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New Caledonia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for New Caledonia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.92%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -72.5% since 1961
Population growth for New Caledonia was 0.92% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.63% in 1971. The lowest was -0.00% in 2018 (about -519.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.00% per year.
New Caledonia ranks 106 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 49%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so New Caledonia sits above it. It peaked in 1971 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.92%
First (1961)
3.33%
Change
-72.5%
Highest
4.63%
in 1971
Lowest
-0.00%
in 2018
Average
2.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.00%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.92% |
| 2024 | 0.95% |
| 2023 | 0.95% |
| 2022 | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.02% |
| 2018 | -0% |
| 2017 | 0.04% |
| 2016 | 0.09% |
| 2015 | 0.69% |
| 2014 | 1.58% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.