!!!New Caledonia: People & Society
||Population|275,355 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': New Caledonian(s) \\ ''adjective'': New Caledonian \\ 
||Ethnic groups|Kanak 40.3%, European 29.2%, Wallisian, Futunian 8.7%, Tahitian 2%, Indonesian 1.6%, Vietnamese 1%, Ni-Vanuatu 0.9%, other 16.2% (2009 est.)
||Languages|French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects
||Religions|Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 22.78% (male 32,057/female 30,681) \\ ''15-24 years'': 16.7% (male 23,496/female 22,500) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.26% (male 59,986/female 59,127) \\ ''55-64 years'': 8.29% (male 11,085/female 11,739) \\ ''65 years and over'': 8.96% (male 10,979/female 13,705) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 47.9% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 32.9% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 15% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 6.6% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 31.7 years \\ ''male'': 31 years \\ ''female'': 32.4 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|1.35% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|15.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|5.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|4 migrant(s)/1,000 population \\ ''__note__'': there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia (2016 est.) \\ 
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 70.2% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.17% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|NOUMEA (capital) 181,000 (2014)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.94 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.8 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 77.7 years \\ ''male'': 73.7 years \\ ''female'': 81.9 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.95 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 98.5% of population \\ rural: 98.5% of population \\ total: 98.5% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 1.5% of population \\ rural: 1.5% of population \\ total: 1.5% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA
||Major infectious diseases| \\ ''__note__'': active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) \\ 
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 96.9% \\ ''male'': 97.3% \\ ''female'': 96.5% (2015 est.) \\