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🇳🇨 New Caledonia

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NCL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NC
UN M49 numeric540
IOC code
Official nameNew Caledonia
Native name(s)fra: official: Nouvelle-Calédonie; common: Nouvelle-Calédonie
Alt spellingsNC
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionMelanesia
UN regional group
CapitalNouméa
Area (km²)18,575
Lat / Lng-21.5000, 165.5000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.nc
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 87

Demographics

Population (World Bank)295,333 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)78.921 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: New Caledonian; m: New Caledonian; fra: f: Néo-Calédonienne; m: Néo-Calédonien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)8,548,919,387.126 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)29,213.192 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)11.174 (2025)
CurrenciesXPF: name: CFP franc; symbol: ₣

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195063,790
195164,728
195265,732
195366,805
195467,946
195569,159
195670,615
195772,555
195874,841
195977,260
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

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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        "official": "كاليدونيا الجديدة",
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        "common": "누벨칼레도니"
      },
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        "common": "Nieuw-Caledonië"
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        "common": "Nova Kaledonija"
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