Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in New Caledonia?

4.04 thousand babies born in New Caledonia in 2026 — 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 184th largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in New Caledonia through history

1K 1 CE1000150018002026
Estimated annual births in New Caledonia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside New Caledonia's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~150 ~3.6K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1000 ~420 ~10K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~710 ~17K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~1.59K ~35.8K 44.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~2.51K ~56.6K 44.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 2.24K 63.8K 35.1 UN estimate
2000 4.73K 223K 21.2 UN estimate
2024 4.11K 293K 14.0 UN projection
2026 4.04K 298K 13.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in New Caledonia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2000, at about 4.73K. That is roughly 27 times the estimated ~147 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.93 children per woman, fertility in New Caledonia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.