The population density of New Caledonia in mid-2025 was 16.16 persons per sq. km. In 2024, the value was amounted to 16.01 persons per sq. km. It has been growing in this country for already 7 years in a row. Since 1950, for the whole period of observation, this indicator has increased in 4.63 times. The lowest population density in New Caledonia was recorded in 1950, with a value of 3.49. The highest value was in 2025, when it reached 16.16 persons per sq. km.
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The data is sourced from the UN report "World Population Prospects 2024", with the values for 2024 and 2025 being projections.
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Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
