Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — New Caledonia

Total fertility rate in New Caledonia in 2024 — 1.96 births. Ranked 104 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.9%.

2024 1.96 births −0.81% vs 2023
World rank 104of 217
Period maximum 5.47 births1961
Period minimum 1.96 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — New Caledonia, 1960–202412345619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.44 births1962: 5.39 births1964: 5.37 births1966: 5.25 births1968: 5.06 births1970: 5.07 births1972: 5.05 births1974: 4.69 births1976: 4.23 births1978: 3.88 births1980: 3.66 births1982: 3.48 births1984: 3.16 births1986: 3.08 births1988: 3.08 births1990: 3.1 births1992: 2.95 births1994: 2.72 births1996: 2.65 births1998: 2.55 births2000: 2.51 births2002: 2.35 births2004: 2.24 births2006: 2.24 births2008: 2.2 births2010: 2.19 births2012: 2.2 births2014: 2.12 births2016: 2.08 births2018: 2.04 births2020: 2.02 births2022: 2 births2024: 1.96 births
Change over the period: −3.47 (−63.87%) Average annual rate: -1.58 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: New Caledonia

New Caledonia 1.96 births
World 2.19 births
East Asia & Pacific 1.34 births
Melanesia computed 3.03 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — New Caledonia, by year New Caledonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.96 −0.02 −0.81%
2023 1.98 −0.02 −0.9%
2022 2 −0.01 −0.7%
2021 2.01 −0.01 −0.49%
2020 2.02 −0.03 −1.37%
2019 2.05 +0.01 +0.44%
2018 2.04 −0 −0.1%
2017 2.04 −0.03 −1.68%
2016 2.08 −0 −0.05%
2015 2.08 −0.04 −1.84%
2014 2.12 −0.05 −2.26%
2013 2.17 −0.04 −1.59%
2012 2.2 +0 +0.09%
2011 2.2 +0.01 +0.59%
2010 2.19 −0.01 −0.32%
2009 2.19 −0.01 −0.45%
2008 2.2 −0.01 −0.5%
2007 2.22 −0.03 −1.16%
2006 2.24 +0.01 +0.63%
2005 2.23 −0.02 −0.71%
2004 2.24 −0.02 −1.1%
2003 2.27 −0.08 −3.37%
2002 2.35 −0.08 −3.1%
2001 2.42 −0.09 −3.47%
2000 2.51 +0.02 +1.01%
1999 2.48 −0.06 −2.47%
1998 2.55 −0.1 −3.74%
1997 2.65 −0.01 −0.3%
1996 2.65 +0 +0.08%
1995 2.65 −0.06 −2.32%
1994 2.72 −0.11 −3.83%
1993 2.82 −0.13 −4.24%
1992 2.95 −0.12 −4.04%
1991 3.07 −0.03 −0.9%
1990 3.1 +0.04 +1.41%
1989 3.06 −0.03 −0.84%
1988 3.08 +0 +0.06%
1987 3.08 +0 +0.06%
1986 3.08 +0.03 +1.08%
1985 3.05 −0.12 −3.73%
1984 3.16 −0.19 −5.64%
1983 3.35 −0.13 −3.76%
1982 3.48 −0.1 −2.84%
1981 3.59 −0.07 −2%
1980 3.66 −0.09 −2.4%
1979 3.75 −0.13 −3.25%
1978 3.88 −0.18 −4.42%
1977 4.05 −0.18 −4.18%
1976 4.23 −0.23 −5.05%
1975 4.46 −0.23 −4.91%
1974 4.69 −0.25 −4.99%
1973 4.93 −0.11 −2.28%
1972 5.05 −0 −0.08%
1971 5.05 −0.02 −0.37%
1970 5.07 +0.06 +1.24%
1969 5.01 −0.05 −0.99%
1968 5.06 −0.09 −1.79%
1967 5.15 −0.1 −1.87%
1966 5.25 −0.06 −1.19%
1965 5.31 −0.06 −1.06%
1964 5.37 +0.03 +0.47%
1963 5.34 −0.04 −0.84%
1962 5.39 −0.08 −1.41%
1961 5.47 +0.03 +0.53%
1960 5.44

Melanesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.