People (New Caledonia)
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     Population:
       178,056 (July 1993 est.)
     Population growth rate:
       1.83% (1993 est.)
     Birth rate:
       22.7 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
     Death rate:
       5.01 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
     Net migration rate:
       0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
     Infant mortality rate:
       15.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
     Life expectancy at birth:
      total population:
       73.22 years
      male:
       69.92 years
      female:
       76.7 years (1993 est.)
     Total fertility rate:
       2.67 children born/woman (1993 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:
       91%
      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