New Caledonia: Administrative Division

Contents: Provinces and Communes

The population of the provinces and communes of New Caledonia.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1976-04-23	Population Census 1983-04-14	Population Census 1989-04-04	Population Census 1996-04-16	Population Census 2004-08-31	Population Census 2009-07-27	Population Census 2014-08-26	Population Census 2019-09-10
Îles Loyauté [Loyalty Islands]	Province	14,518	15,510	17,912	20,877	22,080	17,436	18,297	18,353	→
Lifou	Commune	7,585	8,128	8,726	10,007	10,320	8,627	9,275	9,195	→
Maré	Commune	4,156	4,610	5,646	6,896	7,401	5,417	5,648	5,757	→
Ouvéa	Commune	2,777	2,772	3,540	3,974	4,359	3,392	3,374	3,401	→
Nord [North]	Province	32,021	31,310	34,608	41,413	44,474	45,137	50,487	49,910	→
Bélep	Commune	624	686	745	923	930	895	843	867	→
Canala	Commune	...	...	2,907	3,374	3,512	3,341	3,687	3,701	→
Hienghène	Commune	1,932	1,729	2,122	2,208	2,627	2,399	2,483	2,454	→
Houaïlou	Commune	3,853	3,995	3,671	4,332	4,537	3,945	4,240	3,955	→
Kaala-Gomen	Commune	1,425	1,231	1,549	1,787	1,881	1,931	2,033	1,803	→
Koné	Commune	2,479	2,919	2,919	4,088	4,500	5,199	7,340	8,144	→
Kouaoua	Commune	...	...	1,059	1,524	1,586	1,345	1,452	1,304	→
Koumac	Commune	...	1,405	2,194	2,647	3,003	3,690	4,252	3,981	→
Ouégoa	Commune	1,514	1,468	1,881	2,034	2,114	2,132	2,360	2,118	→
Poindimié	Commune	3,010	3,644	3,590	4,340	4,824	4,818	4,868	5,006	→
Ponérihouen	Commune	2,065	1,932	2,326	2,691	2,726	2,384	2,370	2,420	→
Pouébo	Commune	1,782	1,503	2,242	2,352	2,381	2,416	2,452	2,144	→
Pouembout	Commune	734	692	854	1,189	1,471	2,078	2,591	2,752	→
Poum	Commune	...	816	1,038	1,320	1,390	1,388	1,463	1,435	→
Poya	Commune (part)	2,915	1,961	1,862	2,428	2,478	2,521	2,806	2,590	→
Touho	Commune	1,667	1,901	1,963	2,234	2,274	2,247	2,087	2,380	→
Voh	Commune	1,656	1,586	1,686	1,942	2,240	2,408	3,160	2,856	→
Sud [South]	Province	86,694	98,548	111,653	134,546	164,235	183,007	199,983	203,144	→
Boulouparis (Bouloupari)	Commune	925	1,139	1,456	1,591	2,089	2,418	3,005	3,315	→
Bourail	Commune	3,149	3,410	4,122	4,364	4,779	4,999	5,444	5,531	→
Dumbéa	Commune	4,191	5,538	10,052	13,888	18,602	24,103	31,812	35,873	→
Farino	Commune	194	253	237	279	459	598	612	712	→
La Foa	Commune	1,993	2,094	2,155	2,502	2,903	3,323	3,542	3,552	→
Le Mont-Dore	Commune	10,659	14,614	16,370	20,780	24,195	25,683	27,155	27,620	→
L'Île-des-Pins	Commune	1,095	1,287	1,465	1,671	1,840	1,969	1,958	2,037	→
Moindou	Commune	387	378	461	568	602	704	709	681	→
Nouméa	Commune	56,078	60,112	65,110	76,293	91,386	97,579	99,926	94,285	→
Païta	Commune	3,407	4,834	6,049	7,862	12,062	16,358	20,616	24,563	→
Poya	Commune (part)	...	...	...	94	122	127	230	212	→
Sarraméa	Commune	357	483	400	486	610	636	584	572	→
Thio	Commune	2,894	3,019	2,368	2,614	2,743	2,629	2,643	2,524	→
Yaté	Commune	1,365	1,387	1,408	1,554	1,843	1,881	1,747	1,667	→
Nouvelle-Calédonie [New Caledonia]	Special Overseas Collectivity	133,233	145,368	164,173	196,836	230,789	245,580	268,767	271,407

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques France (web), Institut de la Statistique et des Études Économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2019)
Males	135,794
Females	135,613

Age Distribution (C 2019)
0-9 years	39,904
10-19 years	41,912
20-29 years	37,578
30-39 years	40,723
40-49 years	39,184
50-59 years	32,756
60-69 years	21,020
70-79 years	12,678
80+ years	5,652

Citizenship (C 2019)
France	266,739
Foreign Citizenship	4,668

Country of Birth (C 2019)
New Caledonia	211,315
France	38,386
Wallis and Futuna	10,285
Other country	11,421

Community (C 2019)
Kanak	111,856
European	65,488
Wallis and Futuna	22,520
Mixed	30,758
Other / Unknown	40,785