Demographics of French Polynesia

Demographic features of the population of French Polynesia include population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Population

Census population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1907 30,600 —     1911 31,900 +1.05% 1921 31,600 −0.09% 1926 35,900 +2.58% 1931 40,400 +2.39% 1936 44,000 +1.72% 1941 51,200 +3.08% 1946 58,200 +2.60% 1951 63,300 +1.69% 1956 76,323 +3.81% 1962 84,551 +1.72%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1971 119,168 +3.89% 1977 137,382 +2.40% 1983 166,753 +3.28% 1988 188,814 +2.52% 1996 219,521 +1.90% 2002 245,516 +1.88% 2007 259,596 +1.12% 2012 268,270 +0.66% 2017 275,918 +0.56% 2022 278,786 +0.21%
Official figures from past censuses.

Demographics of French Polynesia

Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2021) (Post-censal estimates.):

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
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	<0.01
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
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

Year	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Rate of natural change	TFR
1945		2,025	843	1,182
1946		2,288	1,081	1,207
1947		2,210	1,201	1,009
1948		2,378	1,068	1,310
1949		2,457	978	1,479
1950		2,489	1,131	1,358
1951		2,295	1,626	669
1952		2,902	948	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	935	4,073
1984	169,841	5,206	881	4,325	30.7	5.2	25.5	3.76
1985	174,342	5,417	980	4,437	31.1	5.6	25.5	3.79
1986	178,903	5,413	962	4,451	30.3	5.4	24.9	3.64
1987	183,435	5,418	1,040	4,378	29.5	5.7	23.8	3.53
1988	187,940	5,802	976	4,826	30.9	5.2	25.7	3.67
1989	192,235	5,513	1,077	4,436	28.7	5.6	23.1	3.42
1990	196,398	5,570	974	4,596	28.4	5.0	23.4	3.39
1991	200,535	5,409	1,010	4,399	27.0	5.0	22.0	3.21
1992	204,510	5,313	1,049	4,264	26.0	5.1	20.9	3.10
1993	208,408	5,299	1,051	4,248	25.4	5.0	20.4	3.05
1994	212,185	5,110	1,070	4,040	24.1	5.0	19.1	2.90
1995	215,736	4,904	1,097	3,807	22.7	5.1	17.6	2.73
1996	219,150	4,847	1,019	3,828	22.1	4.6	17.5	2.68
1997	222,878	4,702	1,079	3,623	21.1	4.8	16.3	2.57
1998	226,851	4,564	1,102	3,462	20.1	4.9	15.2	2.46
1999	230,921	4,835	1,005	3,830	20.9	4.4	16.5	2.56
2000	235,213	4,933	1,020	3,913	21.0	4.3	16.7	2.57
2001	239,451	4,873	1,154	3,719	20.4	4.8	15.6	2.49
2002	243,241	4,759	1,108	3,651	19.6	4.6	15.0	2.40
2003	246,555	4,497	1,109	3,388	18.3	4.5	13.8	2.24
2004	249,714	4,426	1,106	3,320	17.7	4.4	13.3	2.18
2005	252,794	4,461	1,224	3,237	17.7	4.8	12.9	2.17
2006	255,945	4,591	1,134	3,457	18.0	4.4	13.6	2.20
2007	258,929	4,426	1,190	3,236	17.1	4.6	12.5	2.10
2008	261,252	4,629	1,168	3,461	17.7	4.5	13.2	2.18
2009	263,117	4,542	1,262	3,280	17.3	4.8	12.5	2.14
2010	264,916	4,581	1,261	3,320	17.3	4.8	12.5	2.15
2011	266,639	4,357	1,242	3,115	16.3	4.7	11.7	2.04
2012	268,153	4,284	1,360	2,924	16.0	5.1	10.9	2.00
2013	269,713	4,182	1,445	2,737	15.5	5.4	10.1	1.95
2014	271,438	4,159	1,442	2,717	15.3	5.3	10.0	1.95
2015	273,042	3,893	1,409	2,484	14.3	5.2	9.1	1.83
2016	274,570	3,976	1,394	2,582	14.5	5.1	9.4	1.87
2017	275,764	3,826	1,612	2,214	13.9	5.8	8.0	1.81
2018	276,615	3,817	1,618	2,199	13.8	5.8	7.9	1.82
2019	277,413	3,647	1,626	2,021	13.1	5.9	7.3	1.76
2020	278,117	3,731	1,711	2,020	13.4	6.2	7.3	1.81
2021	278,516	3,726	2,311	1,415	13.4	8.3	5.1	1.82
2022	278,770	3,639	1,681	1,958	13.1	6.0	7.0	1.80
2023	279,182	3,516	1,775	1,741	12.6	6.4	6.2	1.76

Ethnic groups

• Polynesian 78%
• Chinese 12%
• local French 6%
• metropolitan French 4%

Languages

Languages of French Polynesia
Official	French, Tahitian
Indigenous	Austral, Mangareva, Marquesan, Rapa, Tahitian, Tuamotuan
Immigrant	Chinese, English
Foreign	English
Keyboard layout	AZERTY, QWERTY

• 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