Demographics of French Polynesia
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Demographic features of the population of French Polynesia include population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects.
Population
{{Historical populations
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| 1907 | 30600
| 1911 | 31900
| 1921 | 31600
| 1926 | 35900
| 1931 | 40400
| 1936 | 44000
| 1941 | 51200
| 1946 | 58200
| 1951| 63300
| 1956| 76323
| 1962| 84551
| 1971| 119168
| 1977| 137382
| 1983| 166753
| 1988| 188814
| 1996| 219521
| 2002| 245516
| 2007| 259596
| 2012| 268270
| 2017| 275918
| 2022| 278786
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=Structure of the population=
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| width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 141 479 | align="right" | 137 970 | align="right" | 279 448 | align="right" | 100 |
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 8 334 | align="right" | 7 742 | align="right" | 16 076 | align="right" | 5.75 |
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 10 391 | align="right" | 9 721 | align="right" | 20 112 | align="right" | 7.20 |
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 11 259 | align="right" | 10 710 | align="right" | 21 969 | align="right" | 7.86 |
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 11 055 | align="right" | 10 655 | align="right" | 21 710 | align="right" | 7.77 |
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 10 126 | align="right" | 9 582 | align="right" | 19 708 | align="right" | 7.05 |
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 9 892 | align="right" | 9 878 | align="right" | 19 770 | align="right" | 7.07 |
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 11 185 | align="right" | 11 240 | align="right" | 22 424 | align="right" | 8.02 |
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 10 934 | align="right" | 11 189 | align="right" | 22 123 | align="right" | 7.92 |
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 10 019 | align="right" | 9 915 | align="right" | 19 934 | align="right" | 7.13 |
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 9 807 | align="right" | 9 623 | align="right" | 19 430 | align="right" | 6.95 |
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 9 960 | align="right" | 9 466 | align="right" | 19 426 | align="right" | 6.95 |
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 8 621 | align="right" | 8 165 | align="right" | 16 785 | align="right" | 6.01 |
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 6 804 | align="right" | 6 348 | align="right" | 13 152 | align="right" | 4.71 |
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 5 425 | align="right" | 5 156 | align="right" | 10 581 | align="right" | 3.79 |
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 3 299 | align="right" | 3 338 | align="right" | 6 636 | align="right" | 2.37 |
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 2 353 | align="right" | 2 478 | align="right" | 4 831 | align="right" | 1.73 |
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 1 274 | align="right" | 1 539 | align="right" | 2 813 | align="right" | 1.01 |
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 573 | align="right" | 874 | align="right" | 1 446 | align="right" | 0.52 |
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 145 | align="right" | 262 | align="right" | 407 | align="right" | 0.15 |
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 22 | align="right" | 79 | align="right" | 101 | align="right" | 0.04 |
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 1 | align="right" | 12 | align="right" | 13 | align="right" | <0.01 |
| width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 29 984 | align="right" | 28 173 | align="right" | 58 157 | align="right" | 20.81 |
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 98 403 | align="right" | 96 059 | align="right" | 194 462 | align="right" | 69.59 |
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 13 092 | align="right" | 13 738 | align="right" | 26 830 | align="right" | 9.60 |
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Vital statistics
=Births and deaths=
{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics |website=Unstats.un.org |access-date=2016-03-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispf.pf/bases/Repertoires/Etatcivil/Standard.aspx|title=Données standard|access-date=2020-11-20|archive-date=2021-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813153411/https://www.ispf.pf/bases/Repertoires/Etatcivil/Standard.aspx|url-status=dead}}
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| width="30"|Year
! width="50"|Population ! width="40"|Live births ! width="40"|Deaths ! width="40"|Natural change ! width="40"|Crude birth rate ! width="40"|Crude death rate ! width="40"|Rate of natural change ! width="40"|TFR | ||||||||
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| |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 | 3.762 |
