Population
278.5K
Devolution
Cities rated
6
Top: Noumea
Country overview
Culture and society
- Languages
- French (français)
- Currencies
- ₣ XPF — CFP franc
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.000
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 78.9 yrs
- Internet users (2017)
- 82.0%
- Inflation (2016)
- 0.6%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 11.2%
- Urban population (2025)
- 68.2%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 4.9 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2009)
- 3.1/100k