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People And SocietyNationality
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 World Ranking: 182
260,166 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
24.9% (male 32,653/female 31,236) 15-64 years 67.3% (male 86,865/female 85,578) 65 years and over 7.8% (male 8,954/female 10,989) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 30.4 years
Male 29.8 years Female 31 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 79
1.489% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 125
16.05 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 177
5.34 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 23
4.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population Note There has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 57% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
NOUMEA (capital) 144,000 (2009) Sex ratio
At birth 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.81 male(s)/female Total population 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 177
Total 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 6.64 deaths/1,000 live births Female 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 70
Total population 76.94 years
Male 72.88 years Female 81.2 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 125
2.04 children born/woman (2012 est.) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate
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Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids
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Hiv/aids - deaths
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Education expenditures
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Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 96.2%Male 96.8% Female 95.5% (1996 census)
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New Caledonia [ France ] (Overseas Territory):
 
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Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct a referendum between 2014 and 2018 to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.