Demographics of New Caledonia
Demographics of New Caledonia.
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Historical population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1950 | 65,000 | — |
| 1960 | 78,000 | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 105,000 | +34.6% |
| 1980 | 142,000 | +35.2% |
| 1990 | 170,000 | +19.7% |
| 2000 | 212,000 | +24.7% |
| 2010 | 251,000 | +18.4% |
| Source:[1] | ||
Ethnic groups [2]
Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constitute 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 (19%) is mainly from Asian countries.
| Ethnic group |
census 1963 |
census 1969 |
census 1976 |
census 1983 |
census 1989 |
census 1996 |
census 2009 |
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| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Kanak | 41,190 | 47.6 | 46,200 | 45.9 | 55,598 | 41.7 | 61,870 | 42.6 | 73,598 | 44.8 | 86,788 | 44.1 | 99,078 | 40.3 |
| Europeans | 33,355 | 38.6 | 41,268 | 41.0 | 50,757 | 38.1 | 53,974 | 37.1 | 55,085 | 33.6 | 67,151 | 34.1 | 71,721 | 29.2 |
| Wallisians and Futunians | 11,974 | 13.8 | 13,111 | 13.0 | 9,571 | 7.2 | 12,174 | 8.4 | 14,186 | 8.6 | 17,763 | 9.0 | 21,262 | 8.7 |
| Tahitians | 6,391 | 4.8 | 5,570 | 3.8 | 4,750 | 2.9 | 5,171 | 2.6 | 4,985 | 2.0 | ||||
| Ni-Vanuatu | 1,050 | 0.8 | 1,212 | 0.8 | 1,683 | 1.0 | 2,244 | 1.1 | 2,327 | 0.9 | ||||
| Indonesians | 5,111 | 3.8 | 5,319 | 3.7 | 5,191 | 3.2 | 5,003 | 2.5 | 3,985 | 1.6 | ||||
| Vietnamese | 1,943 | 1.5 | 2,381 | 1.6 | 2,461 | 1.5 | 2,822 | 1.4 | 2,357 | 1.0 | ||||
| Others | 2,812 | 2.1 | 2,868 | 2.0 | 7,219 | 4.4 | 9,894 | 5.0 | 39,865 | 16.2 | ||||
| Total | 86,519 | 100,579 | 133,233 | 145,368 | 164,173 | 196,836 | 245,580 | |||||||
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28,4% (male 31 818, female 30 513)
15-64 years: 64,9% (male 71 565, female 70 815)
65 years and over: 6,6% (male 6 773, female 7 772) (2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.84% (in 2005), 1.91% (yearly average from January 2000 to January 2006)
Birth rate: 17.2 births/1 000 population (in 2005)
Death rate: 4.9 deaths/1 000 population (in 2005)
Net migration rate: 5.62 migrants/1 000 population (in 2005), 5.01 migrants/1 000 population (yearly average between beginning of 2000 and end of 2005)
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: 0,87 male(s)/female
total population: 1,01 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 7,57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8,27 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6,83 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: (in 2005)
total population: 75.2 years
male: 71.9 years
female: 78.6 years
Total fertility rate: 2.20 children born/woman (in 2005)
Nationality:
noun: New Caledonian(s)
adjective: New Caledonian
Religions: Roman Catholicism 60%, Protestantism 30%, other 10%
Languages: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian languages
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92%
female: 90% (1976 est.)
