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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2024)		2^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		7^a,b
Capital city		Alofi
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		0.7^d
Surface area (km2)		260^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93^a,b
National currency		New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.6^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	99	99^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	0.4	0.6	0.4^b
Urban population (% of total population)	42.6	45.5^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.9^g	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	2.9	2.6	2.5^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	71.6 / 65.9	72.3 / 66.8	72.9 / 67.5^b
Population age distribution^a,h (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.1 / 19.1	24.7 / 21.7	22.9 / 23.1^b
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	0.6 / 36.5	0.6 / 36.3	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	31	26.5	23.5^b
Health: Current expenditure^i,j,k (% of GDP)	8.7	9	13.8^l
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.6 / 105.0	89.6 / 89.4	89.7 / 100.9^l
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	109.0 / 93.9	67.6 / 82.1	100.0 / 104.0^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	82.1 / 91.2	147.8 / 193.8	67.3 / 86.0^c

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	79.6^m,n	...	...
Threatened species (number)	50	56	66^e
Forested area (% of land area)	72.4	72.6	72.6^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	~0.0 / 3.4	~0.0 / 3.3^m	~0.0 / 3.4^m,l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0^m	0^m,l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	47	47^m	48^m,l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^o (000)	8	1	~0^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	95.3	95.3	95.3^e

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for New Zealand do not include this area.
b		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
c		2022
d		2018
e		2023
f		2019
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
i		Indicators are sensitive to external funds flowing in to the country.
j		General government expenditure (GGE) can be larger than the Gross domestic product (GDP) because government accounts for a very large part of domestic consumption and because a large part of domestic consumption in the country is accounted for by imports.
k		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
l		2021
m		Estimate.
n		2011
o		Including Niueans residing usually in New Zealand.