French Polynesia
French Polynesia in numbers — 13 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
French Polynesia recorded GDP per capita: 22,440 (2024), ranking 72 of 212 worldwide; Population: 282,465 (2025), ranking 180 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 84.2 (2024), ranking 7 of 217 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+3482%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-89%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 5 of 13 comparable series are higher and 7 are lower.
Its population of 282,465 (2025) makes it one of the smallest populations in this dataset.
12 of 13 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later; the remaining 1 end earlier because the underlying collection is less frequent.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 282,465 | 2025 | +237.6% |
| Population growth | 0.23% | 2025 | -88.8% |
| Urban population | 61.76% | 2025 | +46.0% |
| GDP | 6,323,716,355.05 | 2024 | +3482.1% |
| GDP per capita | 22,439.88 | 2024 | +1120.5% |
| GDP growth | 1.13% | 2024 | -88.2% |
| Life expectancy | 84.19 | 2024 | +41.6% |
| CO2 per capita | 3.46 | 2024 | +178.6% |
| Labor participation | 52.37% | 2025 | -11.4% |
| Unemployment | 11.66% | 2025 | +0.6% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | 0.0% |
| Forest area | 43.06% | 2023 | +9.1% |
| Internet users | 72.7% | 2017 | — |