New Caledonia: Population ages 0-14, total

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, New Caledonia's population ages 0-14, total fell 0.1% on 2024 (from 62,350 to 62,284).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.1% and a typical year strayed about 1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.6% in 1971 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.7% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 557.82 a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, New Caledonia had the 180th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to New Caledonia in the 2025 ranking

• Malta — 177th of 217: 74,777
• Bahamas, The — 178th of 217: 70,726
• Iceland — 179th of 217: 68,741
• French Polynesia — 181st of 217: 52,122
• Barbados — 182nd of 217: 48,226
• Kiribati — 183rd of 217: 46,903

What this measures

Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 66 values

Population ages 0-14, total in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 12,128 (2025)
• Australia — 4.88 million (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 96,185 (2025)
• Cambodia — 5.26 million (2025)
• China — 216.72 million (2025)
• Fiji — 250,351 (2025)
• French Polynesia — 52,122 (2025)
• Guam — 43,716 (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 773,239 (2025)
• Indonesia — 69.28 million (2025)
• Japan — 13.86 million (2025)

More health data for New Caledonia

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.71% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.27% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 30,555 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 20.42% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 31,729 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 21.78% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 21.09% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 6.78% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is New Caledonia's population ages 0-14, total?

62,284 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 103.76% from 30,567 in 1960 (1.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 69,085 in 2014 and the lowest 30,567 in 1960.

How does New Caledonia rank?

180th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in population ages 0-14, total unusual for New Caledonia?

In 2025, New Caledonia's population ages 0-14, total fell 0.1% on 2024 (from 62,350 to 62,284). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.1% and a typical year strayed about 1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0014.TO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publisher: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions o… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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