | 2024 | +1605.2% |
| GDP growth | -13.5% | 2024 | -250.8% |
| Life expectancy | 78.92 | 2024 | +50.8% |
| CO2 per capita | 17.08 | 2024 | +73.3% |
| Labor participation | 56.42% | 2025 | -12.7% |
| Unemployment | 11.17% | 2025 | -38.3% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +0.2% |
| Forest area | 45.83% | 2023 | +0.8% |
| Internet users | 82.01% | 2017 | — |