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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 153,215 (July 1990), growth rate 1.1% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 24 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -7 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 39 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 64 years male, 71 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 3.0 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--New Caledonian(s); adjective--New Caledonian.
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  19. Ethnic divisions: Melanesian 42.5%, European 37.1%, Wallisian 8.4%, 
  20. Polynesian 3.8%, Indonesian 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.6%, other 3.0%.
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  22. Religion: over 60% Roman Catholic, 30% Protestant, 10% other.
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  24. Language: French; Melanesian-Polynesian dialects.
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  26. Labor force: 50,469; foreign workers for plantations and 
  27. mines from Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, and French Polynesia 
  28. (1980 est.).
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  30. Organized labor: NA.
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