| align="right" | 1985
| align="right" | 174,342 | align="right" | 5,417 | align="right" | 980 | align="right" | 4,437 | align="right" | 31.1 | align="right" | 5.6 | align="right" | 25.5 | align="right" | 3.792 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1986
| align="right" | 178,903 | align="right" | 5,413 | align="right" | 962 | align="right" | 4,451 | align="right" | 30.3 | align="right" | 5.4 | align="right" | 24.9 | align="right" | 3.645 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1987
| align="right" | 183,435 | align="right" | 5,418 | align="right" | 1,040 | align="right" | 4,378 | align="right" | 29.5 | align="right" | 5.7 | align="right" | 23.8 | align="right" | 3.527 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1988
| align="right" | 187,940 | align="right" | 5,802 | align="right" | 976 | align="right" | 4,826 | align="right" | 30.9 | align="right" | 5.2 | align="right" | 25.7 | align="right" | 3.674 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1989
| align="right" | 192,235 | align="right" | 5,513 | align="right" | 1,077 | align="right" | 4,436 | align="right" | 28.7 | align="right" | 5.6 | align="right" | 23.1 | align="right" | 3.418 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1990
| align="right" | 196,398 | align="right" | 5,570 | align="right" | 974 | align="right" | 4,596 | align="right" | 28.4 | align="right" | 5.0 | align="right" | 23.4 | align="right" | 3.394 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1991
| align="right" | 200,535 | align="right" | 5,409 | align="right" | 1,010 | align="right" | 4,399 | align="right" | 27.0 | align="right" | 5.0 | align="right" | 22.0 | align="right" | 3.213 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1992
| align="right" | 204,510 | align="right" | 5,313 | align="right" | 1,049 | align="right" | 4,264 | align="right" | 26.0 | align="right" | 5.1 | align="right" | 20.9 | align="right" | 3.104 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1993
| align="right" | 208,408 | align="right" | 5,299 | align="right" | 1,051 | align="right" | 4,248 | align="right" | 25.4 | align="right" | 5.0 | align="right" | 20.4 | align="right" | 3.049 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1994
| align="right" | 212,185 | align="right" | 5,110 | align="right" | 1,070 | align="right" | 4,040 | align="right" | 24.1 | align="right" | 5.0 | align="right" | 19.1 | align="right" | 2.902 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1995
| align="right" | 215,736 | align="right" | 4,904 | align="right" | 1,097 | align="right" | 3,807 | align="right" | 22.7 | align="right" | 5.1 | align="right" | 17.6 | align="right" | 2.734 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1996
| align="right" | 219,150 | align="right" | 4,847 | align="right" | 1,019 | align="right" | 3,828 | align="right" | 22.1 | align="right" | 4.6 | align="right" | 17.5 | align="right" | 2.682 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1997
| align="right" | 222,878 | align="right" | 4,702 | align="right" | 1,079 | align="right" | 3,623 | align="right" | 21.1 | align="right" | 4.8 | align="right" | 16.3 | align="right" | 2.567 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1998
| align="right" | 226,851 | align="right" | 4,564 | align="right" | 1,102 | align="right" | 3,462 | align="right" | 20.1 | align="right" | 4.9 | align="right" | 15.2 | align="right" | 2.457 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 1999
| align="right" | 230,921 | align="right" | 4,835 | align="right" | 1,005 | align="right" | 3,830 | align="right" | 20.9 | align="right" | 4.4 | align="right" | 16.5 | align="right" | 2.564 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2000
| align="right" | 235,213 | align="right" | 4,933 | align="right" | 1,020 | align="right" | 3,913 | align="right" | 21.0 | align="right" | 4.3 | align="right" | 16.7 | align="right" | 2.574 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2001
| align="right" | 239,451 | align="right" | 4,873 | align="right" | 1,154 | align="right" | 3,719 | align="right" | 20.4 | align="right" | 4.8 | align="right" | 15.6 | align="right" | 2.495 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2002
| align="right" | 243,241 | align="right" | 4,759 | align="right" | 1,108 | align="right" | 3,651 | align="right" | 19.6 | align="right" | 4.6 | align="right" | 15.0 | align="right" | 2.405 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2003
| align="right" | 246,555 | align="right" | 4,497 | align="right" | 1,109 | align="right" | 3,388 | align="right" | 18.3 | align="right" | 4.5 | align="right" | 13.8 | align="right" | 2.236 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2004
| align="right" | 249,714 | align="right" | 4,426 | align="right" | 1,106 | align="right" | 3,320 | align="right" | 17.7 | align="right" | 4.4 | align="right" | 13.3 | align="right" | 2.181 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2005
| align="right" | 252,794 | align="right" | 4,461 | align="right" | 1,224 | align="right" | 3,237 | align="right" | 17.7 | align="right" | 4.8 | align="right" | 12.9 | align="right" | 2.166 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2006
| align="right" | 255,945 | align="right" | 4,591 | align="right" | 1,134 | align="right" | 3,457 | align="right" | 18.0 | align="right" | 4.4 | align="right" | 13.6 | align="right" | 2.198 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2007
| align="right" | 258,929 | align="right" | 4,426 | align="right" | 1,190 | align="right" | 3,236 | align="right" | 17.1 | align="right" | 4.6 | align="right" | 12.5 | align="right" | 2.103 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2008
| align="right" | 261,252 | align="right" | 4,629 | align="right" | 1,168 | align="right" | 3,461 | align="right" | 17.7 | align="right" | 4.5 | align="right" | 13.2 | align="right" | 2.183 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" | 263,117 | align="right" | 4,542 | align="right" | 1,262 | align="right" | 3,280 | align="right" | 17.3 | align="right" | 4.8 | align="right" | 12.5 | align="right" | 2.140 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 264,916 | align="right" | 4,581 | align="right" | 1,261 | align="right" | 3,320 | align="right" | 17.3 | align="right" | 4.8 | align="right" | 12.5 | align="right" | 2.152 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 266,639 | align="right" | 4,357 | align="right" | 1,242 | align="right" | 3,115 | align="right" | 16.3 | align="right" | 4.7 | align="right" | 11.7 | align="right" | 2.037 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" | 268,153 | align="right" | 4,284 | align="right" | 1,360 | align="right" | 2,924 | align="right" | 16.0 | align="right" | 5.1 | align="right" | 10.9 | align="right" | 2.004 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" | 269,713 | align="right" | 4,182 | align="right" | 1,445 | align="right" | 2,737 | align="right" | 15.5 | align="right" | 5.4 | align="right" | 10.1 | align="right" | 1.950 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" | 271,438 | align="right" | 4,159 | align="right" | 1,442 | align="right" | 2,717 | align="right" | 15.3 | align="right" | 5.3 | align="right" | 10.0 | align="right" | 1.947 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" | 273,042 | align="right" | 3,893 | align="right" | 1,409 | align="right" | 2,484 | align="right" | 14.3 | align="right" | 5.2 | align="right" | 9.1 | align="right" | 1.829 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 274,570 | align="right" | 3,976 | align="right" | 1,394 | align="right" | 2,582 | align="right" | 14.5 | align="right" | 5.1 | align="right" | 9.4 | align="right" | 1.869 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" | 275,764 | align="right" | 3,826 | align="right" | 1,612 | align="right" | 2,214 | align="right" | 13.9 | align="right" | 5.8 | align="right" | 8.0 | align="right" | 1.806 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" | 276,615 | align="right" | 3,817 | align="right" | 1,618 | align="right" | 2,199 | align="right" | 13.8 | align="right" | 5.8 | align="right" | 7.9 | align="right" | 1.820 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" | 277,413 | align="right" | 3,647 | align="right" | 1,626 | align="right" | 2,021 | align="right" | 13.1 | align="right" | 5.9 | align="right" | 7.3 | align="right" | 1.759 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 278,117 | align="right" | 3,731 | align="right" | 1,711 | align="right" | 2,020 | align="right" | 13.4 | align="right" | 6.2 | align="right" | 7.3 | align="right" | 1.812 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" | 278,516 | align="right" | 3,726 | align="right" | 2,311 | align="right" | 1,415 | align="right" | 13.4 | align="right" | 8.3 | align="right" | 5.1 | align="right" | 1.824 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" | 278,770 | align="right" | 3,639 | align="right" | 1,681 | align="right" | 1,958 | align="right" | 13.1 | align="right" | 6.0 | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" | 1.796 | ||||||||
| align="right" | 2023
| align="right" | 279,182 | align="right" | 3,516 | align="right" | 1,775 | align="right" | 1,741 | align="right" | 12.6 | align="right" | 6.4 | align="right" | 6.2 | align="right" | 1.761 |
Ethnic groups
- Polynesian 78%
- Chinese 12%
- local French 6%
- metropolitan French 4%
Languages
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| country = French Polynesia
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| indigenous = Austral, Mangareva, Marquesan, Rapa, Tahitian, Tuamotuan
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| immigrant = Chinese, English
| foreign = English
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- 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
References
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{{French Polynesia topics}}
{{Demographics of French overseas departments and territories}}
{{Oceania topic|Demographics of}}
{{Authority control}}