New Caledonia
Urban population in New Caledonia
Urban population in New Caledonia: 26% in 1950 and 68.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 68.2%
- Since 1950
- +42.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 104 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 80.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 80.1% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | New Caledonia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.2 |
| 2024 | 68 |
| 2023 | 67.8 |
| 2022 | 67.6 |
| 2021 | 67.4 |
| 2020 | 67.3 |
| 2019 | 67.2 |
| 2018 | 67.1 |
| 2017 | 67 |
| 2016 | 66.9 |
| 2015 | 66.8 |
| 2014 | 66.8 |
| 2013 | 66.8 |
| 2012 | 66.7 |
| 2011 | 66.7 |
| 2010 | 66.7 |
| 2009 | 66.7 |
| 2008 | 66.3 |
| 2007 | 65.6 |
| 2006 | 64.8 |
| 2005 | 63.9 |
| 2004 | 63.3 |
| 2003 | 62.9 |
| 2002 | 62.4 |
| 2001 | 62 |
| 2000 | 61.6 |
| 1999 | 61.3 |
| 1998 | 60.9 |
| 1997 | 60.7 |
| 1996 | 60.4 |
| 1995 | 60.3 |
| 1994 | 60.1 |
| 1993 | 60 |
| 1992 | 59.8 |
| 1991 | 59.7 |
| 1990 | 59.6 |
| 1989 | 59.5 |
| 1988 | 59.3 |
| 1987 | 59.2 |
| 1986 | 59.1 |
| 1985 | 58.9 |
| 1984 | 58.8 |
| 1983 | 58.6 |
| 1982 | 58.4 |
| 1981 | 58.1 |
| 1980 | 57.7 |
| 1979 | 57.3 |
| 1978 | 56.9 |
| 1977 | 56.4 |
| 1976 | 55.9 |
| 1975 | 55.4 |
| 1974 | 54.7 |
| 1973 | 54.1 |
| 1972 | 53.3 |
| 1971 | 52.5 |
| 1970 | 51.5 |
| 1969 | 50.5 |
| 1968 | 49.3 |
| 1967 | 47.8 |
| 1966 | 46 |
| 1965 | 44.1 |
| 1964 | 42.3 |
| 1963 | 40.7 |
| 1962 | 39.3 |
| 1961 | 37.9 |
| 1960 | 36.6 |
| 1959 | 35.4 |
| 1958 | 34.2 |
| 1957 | 33.1 |
| 1956 | 32 |
| 1955 | 30.9 |
| 1954 | 29.9 |
| 1953 | 28.8 |
| 1952 | 27.8 |
| 1951 | 26.9 |
| 1950 | 26 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | New Caledonia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 68.4 |
| 2027 | 68.7 |
| 2028 | 69 |
| 2029 | 69.3 |
| 2030 | 69.6 |
| 2031 | 69.9 |
| 2032 | 70.3 |
| 2033 | 70.7 |
| 2034 | 71.1 |
| 2035 | 71.5 |
| 2036 | 71.9 |
| 2037 | 72.4 |
| 2038 | 72.9 |
| 2039 | 73.4 |
| 2040 | 73.9 |
| 2041 | 74.4 |
| 2042 | 75 |
| 2043 | 75.5 |
| 2044 | 76.1 |
| 2045 | 76.7 |
| 2046 | 77.4 |
| 2047 | 78 |
| 2048 | 78.7 |
| 2049 | 79.4 |
| 2050 | 80.1 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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New Caledonia in numbers
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