Population
279.5K
Devolution
Cities rated
9
Top: Papeete
Country overview
- Official name
- French Polynesia
- Capital
- Papeetē
- Continent
- Oceania / Polynesia
- Area
- 4,167 km²
- Population
- 279.5K
- Density
- 67.1/km²
- Government
- Devolution
- UN member
- No
- Independent
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .pf
- Calling code
- +689
- Timezones
- UTC-10:00, UTC-09:30, UTC-09:00
Culture and society
- Languages
- French (français)
- Currencies
- ₣ XPF — CFP franc
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.000
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 84.2 yrs
- Internet users (2017)
- 72.7%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 11.7%
- Urban population (2025)
- 61.8%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 3.6 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2009)
- 0.4/100k