Demographics of New Caledonia

Demographics of New Caledonia.

Historical population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195065,000—    
196078,000+20.0%
1970105,000+34.6%
1980142,000+35.2%
1990170,000+19.7%
2000212,000+24.7%
2010251,000+18.4%
Source:[1]

Ethnic groups[2]

Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constituted 40% of the population in 2009, followed by Europeans with 29%. The Europeans are the largest ethnic group in the province Sud (South), while Kanak are the majority in the other provinces. There is also a large minority from other Polynesian islands, mainly from Wallis and Futana (9%), but also from Tahiti (2%) and Vanuatu (1%). The remainder of the population (24%) is mainly from Asian countries.

Population of New Caledonia according to ethnic group 1963-2009
Ethnic
group		 census
1963		 census
1969		 census
1976		 census
1983		 census
1989		 census
1996		 census
2009
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Kanak 41,19047.646,20045.955,59841.761,87042.673,59844.886,78844.199,07840.3
Europeans 33,35538.641,26841.050,75738.153,97437.155,08533.667,15134.171,72129.2
Wallisians and Futunians 11,97413.813,11113.09,5717.212,1748.414,1868.617,7639.021,2628.7
Tahitians 6,3914.85,5703.84,7502.95,8712.64,9852.0
Ni-Vanuatu 1,0500.81,2120.81,6831.02,2441.12,3270.9
Indonesians 5,1113.85,3193.75,1913.25,0032.53,7671.6
Vietnamese 1,9431.52,3811.62,4611.52,8221.42,3571.0
Others 2,8122.12,8682.07,2194.49,8945.039,86516.2
Total 86,519 100,579 133,233 145,368 164,173 196,836 245,580

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.[3]

Age structure

  • 0–14 years: 23.19% (male 32,178/female 30,804)
  • 15–24 years: 16.89% (male 23,435/female 22,448)
  • 25–54 years: 42.99% (male 58,769/female 57,994)
  • 55–64 years: 8.21% (male 10,874/female 11,417)
  • 65 years and over: 8.72% (male 10,558/female 13,138)

Population

  • 271,615

Population growth rate

  • 1.38%

Birth rate

  • 15.33 births/1,000 population

Death rate

  • 5.52 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

  • 4.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio

  • At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 0–14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 15–24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
  • 25–54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
  • 55–64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
  • Total population: 1 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant mortality rate

  • Total: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Male: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Female: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

  • Total population: 77.5 years
  • Male: 73.49 years
  • Female: 81.71 years )

Total fertility rate

  • 1.97 children born/woman

Nationality

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

Religions

Ethnic groups

Languages

Literacy

  • Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
  • Total population: 96.9%
  • Male: 97.3%
  • Female: 96.5%

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Australia-Oceania ::NEW CALEDONIA". CIA The World Factbook.
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