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Demographics of New Caledonia
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Population: 219 246 (July 2006 estimate)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28,4% (male 31 818, female 30 513)
15-64 years: 64,9% (male 71 565, female 70 815)
65 years and over: 6,6% (male 6 773, female 7 772) (2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 1,24% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 18,11 births/1 000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate: 5,69 deaths/1 000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1 000 population note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1,05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1,04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1,01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0,87 male(s)/female
total population: 1,01 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 7,57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8,27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6,83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74,27 years
male: 71,29 years
female: 77,39 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2,28 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Nationality:
noun: New Caledonian(s)
adjective: New Caledonian
Ethnic groups: Melanesian 42,5%, European 37,1%, Wallisian 8,4%, Polynesian 3,8%, Indonesian 3,6%, Vietnamese 1,6%, other 3%
Religions: Roman Catholicism 60%, Protestantism 30%, other 10%
Languages: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian languages
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92%
female: 90% (1976 est.)
- See also : New Caledonia