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General Information

Region		Polynesia
Population (000, 2025)		282^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		76.7^a,b
Capital city		Papeete
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		136^f,g
Surface area (km2)		3 687^c,d
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.2^a,b
National currency		CFP Franc (XPF)^e
Exchange rate (per US$)		114.9^h

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	5 326	5 793	6 398^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.8	-6.9	0.7^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	19 167.0	20 746.0	22 759.0^d
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	3.6	3	2.9^d
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	12	11.7	11.7^d
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	84.4	85.3	85.3^d
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	2.5	2.2	2.1^d
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	15.2	14.8	14.6^d
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	82.3	83	83.4^d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	11.8	13	11.6
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	48.9 / 62.9	47.6 / 60.3	45.3 / 58.0
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	122^j,k	...	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	109	98^d
International trade: exports (million current US$)	130	81ⁱ	159^h
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 527	1 714	2 290^h
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 397	- 1 634ⁱ	- 2 131^h
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	291	412^l	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	0.5	0.3	0.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	61.7	61.9ⁿ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.2^o	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.9	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	85.0 / 79.9	85.4 / 79.9	86.7 / 82.0^a
Population age distribution^b,p (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.1 / 11.1	21.3 / 13.8	18.5 / 17.6^a
International migrant stock^q,r (000/% of total pop.)	30.1 / 10.8	30.1 / 10.8	30.1 / 10.7^h
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	7.4	6.6	5.8^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	64.6	72.7^s	...
Threatened species (number)	175	181	528^h
Forested area (% of land area)	43.1ⁱ	43.1ⁱ	43.1^t
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.9 / 3.1	0.9 / 3.0	0.9 / 3.3^t
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	1	1^t
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	46	45	49^t
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^u,v (000)	184	77	219^t
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	0^h

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for France do not include this area.
c		Including water bodies of lake Vaihiria, lake Temae and the Maiao lagoons, but not lake Maeva and the lagoons of Raiatea and Tahaa from the upper islands. No lagoons from lower islands are included.
d		2023
e		Communauté financière du Pacifique (CFP) Franc.
f		Refers to the total population in the communes of Arue, Faaa, Mahina, Papara, Papeete, Pirae and Punaauia.
g		2018
h		2024
i		Estimate.
j		Index base: 2000=100.
k		2014
l		2016
m		Areas not elsewhere specified.
n		2019
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
q		Including refugees.
r		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in Regions of Metropolitan France and in French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
s		2017
t		2022
u		Excluding nationals residing abroad.
v		Arrivals by air.