Urban population growth in New Caledonia

The urban population of New Caledonia changed by 1.24% in 2025.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
New Caledonia, 2025 1.24% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.01percentage points 2024: 1.25%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 112th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in New Caledonia over time

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

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period New CaledoniaWorld
2025 1.24% 1.36%
2024 1.25% 1.40%
2023 1.22% 1.35%
2022 0.90% 1.33%
2021 0.57% 1.48%
2020 0.38% 1.52%
2019 0.17% 1.74%
2018 0.13% 1.85%
2017 0.16% 1.90%
2016 0.18% 2.02%
2015 0.75% 2.14%
2014 1.62% 2.09%
2013 1.92% 2.20%
2012 1.91% 2.13%
2011 1.91% 2.56%
2010 1.73% 1.97%
2009 1.85% 2.22%
2008 2.30% 2.19%
2007 2.61% 2.34%
2006 2.58% 2.31%
2005 2.41% 2.27%
2004 2.47% 2.32%
2003 2.60% 2.41%
2002 2.64% 2.41%
2001 2.67% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from 1.25% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.75%, the figure has changed by +0.49 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, New Caledonia has the 112th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 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, World Urbanization Prospects