Natural resources: nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper
Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 14% forest and woodland: 51% other: 35%
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: typhoons most frequent from November to March
international agreements: NA
@New Caledonia:People
Population: 184,552 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31% (female 27,712; male 28,677)
15-64 years: 64% (female 58,462; male 60,169)
65 years and over: 5% (female 4,997; male 4,535) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.75% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 22.04 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 4.9 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)