International migrant stock in New Caledonia

International migrants made up 26.2% of the population of New Caledonia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: International migrants as a share of the population Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
New Caledonia, 2024 26.2% % of population
Change from 2020 +0.5percentage points 2020: 25.7%
World, 2024 3.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 35th of 216 See the full ranking

International migrant stock in New Caledonia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

International migrants as a share of the population (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period New CaledoniaWorld
2024 26.2% 3.7%
2020 25.7% 3.5%
2015 24.3% 3.3%
2010 23.4% 3.2%
2005 22.7% 2.9%
2000 22.3% 2.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.7% in 2020, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1990, when it was 21.3%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 216 countries with data for 2024, New Caledonia has the 35th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 3.7%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, International Migrant Stock
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for New Caledonia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, International Migrant Stock