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New Caledonia
Quick facts
- Capital
- Nouméa
- Population
- 279,000
- Area
- 18,575 km²
- Region
- Melanesia
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- CFP franc (₣)
- Demonym
- New Caledonian
- UN member
- No
How New Caledonia compares
Economy size$8.5 B
152nd of 178 worldwide · 2nd of 5 in Melanesia
Income per person$29,213
43rd of 178 worldwide · 1st of 5 in Melanesia
Life expectancy78.9 yrs
44th of 179 worldwide · 1st of 5 in Melanesia
Internet access82.0%
87th of 179 worldwide · 1st of 5 in Melanesia
Highlights
GDP
$8.5 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$29,213
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
78.9 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
Internet users
82.0%
ITU / World Bank2017
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Resource rents
16.8%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
Kanaky / Nouvelle-Calédonie — an Austronesian-settled Pacific archipelago, a French colony and penal bagne built on the world's richest nickel, now a sui generis collectivity working through one of the planet's last formal decolonisation processes.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.