Demographics of French Polynesia

This article is about the demographic features of the population of French Polynesia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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:[1]

Births and deaths

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Year	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Rate of natural increase	TFR
2009		4 543	1 262	3 281	17,1	4,8	12,4	2,14
2010		4 578	1 261	3 317	17,1	4,7	12,4	2,13
2011		4 375	1 242	3 133	16,2	4,6	11,6
2012	268 270	4 295	1 359	2 936	16,0	5,1	10,9
2015		3 888	1 394	2 494	14,3	5,1	9,2

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[3]

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

• 0.79%

Birth rate

• 14 births/1,000 population

Death rate

• 5.5 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

• -0.7 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: 0.93 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 5 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total population: 77.9 years
• Male: 75.6 years
• Female: 80.4 years (2020 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 1.83 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

• French (official) 70%
• Tahitian (official) 28.2%
• Other 1.8%

See also

• French Polynesia
• Europeans in Oceania

References

1. "World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". Esa.un.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
2. "United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics". Unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
3. "Australia-Oceania :: FRENCH POLYNESIA". CIA The World Factbook.