new caledonia (fra) Capital: nouméa Pos.: Surface: 18.575 Kmq Population 2020: 285.500 Pop. density: 15,37 in./Kmq Pop. growth 12ys:  +14,66 % GDP per capita: 9.394 $ Nominal GDP 2020: 2,682 billions $ PPP per capita: 38.914 $ GDP PPP 2020: 11,110 billions $ Internet TLD:  NC
It is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Economy: Real GDP grew by an average of +3.3% per year in the first half of the 2010s, boosted by rising worldwide nickel prices and an increase in domestic demand due to rising employment, as well as strong business investments, but by only +0.2%  per year in the second half of the 2010s, as the local nickel industry entered a period of crisis and the repeated independence referendums have generated economic uncertainty. In 2011, exports of goods and services amounted to 2.11 billion US dollars
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