New Caledonia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in New Caledonia was 77,460 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83,857 in 2004 and a minimum value of 49,486 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 49,486
1961 49,710
1962 49,853
1963 49,977
1964 50,075
1965 50,095
1966 50,357
1967 50,522
1968 50,590
1969 51,540
1970 54,620
1971 57,574
1972 59,222
1973 59,628
1974 59,760
1975 59,406
1976 59,130
1977 59,484
1978 59,605
1979 59,501
1980 59,625
1981 60,181
1982 60,907
1983 61,663
1984 62,657
1985 63,581
1986 64,537
1987 65,588
1988 66,628
1989 67,704
1990 69,083
1991 70,638
1992 72,168
1993 73,791
1994 75,516
1995 76,968
1996 78,087
1997 78,879
1998 79,650
1999 80,424
2000 81,200
2001 81,983
2002 82,766
2003 83,389
2004 83,857
2005 83,691
2006 83,366
2007 83,005
2008 82,610
2009 82,088
2010 82,163
2011 82,498
2012 82,818
2013 83,105
2014 83,280
2015 82,279
2016 81,287
2017 80,309
2018 79,346
2019 78,395
2020 77,460

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in New Caledonia was 28.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.64 in 1960, while its lowest value was 28.48 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 62.64
1961 61.22
1962 59.78
1963 58.32
1964 56.84
1965 55.35
1966 53.86
1967 52.35
1968 50.84
1969 49.56
1970 48.77
1971 47.98
1972 47.19
1973 46.40
1974 45.62
1975 44.84
1976 44.13
1977 43.74
1978 43.35
1979 42.96
1980 42.57
1981 42.19
1982 41.80
1983 41.47
1984 41.32
1985 41.17
1986 41.02
1987 40.87
1988 40.71
1989 40.57
1990 40.42
1991 40.28
1992 40.14
1993 40.00
1994 39.85
1995 39.71
1996 39.53
1997 39.16
1998 38.80
1999 38.44
2000 38.08
2001 37.72
2002 37.37
2003 37.01
2004 36.66
2005 36.04
2006 35.36
2007 34.69
2008 34.03
2009 33.38
2010 32.90
2011 32.44
2012 31.98
2013 31.52
2014 31.07
2015 30.62
2016 30.18
2017 29.74
2018 29.32
2019 28.90
2020 28.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization