New Caledonia

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    279,821 1
    Urban
    70.7% 1
    Rural
    29.3% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    25.6% 2
    Internet Users
    82% 6
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
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    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
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    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    143,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    50.71
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    1,454
    First Communions per Year
    1,085
    Confirmations per Year
    820
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    6,075
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    7,228
    Church Marriages per Year
    202
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    182
    Priests
    25
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    57
    Catholics per Priest
    5,720
    Parishes
    32
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    1