New Caledonia
NCL MelanesiaState of play
A French special collectivity in the South Pacific with some of the world's largest nickel reserves; the subject of an ongoing, unresolved independence debate.
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GDP growth-13.5% per year · 2024▼ 582.1% vs previous
Trade openness40.4% of GDP · 2024▼ 21.8% vs previous
Population295.3Kpeople · 2025▲ 0.92% vs previous
Displaced from here5people · 2024
Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)
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