New Caledonia
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has a census
The French Administration conducted a census of New Caledonia in March. At the last such survey in May, 1963, the population numbered 86,519.
While official results of the present census will be processed in Paris and not available locally for some time, latest estimates number the present population around 100,000.
Of these, about 50,000 are believed to live in Noumea.
Almost half of the population are Melanesians, with Europeans accounting for almost 40 per cent., followed by smaller groups of Polynesians from the Wallis islands and Tahiti.
Non-French inhabitants include Indonesians (4,000) and Vietna mese (over 1,000).