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New Caledonia People 2012

SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











New Caledonia People 2012
SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 27,

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

Ethnic groups:
Melanesian 44.1%, European 34.1%, Wallisian & Futunian 9%, Tahitian 2.6%, Indonesian 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.4%, Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%, other 5.2% (1996 census)

Languages:
French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

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

Population:
260,166 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
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Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.9% (male 32,653/female 31,236)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 86,865/female 85,578)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 7.8% (male 8,954/female 10,989) (2011 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]

Median age:
total: 30.1 years
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male: 29.6 years
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female: 30.7 years (2011 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]

Population growth rate:
1.489% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
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Birth rate:
16.05 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
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Death rate:
5.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
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Net migration rate:
4.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 23
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2012 est.)
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 57% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]

Major cities - population:
NOUMEA (capital) 144,000 (2009)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 177
male: 6.64 deaths/1,000 live births
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female: 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.94 years
country comparison to the world: 70
male: 72.88 years
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female: 81.2 years (2012 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]

Total fertility rate:
2.04 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
NA

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.2%
male: 96.8%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 95.5% (1996 census)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NA


NOTE: 1) The information regarding New Caledonia on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Caledonia People 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Caledonia People 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order






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