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Demographics of New Caledonia

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Population
  
262,000 (2013)

Population growth rate
  
1.5% annual change (2013)

Life expectancy
  
76.25 years (2012)

Official language
  
French

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Fertility rate
  
2.15 births per woman (2012)

Demographics of New Caledonia.

Contents

Map of New Caledonia

Ethnic groups

Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constitute 36% of the population in 2009, followed by Europeans with 29%. The Europeans are the largest ethnic group in the province Sud (South), while Kanak are the majority in the other provinces. There is also a large minority from other Polynesian islands, mainly from Wallis and Futana (9%), but also from Tahiti (2%) and Vanuatu (1%). The remainder of the population (24%) is mainly from Asian countries.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.

Age structure

  • 0–14 years: 23.19% (male 32,178/female 30,804)
  • 15–24 years: 16.89% (male 23,435/female 22,448)
  • 25–54 years: 42.99% (male 58,769/female 57,994)
  • 55–64 years: 8.21% (male 10,874/female 11,417)
  • 65 years and over: 8.72% (male 10,558/female 13,138)

    • Population

  • 271,615

    • Population growth rate

  • 1.38%

    • Birth rate

  • 15.33 births/1,000 population

    • Death rate

  • 5.52 deaths/1,000 population

    • Net migration rate

  • 4.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population

    • Sex ratio

  • At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 0–14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 15–24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
  • 25–54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
  • 55–64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
  • Total population: 1 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

    • Infant mortality rate

  • Total: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Male: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Female: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births

    • Life expectancy at birth

  • Total population: 77.5 years
  • Male: 73.49 years
  • Female: 81.71 years )

    • Total fertility rate

  • 1.97 children born/woman

    • Nationality

  • noun: New Caledonian(s)
  • adjective: New Caledonian

    • Religions

  • Roman Catholic 60%
  • Protestant 30%
  • Other 10%

    • Ethnic groups

  • Kanak 40.3%
  • European 29.2%
  • Wallisian and Futunian 8.7%
  • Tahitian 2%
  • Indonesian 1.6%
  • Vietnamese 1%
  • Ni-Vanuatu 0.9%
  • Other 16.2%

    • Languages

  • French (official)
  • 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

    • Literacy

  • Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
  • Total population: 96.9%
  • Male: 97.3%
  • Female: 96.5%

    • References

    Demographics of New Caledonia Wikipedia
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