🇵🇫French Polynesia

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Population

282.5K

0.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.49

births/woman

Life Expectancy

84.2y

GDP / capita

$22.4K

Pop. Growth

0.23%

Net Migration

-1.2K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in French Polynesia by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇫🇷France22.4K(80.7%)

+2%

🇳🇨New Caledonia2.2K(8.0%)

+0%

🇩🇿

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male142.8KTotal 282.5K139.7KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.4

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇨🇳China615(2.2%)

−5%

🇺🇸United States419(1.5%)

−5%

🇩🇪Germany360(1.3%)

−5%

🇻🇺Vanuatu210(0.8%)

−5%

🇮🇹Italy148(0.5%)

−5%

🇨🇦Canada128(0.5%)

−5%

🇨🇭Switzerland120(0.4%)

−6%

🇳🇿New Zealand111(0.4%)

−5%

🇬🇧United Kingdom84(0.3%)

−6%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the French Polynesia diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in French Polynesia who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇳🇨New Caledonia591(31.8%)

+66%

🇦🇺Australia521(28.0%)

+12%

🇲🇱Mali447(24.0%)

+61%

🇨🇱Chile281(15.1%)

+326%

🇳🇴Norway8(0.4%)

+33%

🇬🇷Greece7(0.4%)

−30%

🇱🇺Luxembourg5(0.3%)

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024