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New Caledonia: Rural population growth

0.23percent · 2025-59.4% since 2015

Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. 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. Annual figures for New Caledonia from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.227
20240.328
20230.398
20220.178
2021-0.059
2020-0.157
2019-0.278
2018-0.276
2017-0.193
2016-0.098
20150.558
20141.499
20131.841
20121.846
20111.811
20101.548
20090.333
2008-0.843
2007-1.222
2006-1.048
2005-0.212
20040.508
20030.711
20020.869
20011.035
20001.158
19991.262
19981.42
19971.606
19961.825
19952.013
19942.122
19932.234
19922.34
19912.376
19902.214
19891.733
19881.387
19871.357
19861.307
19851.28
19841.195
19830.736
19820.322
19810.251
19800.199
19790.158
19780.135
19770.598
19762.081
19753.109
19743.067
19732.967
19722.844
19712.705
19702.151
19690.92
1968-0.156
1967-0.512
1966-0.599
1965-0.431
19640.086
19630.759
19621.135
19611.249

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population growth. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population-growth (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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