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New Caledonia People 1996

Population:

184,552 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

31% (female 27,712; male 28,677)

15-64 years:

64% (female 58,462; male 60,169)

65 years and over:

5% (female 4,997; male 4,535) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.75% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

22.04 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

4.9 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

14.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

74.02 years

male:

70.73 years

female:

77.48 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.57 children born/woman (1995 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:

92%

female:

90%

Labor force:

50,469 foreign workers for plantations and mines from Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, and French Polynesia (1980 est.)

by occupation:

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