New Caledonia - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in New Caledonia was 194,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 194,500 in 2020 and a minimum value of 29,514 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. 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 29,514
1961 31,490
1962 33,547
1963 35,723
1964 38,025
1965 40,405
1966 43,143
1967 45,978
1968 48,910
1969 52,460
1970 57,380
1971 62,426
1972 66,278
1973 68,872
1974 71,240
1975 73,094
1976 74,870
1977 76,516
1978 77,895
1979 78,999
1980 80,425
1981 82,469
1982 84,793
1983 87,037
1984 88,993
1985 90,869
1986 92,813
1987 94,912
1988 97,022
1989 99,194
1990 101,816
1991 104,724
1992 107,631
1993 110,705
1994 113,966
1995 116,848
1996 119,477
1997 122,539
1998 125,629
1999 128,790
2000 132,030
2001 135,341
2002 138,724
2003 141,907
2004 144,893
2005 148,559
2006 152,384
2007 156,245
2008 160,140
2009 163,862
2010 167,587
2011 171,852
2012 176,182
2013 180,545
2014 184,770
2015 186,421
2016 188,063
2017 189,691
2018 191,304
2019 192,905
2020 194,500

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in New Caledonia was 71.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 71.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 37.36 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 37.36
1961 38.78
1962 40.22
1963 41.68
1964 43.16
1965 44.65
1966 46.14
1967 47.65
1968 49.16
1969 50.44
1970 51.23
1971 52.02
1972 52.81
1973 53.60
1974 54.38
1975 55.17
1976 55.87
1977 56.26
1978 56.65
1979 57.04
1980 57.43
1981 57.81
1982 58.20
1983 58.53
1984 58.68
1985 58.83
1986 58.99
1987 59.14
1988 59.29
1989 59.43
1990 59.58
1991 59.72
1992 59.86
1993 60.00
1994 60.15
1995 60.29
1996 60.48
1997 60.84
1998 61.20
1999 61.56
2000 61.92
2001 62.28
2002 62.63
2003 62.99
2004 63.34
2005 63.97
2006 64.64
2007 65.31
2008 65.97
2009 66.62
2010 67.10
2011 67.57
2012 68.02
2013 68.48
2014 68.93
2015 69.38
2016 69.82
2017 70.26
2018 70.68
2019 71.10
2020 71.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization