Here, let us take a look at the Geography of French Polynesia. Includes five archipelagoes: four volcanic (Iles Gambier, Iles Marquises, Iles Tubuai, Society Islands) and one coral (Archipel des Tuamotu); the Tuamotu Archipelago forms the largest group of atolls in the world -- 78 in total, 48 inhabited; Makatea in the Tuamotu Archipelago is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean -- the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru. Mother's mean age at first birth is (), whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is
Location | Oceania, five archipelagoes (Archipel des Tuamotu, Iles Gambier, Iles Marquises, Iles Tubuai, Society Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean about halfway between South America and Australia |
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Geographic coordinates | 15 00 S, 140 00 W |
Map references | Oceania |
Tarrain | mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs |
Natural Resources | timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower |
Natural Hazards | occasional cyclonic storms in January |
Irrigated Land | 10 sq km (2012) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Major aquifers | |
Land Boundaries | 0 km |
Border Countries | |
Coastline | 2,525 km |
Climate | tropical, but moderate |
Area | |
Total Area | |
Land Area | 3,827 sq km |
Water Area | 340 sq km |
comparative Area | slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
Maritime Claims | |
Territorial sea | 12 nm |
Exclusive economic zone | 200 nm |
Elevations | |
Highest point | Mont Orohena 2,241 m |
Lowest point | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 12.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 0.7% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 6.3% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 5.5% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 43.7% (2018 est.) |
Other | 43.8% (2018 est.) |
The majority of the population lives in the Society Islands, one of five archipelagos that includes the most populous island - Tahiti - with approximately 70% of the nation's population
In French Polynesia, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
Population | |
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Pop growth rate | 0.66% (2024 est.) |
Birth rate | 13 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Death rate | 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Health expenditure | NA |
Physicians Density | |
Hospital bed Density | |
Total fertility rate | 1.79 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
Gross reproduction rate | 0.87 (2024 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | NA |
Est married women (ages 15-49) | 27.2% (2023 est.) |
Literacy | |
Education expenditures | NA |
Net Migration rate | -0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Nationality | French Polynesian | French Polynesian(s) |
Languages | |
Religions | Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6% |
Age Structure | |
0-14 years | 20.3% (male 31,659/female 30,006) |
15-64 years | 68.7% (male 107,162/female 101,228) |
65 years and over | 11% (2024 est.) (male 16,317/female 17,168) |
Dependency Ratios | |
Total dependency ratio | 45.6 |
Youth dependency ratio | 31.6 |
Elderly dependency ratio | 14 |
Potential support ratio | 7.1 (2021 est.) |
Median Age | |
Total | 35.3 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 35 years |
Female | 35.6 years |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 62.3% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.65% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 136,000 PAPEETE (capital) (2018). |
Sex Ratio | |
At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
0-14 years | 1.06 male(s)/female |
15-64 years | 1.06 male(s)/female |
65 years and over | 0.95 male(s)/female |
Total population | 1.05 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
Infant Motality | |
Total | 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
Male | 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female | 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life Expectancy at birth | |
Total population | 78.9 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 76.6 years |
Female | 81.3 years |
Drinking Water Sources | |
Improved: urban | urban: NA |
Improved: rural | rural: NA |
Improved: total | total: 100% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: NA |
Unimproved: rural | rural: NA |
Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2020 est.) |
Sanitation facility acess | |
Improved: urban | urban: NA |
Improved: rural | rural: NA |
Improved: total | total: 97% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: NA |
Unimproved: rural | rural: NA |
Unimproved: total | total: 3% of population (2020 est.) |
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