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French Polynesia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for French Polynesia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.23%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -88.8% since 1961
Population growth for French Polynesia was 0.23% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.48% in 1970. The lowest was -0.28% in 2019 (about -1.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.36% per year.
French Polynesia ranks 159 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so French Polynesia sits below it. It peaked in 1970 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 56%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.23%
First (1961)
2.09%
Change
-88.8%
Highest
3.48%
in 1970
Lowest
-0.28%
in 2019
Average
1.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.36%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.23% |
| 2024 | 0.24% |
| 2023 | 0.26% |
| 2022 | 0.21% |
| 2021 | 0.21% |
| 2020 | 0.06% |
| 2019 | -0.28% |
| 2018 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.33% |
| 2016 | 0.47% |
| 2015 | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 0.6% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.