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.Births and deaths
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 | |
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.Age structure
- 0–14 years: 21.69%
- 15–24 years: 14.72%
- 25–54 years: 44.24%
- 55–64 years: 10.31%
- 65 years and over: 9.04%
- 0.79%
Birth rate
- 14 births/1,000 population
Death rate
- 5.5 deaths/1,000 population
- -0.7 migrant/1,000 population
Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.05 male/female
- 0–14 years: 1.06 male/female
- 15–24 years: 1.09 male/female
- 25–54 years: 1.05 male/female
- 55–64 years: 1.05 male/female
- 65 years and over: 0.93 male/female
- Total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 5 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 4 deaths/1,000 live births
- Total population: 77.9 years
- Male: 75.6 years
- Female: 80.4 years
- 1.83 children born/woman
Nationality
- noun: French Polynesian
- 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 70%
- Tahitian 28.2%
- Other 1.8%