Population: 152,386 (July 1989), growth rate 1.0% (1989)

Birth rate: 24 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 8 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 35 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 73 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 3.0 children born/woman (1989)

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 3.0%

Religion: over 60% Roman Catholic, 30% Protestant, 10% other

Language: French; Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

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

Organized labor: NA

NOTE: The information regarding New Caledonia on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Caledonia People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Caledonia People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.