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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2025)		11^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		80^a,b
Capital city		Matu-Utu
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1^e
Surface area (km2)		142^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		90.6^a,b
National currency		CFP Franc (XPF)^d
Exchange rate (per US$)		114.9^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
International trade: exports^g (million current US$)	1	2	2^h
International trade: imports^g (million current US$)	49	69	79^h
International trade: balance^g (million current US$)	-48	-68	-78^h

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-1.1	-0.3	-0.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	0	0ⁱ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2	1.6	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	78.5 / 76.4	79.2 / 77.2	79.9 / 77.9^a
Population age distribution^b,k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.6 / 15.3	23.8 / 17.9	19.4 / 21.2^a
International migrant stock^l,m (000/% of total pop.)	2.0 / 16.9	2.0 / 17.6	2.0 / 18.0^f
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	14.5	13.5	12.6^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	9^g,n	...	...
Threatened species (number)	88	92	174^f
Forested area (% of land area)	41.6^g	41.6^g	41.6^h
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	~0.0 / 2.0	~0.0 / 2.4^g	~0.0 / 2.7^g,h
Energy production, primary^g (Petajoules)	0	0	0^h
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	29	34^g	38^g,h
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^f
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 69.0	... / 68.9	... / 68.9^h

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
c		2023
d		Communauté financière du Pacifique (CFP) Franc.
e		2018
f		2024
g		Estimate.
h		2022
i		2019
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		Including refugees.
m		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in Regions of Metropolitan France and in French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint Martin (French part).
n		2012