Demographics of French Polynesia

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1950	61,000	—
1960	79,000	+29.5%
1970	111,000	+40.5%
1980	151,000	+36.0%
1990	195,000	+29.1%
2000	238,000	+22.1%
2010	271,000	+13.9%
Source:

Demographic features of the population of French Polynesia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Births and deaths

Year	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Rate of natural increase	TFR
1984	169,841	5,206	881	4,325	30.7	5.2	25.5	3.763
1985	174,342	5,417	980	4,437	31.1	5.6	25.5	3.792
1986	178,903	5,413	962	4,451	30.3	5.4	24.9	3.645
1987	183,435	5,418	1,040	4,378	29.5	5.7	23.8	3.527
1988	187,940	5,802	976	4,826	30.9	5.2	25.7	3.675
1989	192,235	5,513	1,077	4,436	28.7	5.6	23.1	3.418
1990	196,398	5,570	974	4,596	28.4	5.0	23.4	3.393
1991	200,535	5,409	1,010	4,399	27.0	5.0	22.0	3.213
1992	204,510	5,313	1,049	4,264	26.0	5.1	20.9	3.104
1993	208,408	5,299	1,051	4,248	25.4	5.0	20.4	3.049
1994	212,185	5,110	1,070	4,040	24.1	5.0	19.1	2.902
1995	215,736	4,904	1,097	3,807	22.7	5.1	17.6	2.734
1996	219,150	4,847	1,019	3,828	22.1	4.6	17.5	2.681
1997	222,878	4,702	1,079	3,623	21.1	4.8	16.3	2.567
1998	226,851	4,564	1,102	3,462	20.1	4.9	15.2	2.458
1999	230,921	4,835	1,005	3,830	20.9	4.4	16.5	2.564
2000	235,213	4,933	1,020	3,913	21.0	4.3	16.7	2.574
2001	239,451	4,873	1,154	3,719	20.4	4.8	15.6	2.494
2002	243,241	4,759	1,108	3,651	19.6	4.6	15.0	2.404
2003	246,555	4,497	1,109	3,388	18.3	4.5	13.8	2.235
2004	249,714	4,426	1,106	3,320	17.7	4.4	13.3	2.180
2005	252,794	4,461	1,224	3,237	17.7	4.8	12.9	2.166
2006	255,945	4,591	1,134	3,457	18.0	4.4	13.6	2.197
2007	258,929	4,426	1,190	3,236	17.1	4.6	12.5	2.104
2008	261,252	4,629	1,168	3,461	17.7	4.5	13.2	2.183
2009	263,117	4,542	1,262	3,280	17.3	4.8	12.5	2.140
2010	264,916	4,581	1,261	3,320	17.3	4.8	12.5	2.151
2011	266,639	4,357	1,242	3,115	16.3	4.7	11.6	2.037
2012	268,153	4,284	1,360	2,924	16.0	5.1	10.9	2.004
2013	269,714	4,182	1,445	2,737	15.5	5.4	10.1	1.950
2014	271,439	4,155	1,442	2,713	15.3	5.3	10.0	1.945
2015	273,043	3,892	1,409	2,483	14.2	5.2	9.0	1.828
2016	274,570	3,972	1,394	2,578	14.5	5.1	9.4	1.867
2017	275,696	3,824	1,609	2,215	13.9	5.8	8.1	1.806
2018	276,276	3,776	1,615	2,161	13.6	5.8	7.8	1.804
2019	276,672	3,557	1,563	1,994	12.8	5.6	7.2	1.724
2020	276,938	3,587	1,678	1,909	12.9	6.0	6.9	1.755
2021	276,814	3,489	2,271	1,218	12.5	8.1	4.4	1.726
2022	276,630	3,604	1,587	2,017	13.0	5.7	7.3	1.802

Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Post-censal estimates.):

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	141 479	137 970	279 448	100
0–4	8 334	7 742	16 076	5.75
5–9	10 391	9 721	20 112	7.20
10–14	11 259	10 710	21 969	7.86
15–19	11 055	10 655	21 710	7.77
20–24	10 126	9 582	19 708	7.05
25–29	9 892	9 878	19 770	7.07
30–34	11 185	11 240	22 424	8.02
35–39	10 934	11 189	22 123	7.92
40–44	10 019	9 915	19 934	7.13
45–49	9 807	9 623	19 430	6.95
50–54	9 960	9 466	19 426	6.95
55–59	8 621	8 165	16 785	6.01
60–64	6 804	6 348	13 152	4.71
65-69	5 425	5 156	10 581	3.79
70-74	3 299	3 338	6 636	2.37
75-79	2 353	2 478	4 831	1.73
80-84	1 274	1 539	2 813	1.01
85-89	573	874	1 446	0.52
90-94	145	262	407	0.15
95-99	22	79	101	0.04
100+	1	12	13	<0.01
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	29 984	28 173	58 157	20.81
15–64	98 403	96 059	194 462	69.59
65+	13 092	13 738	26 830	9.60

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

• 0–14 years: 21.69% (male 32,920/female 31,100)
• 15–24 years: 14.72% (male 22,640/female 20,793)
• 25–54 years: 44.24% (male 66,921/female 63,636)
• 55–64 years: 10.31% (male 15,610/female 14,823)
• 65 years and over: 9.04% (male 12,854/female 13,824) (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

• 0.73%

Birth rate

• 13.47 births/1,000 population

Death rate

• 5.59 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

• -0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio

• At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 0–14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
• 15–24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
• 25–54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 55–64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
• total population: 1.05 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 3.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total population: 78.43 years
• Male: 76.11 years
• Female: 80.86 years (2022 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 1.81 children born/woman

Nationality

• noun: French Polynesian(s)
• adjective: French Polynesian

Ethnic groups

• Polynesian 78%
• Chinese 12%
• local French 6%
• metropolitan French 4%

Religions

• Protestant 54%
• Roman Catholic 30%
• Other 10%
• No religion 6%

Languages

Languages of French Polynesia
Official	French, Tahitian
Indigenous	Austral, Mangareva, Marquesan, Rapa, Tahitian, Tuamotuan
Immigrant	Chinese, English
Foreign	English
Keyboard layout	AZERTY, QWERTY

• French (official) 73,5%
• Tahitian (official) 20,1%
• Marquesan 2,6%
• Austral languages 1,2%
• Paumotu 1%
• other 1,6%

See also

• French Polynesia
• Europeans in Oceania
• Demographics of France