People New Caledonia
Population:
219,246 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.4% (male 31,818/female 30,503)
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.)
Median age:
total: 27.8 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.2 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.24% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
18.11 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New
Caledonia (2006 est.)
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:
total: 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.)