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New Caledonia People 2007

https://allcountries.org/wfb2007/new_caledonia/new_caledonia_people.html
SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Population:
221,943 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.9% (male 31,578/female 30,270)
15-64 years: 65.3% (male 72,821/female 72,109)
65 years and over: 6.8% (male 7,047/female 8,118) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 28.1 years
male: 27.7 years
female: 28.5 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.203% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
17.75 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
5.72 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.043 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.868 male(s)/female
total population: 1.009 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.5 years
male: 71.52 years
female: 77.63 years (2007 est.)


See also: Healthy Life Expectancy


See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
2.25 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

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

Ethnic groups:
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 (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.2%
male: 96.8%
female: 95.5% (1996 census)


NOTE: The information regarding New Caledonia on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of New Caledonia People 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about New Caledonia People 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.



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