_#_Total fertility rate: 2.8 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—New Caledonian(s); adjective—New Caledonian
_#_Ethnic divisions: Melanesian 42.5%, European 37.1%, Wallisian 8.4%, Polynesian 3.8%, Indonesian 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.6%, other 3.0%
_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
_#_Language: French; 28 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
_#_Literacy: 91% (male 91%, female 90%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
_#_Labor force: 50,469; foreign workers for plantations and mines from Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, and French Polynesia (1980 est.)
_#_Organized labor: NA
_*Government #_Long-form name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
_#_Type: overseas territory of France since 1956