New Caledonia

One large 400 km-long island, the Loyalty Islands, and other smaller coral islands 1,400 km northeast of Australia.

New CaledoniaPRAY FOR THE COUNTRY

• Area: 18,734 sq km

• Population: 253,743 Annual Growth: 1.6%

• Capital: Noumea

• Urban Percent: 57.4%

New CaledoniaPRAY FOR THE PEOPLE

• Languages: 41

• Official Languages: French.

• Largest Religion: Christian (81% of population)

Christians Other Religions

P=Protestant J=JudaismI=Independent M=Muslim

A=Anglican Bh=Bahai

C=Catholic B=Buddhist

O=Orthodox H=Hindu

S=Marginal Sk=Sikh

U=Unaffiliated Ch=Chinese Rel.

X=Other Christian; E=Trad. Ethnic

All Christians N=Non-Religious

  T=Other

New CaledoniaPRAY FOR THE CHURCH

• Christians (self-identified): 204,644 80.7% of population Annual Growth: 1.5%

• Evangelicals: 17,649 7.0% of population Annual Growth: 3.7%