Fertility rate: births per woman in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.98 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in New Caledonia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 1.98 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in New Caledonia peaked at 5.46 live births per woman in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.98 live births per woman, in 2023.
New Caledonia ranks 115th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.25 live births per woman | 5.13 live births per woman | 5.41 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.28 live births per woman | 5.01 live births per woman | 5.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.52 live births per woman | 3.75 live births per woman | 5.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.26 live births per woman | 3.05 live births per woman | 3.66 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.76 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 3.1 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.29 live births per woman | 2.19 live births per woman | 2.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.12 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 2.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 live births per woman | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.02 live births per woman | 4 |
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More reference data data for New Caledonia
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 75.64 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.7309 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 69.64 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 84.64 0-100 (2024)
- Median age 33.89 years (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in New Caledonia?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in New Caledonia was 1.98 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.46 live births per woman in 1961.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.98 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does New Caledonia rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- New Caledonia ranks 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.