Demographic features of the population of Wallis and Futuna include population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects. Statistics are from INSEE and the United Nations Demographic Yearbooks.
Population
Between July 24 and August 19, 2023, 11,151 people were counted in Wallis and Futuna (8,088 in Wallis and 3,063 in Futuna). Since 2003, these French Pacific islands have been facing a decrease in their population due to a strong emigration of young people of university or working age. This decrease was particularly marked between 2003 and 2013 (-2.0% on average per year), then it eased between 2013 and 2023 (-0.9% per year). The majority of the inhabitants (72.5%) live in Wallis, which has the highest population density of the two inhabited islands (104 inhabitants per km² compared to only 48 inhabitants per km² in Futuna). Over the last twenty years, the population has fallen by 25.4%, but the population decline has been half as pronounced in Wallis as in Futuna (respectively -19.7% versus -37.1%).
The evolution of a population depends on the natural balance and the migratory balance. In Wallis and Futuna, natural increase has been divided by five in past twenty years. As the balance of births over deaths is very slightly in surplus, the migratory deficit explains the decline in the population. Between the censuses of 2018 and 2023, natural increase was only 42 people on average per year. It contributed 0.4% to the average annual population increase, compared to 0.7% between 2013 and 2018 (80 people per year) and 1.5% over the period 1996-2003 (218 people per year). However, the migratory balance has been in deficit since 1969 (except during the period from 1976 to 1983). It has contributed to the decline in population over the last five years (-1.1% per year on average), but less significantly than before (-3.2% per year on average between 2003 and 2008).
Structure of the population
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 5 927 6 270 12 197 100 0–4 507 490 997 8.17 5–9 560 576 1 136 9.31 10–14 687 610 1 297 10.63 15–19 615 553 1 168 9.58 20–24 257 326 583 4.78 25–29 266 334 600 4.92 30–34 315 404 719 5.89 35–39 398 466 864 7.08 40–44 434 488 922 7.56 45–49 354 408 762 6.25 50–54 344 417 761 6.24 55–59 352 317 669 5.48 60–64 310 261 571 4.68 65-69 238 224 462 3.79 70-74 153 156 309 2.53 75-79 82 119 201 1.65 80-84 35 76 111 0.91 85-89 17 33 50 0.41 90-94 3 12 15 0.12 95+ 0 0 0 0Age group MaleFemaleTotalPercent 0–14 1 754 1 676 3 430 28.12 15–64 3 645 3 974 7 619 62.47 65+ 528 620 1 148 9.41
Vital statistics
Births and deaths
YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural increaseCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural increaseTFR 1996 14,166 301 48 253 21.2 3.4 17.8 1997 264 49 215 1998 268 49 219 1999 345 51 294 2000 269 63 206 2001 266 69 197 2002 262 67 195 2003 14,944 290 88 202 19.4 5.9 13.5 2004 241 72 169 2005 223 65 158 2006 220 77 143 2007 215 68 147 2008 13,445 185 90 95 13.8 6.7 7.1 2009 230 63 167 2010 163 76 87 2011 204 69 135 2012 175 66 109 2013 12,197 149 72 77 12.2 5.9 6.3 1.897 2014 141 65 76 2015 156 60 96 2016 155 66 89 2017 151 84 67 2018 11,558 125 74 51 10.8 6.4 4.8 1.753 2019 147 56 91 2020 111 68 43 2021 103 82 21
Ethnic groups Polynesian French
Languages Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language): 58.9% Futunian: 30.1% French (officials): 10.8%. Other: 0.2%
Religions Roman Catholic 99% Other 1%
See also Wallis and Futuna Europeans in Oceania Demographics of France
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