Net migration rate: 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 14.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.02 years male: 70.73 years female: 77.48 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.57 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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%
Religions: Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
Languages: French, 28 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
total population: 91%
male: 92%
female: 90%
Labor force: 50,469 foreign workers for plantations and mines from
Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, and French Polynesia (1980 est.)
by occupation: NA