Demographics of New Caledonia
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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
[edit]Year | 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
[edit]Births and deaths[2]
Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Rate of natural increase | TFR |
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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 |
Structure of the population
[edit]Age 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
[edit]Ethnic 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
[edit]The 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
[edit]References
[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.