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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2024)		47^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		233.8^a,b
Capital city		Pago Pago
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		48.5^d
Surface area (km2)		199^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.9^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	3^e,f,g,h	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	23.2^e,f,g,h	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	73.8^e,f,g,h	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	9.2^f,g,h	...	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-1.2	-0.4	-1.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	87.2	87.1ⁱ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.1^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2.8	2.4	2.3^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	75.3 / 70.3	75.7 / 70.0	76.0 / 70.3^a
Population age distribution^b,k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	31.8 / 8.4	29.7 / 10.4	27.0 / 12.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	23.5 / 42.1	23.6 / 42.8	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	11	10.9	10.4^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	7.8	0ⁱ	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	90	99	109^l
Forested area (% of land area)	86.4	85.6	85.5^m
CO2 emission estimatesⁿ (million tons/tons per capita)	0.4 / 8.0	0.4 / 8.5	0.4 / 8.7^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0ⁿ	0^n,m
Energy supply per capitaⁿ (Gigajoules)	110	116	119^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	20	1	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	71.1	71.1	71.1^l

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
c		2022
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 3.
f		Population aged 16 years and over.
g		Break in the time series.
h		2010
i		2019
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		2023
m		2021
n		Estimate.