Demographic features of the population of French Polynesia include population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects.
Population
Structure of the population
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 141 479 137 970 279 448 100 0–4 8 334 7 742 16 076 5.75 5–9 10 391 9 721 20 112 7.20 10–14 11 259 10 710 21 969 7.86 15–19 11 055 10 655 21 710 7.77 20–24 10 126 9 582 19 708 7.05 25–29 9 892 9 878 19 770 7.07 30–34 11 185 11 240 22 424 8.02 35–39 10 934 11 189 22 123 7.92 40–44 10 019 9 915 19 934 7.13 45–49 9 807 9 623 19 430 6.95 50–54 9 960 9 466 19 426 6.95 55–59 8 621 8 165 16 785 6.01 60–64 6 804 6 348 13 152 4.71 65–69 5 425 5 156 10 581 3.79 70–74 3 299 3 338 6 636 2.37 75–79 2 353 2 478 4 831 1.73 80–84 1 274 1 539 2 813 1.01 85–89 573 874 1 446 0.52 90–94 145 262 407 0.15 95–99 22 79 101 0.04 100+ 1 12 13 <0.01Age group MaleFemaleTotalPercent 0–14 29 984 28 173 58 157 20.81 15–64 98 403 96 059 194 462 69.59 65+ 13 092 13 738 26 830 9.60
Vital statistics Births and deaths
YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural changeTFR1945 2,025843 1,182 1946 2,288 1,081 1,207 1947 2,2101,201 1,009 1948 2,3781,068 1,310 1949 2,457 978 1,479 1950 2,4891,131 1,358 1951 2,2951,626 669 1952 2,902948 1,954 1953 2,892 945 1,947 1954 3,019 838 2,181 1955 3,217 841 2,376 1956 3,403 837 2,566 1957 3,296 901 2,395 1958 3,081 920 2,161 1959 3,486 832 2,654 1960 3,624 936 2,688 1961 3,502 1,041 2,461 1962 3,797 787 3,010 1963 3,912 884 3,028 1964 4,177 912 3,265 1965 4,266 1,030 3,236 1966 4,071 1,090 2,981 1967 4,819 973 3,846 1968 4,567 968 3,599 1969 4,597 977 3,620 1970 4,390 1,065 3,325 1971 4,368 1,018 3,350 1972 4,334 958 3,376 1973 4,202 940 3,262 1974 4,307 896 3,411 1975 4,404 953 3,451 1976 4,252 1,047 3,205 1977 4,393 983 3,410 1978 4,272 1,120 3,152 1979 4,331 1,020 3,311 1980 4,544 1,005 3,539 1981 4,771 966 3,805 1982 4,818 1,008 3,810 1983 5,008 918 4,090 1984 169,841 5,206 881 4,325 30.7 5.2 25.5 3.762 1985 174,342 5,417 980 4,437 31.1 5.6 25.5 3.792 1986 178,903 5,413 962 4,451 30.3 5.4 24.9 3.645 1987 183,435 5,418 1,040 4,378 29.5 5.7 23.8 3.527 1988 187,940 5,802 976 4,826 30.9 5.2 25.7 3.674 1989 192,235 5,513 1,077 4,436 28.7 5.6 23.1 3.418 1990 196,398 5,570 974 4,596 28.4 5.0 23.4 3.394 1991 200,535 5,409 1,011 4,398 27.0 5.0 22.0 3.213 1992 204,510 5,313 1,049 4,264 26.0 5.1 20.9 3.104 1993 208,408 5,299 1,051 4,248 25.4 5.0 20.4 3.049 1994 212,185 5,110 1,070 4,040 24.1 5.0 19.1 2.902 1995 215,736 4,904 1,097 3,807 22.7 5.1 17.6 2.734 1996 219,150 4,847 1,019 3,828 22.1 4.7 17.4 2.682 1997 222,878 4,702 1,079 3,623 21.1 4.8 16.3 2.567 1998 226,851 4,564 1,102 3,462 20.1 4.9 15.2 2.457 1999 230,921 4,835 1,005 3,830 20.9 4.4 16.5 2.564 2000 235,213 4,933 1,020 3,913 21.0 4.3 16.7 2.574 2001 239,451 4,873 1,154 3,719 20.4 4.8 15.6 2.495 2002 243,241 4,759 1,108 3,651 19.6 4.6 15.0 2.405 2003 246,555 4,497 1,109 3,388 18.2 4.5 13.7 2.236 2004 249,714 4,426 1,106 3,320 17.7 4.4 13.3 2.181 2005 252,794 4,461 1,224 3,237 17.6 4.8 12.8 2.166 2006 255,945 4,591 1,134 3,457 17.9 4.4 13.5 2.198 2007 258,929 4,426 1,190 3,236 17.1 4.6 12.5 2.103 2008 261,252 4,629 1,168 3,461 17.7 4.5 13.2 2.183 2009 263,117 4,542 1,262 3,280 17.3 4.8 12.5 2.140 2010 264,916 4,581 1,261 3,320 17.3 4.8 12.5 2.152 2011 266,639 4,357 1,242 3,115 16.3 4.7 11.7 2.037 2012 268,153 4,284 1,360 2,924 16.0 5.1 10.9 2.004 2013 269,713 4,182 1,445 2,737 15.5 5.4 10.1 1.950 2014 271,438 4,160 1,442 2,718 15.3 5.3 10.0 1.948 2015 273,042 3,893 1,409 2,484 14.3 5.2 9.1 1.829 2016 274,570 3,976 1,394 2,582 14.5 5.1 9.4 1.869 2017 275,765 3,826 1,612 2,214 13.9 5.8 8.0 1.806 2018 276,621 3,817 1,618 2,199 13.8 5.8 7.9 1.820 2019 277,425 3,647 1,626 2,021 13.1 5.9 7.3 1.759 2020 278,134 3,731 1,714 2,017 13.4 6.2 7.3 1.812 2021 278,529 3,727 2,330 1,397 13.4 8.4 5.0 1.824 2022 278,772 3,640 1,697 1,943 13.1 6.1 7.0 1.796 2023 279,171 3,518 1,802 1,716 12.6 6.5 6.1 1.762 2024 279,424 3,267 1,845 1,422 11.7 6.6 5.1 1.663 2025 279,491 3,167 1,839 1,328 11.3 6.6 4.7 1.616
Ethnic groups Polynesian 78% Chinese 12% local French 6% metropolitan French 4%
Languages
French (official) 73.5% Tahitian (official) 20.1% Marquesan 2.6% Austral languages 1.2% Paumotu 1% other 1.6%
Religion Protestant 54% Catholic 30% Other 10% No religion 6%
See also French Polynesia Europeans in Oceania Demographics of France
References