Life expectancy in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Life expectancy was 78.77 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in New Caledonia, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 78.77 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in New Caledonia peaked at 78.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 45.1 years, in 1950.
That places New Caledonia 67th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 48.29 years | 45.1 years | 51.58 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 55.75 years | 52.34 years | 59.3 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 62.81 years | 60.06 years | 65.15 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.53 years | 65.6 years | 69.22 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.2 years | 69.53 years | 73.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.72 years | 73.57 years | 75.68 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.97 years | 75.99 years | 77.56 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.66 years | 77.05 years | 78.77 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
- 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare
- 66 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years compare
- 68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
- 69 Poland 78.63 years compare
- 70 Wallis and Futuna 78.63 years compare
More health data for New Caledonia
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,128 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6 deaths (2100)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 2,115 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 16,181 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 2,078 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 2,150 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 2,054 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 2,148 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 18,602 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 2,152 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in New Caledonia?
- Life expectancy in New Caledonia was 78.77 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.77 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.1 years in 1950.
- How does New Caledonia rank for life expectancy?
- New Caledonia ranks 67th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.