Population: 181,309 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.79% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 22.39 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 4.96 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.62 years
male: 70.32 years
female: 77.09 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.62 children born/woman (1994 est.)

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

Ethnic divisions: Melanesian 42.5%, European 37.1%, Wallisian 8.4%, Polynesian 3.8%, Indonesian 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.6%, other 3%

Religions: Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%

Languages: French, 28 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
total population: 91%
male: 91%
female: 90%
Labor force: 50,469 foreign workers for plantations and mines from Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, and French Polynesia (1980 est.)
by occupation: NA

NOTE: The information regarding New Caledonia on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Caledonia People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Caledonia People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.