Demographics of New Caledonia
This article is about the demographic features of the population of New Caledonia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.Ethnic groups
Ethnic Melanesians known as Kanak constituted 39% of the population in 2014, followed by Europeans with 27%. The Europeans are the largest ethnic group in the province Sud, while Kanak are the majority in the two other provinces. There is also a large minority from other Polynesian islands, mainly from Wallis and Futana, but also from Tahiti and Vanuatu. The remainder of the population is mainly from Asian countries.The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.Age structure
- 0–14 years: 21.74%
- 15–24 years: 15.63%
- 25–54 years: 43.73%
- 55–64 years: 9.06%
- 65 years and over: 9.84%
Population
- 290,009
- 1.25%
- 14.5 births/1,000 population
- 5.9 deaths/1,000 population
- 3.8 migrant/1,000 population
Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.05 male/female
- 0–14 years: 1.05 male/female
- 15–24 years: 1.05 male/female
- 25–54 years: 1.02 male/female
- 55–64 years: 0.94 male/female
- 65 years and over: 0.78 male/female
- Total population: 1 male/female
- Total: 5 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 4.1 deaths/1,000 live births
- Total population: 78.4 years
- Male: 74.4 years
- Female: 82.5 years
- 1.88 children born/woman
Nationality
- noun: New Caledonian
- adjective: New Caledonian
Religions
- Roman Catholic 60%
- Protestant 30%
- Other 10%
Ethnic groups
- Kanak 39.1%
- European 27.1%
- Wallisian and Futunian 8.2%
- Tahitian 2.1%
- Indonesian 1.4%
- Ni-Vanuatu 1%
- Vietnamese 0.9%
- Other 17.7%
- Unspecified 2.5%
Languages
- French
- 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
- Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 96.9%
- Male: 97.3%
- Female: 96.5%
