Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for New Caledonia

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for New Caledonia was 78.77 years. A difference of +1.07 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for New Caledonia were 76.28 years and 81.29 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of New Caledonia for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for New Caledonia (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for New Caledonia (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	52.34	48.77	56.88
1961	53.07	49.51	57.6
1962	53.8	50.24	58.33
1963	54.53	50.97	59.07
1964	55.29	51.73	59.82
1965	56.07	52.51	60.58
1966	56.87	53.33	61.35
1967	57.69	54.18	62.12
1968	58.5	55.03	62.88
1969	59.3	55.87	63.61
1970	60.06	56.69	64.3
1971	60.79	57.47	64.95
1972	61.41	58.16	65.49
1973	62.1	58.88	66.14
1974	62.69	59.5	66.68
1975	63.24	60.07	67.21
1976	63.75	60.6	67.71
1977	64.24	61.07	68.2
1978	64.7	61.52	68.67
1979	65.15	61.94	69.13
1980	65.6	62.37	69.58
1981	65.99	62.75	69.95
1982	66.51	63.25	70.49
1983	66.97	63.71	70.93
1984	67.42	64.16	71.36
1985	67.84	64.6	71.76
1986	68.24	65	72.12
1987	68.6	65.37	72.44
1988	68.92	65.7	72.73
1989	69.22	66	73
1990	69.53	66.29	73.27
1991	69.82	66.58	73.56
1992	70.14	66.9	73.88
1993	70.5	67.25	74.26
1994	70.9	67.63	74.66
1995	71.31	68.04	75.08
1996	71.75	68.49	75.5
1997	72.2	68.97	75.9
1998	72.68	69.49	76.27
1999	73.14	70.03	76.6
2000	73.57	70.55	76.9
2001	73.96	71.01	77.17
2002	74.28	71.38	77.41
2003	74.5	71.64	77.58
2004	74.71	71.84	77.8
2005	74.87	71.97	77.98
2006	75.02	72.09	78.17
2007	75.18	72.23	78.38
2008	75.4	72.44	78.62
2009	75.68	72.72	78.91
2010	75.99	73.05	79.21
2011	76.32	73.39	79.5
2012	76.61	73.72	79.75
2013	76.87	74	79.96
2014	77.05	74.22	80.09
2015	77.21	74.42	80.17
2016	77.36	74.64	80.23
2017	77.5	74.84	80.29
2018	77.56	74.84	80.37
2019	77.26	74.15	80.5
2020	77.05	74.66	79.53
2021	77.11	74.11	80.31
2022	77.7	75.1	80.36
2023	78.77	76.28	81.29