French Polynesia December 4, 2019 archipel de la Société , archipelago , atoll , Australes , Bora Bora , colony , dependencies and overseas territories , Fangataufa , France , French colony , French Overseas Region and Department , French Polynesia , Gambier , îles de la Société , îles Sous-le-Vent , islands , lagon , Leeward Islands , Malayo-Polynesian languages , Marquises , military , Mont Orohena , Moorea , Moruroa , Mururoa , nuclear , nuclear tests , Oceania , Outermost regions of the European Union , overseas , Overseas collectivity , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , Papeete , Polynesia , Tahiti , tourism , Tuamotu Official name French Polynesia Name in local language Polynésie française (fr) ; Pōrīnetia Farāni (ty) Continent Oceania Subcontinent Oceania Population (ranking: 190e ) 278,509 inhabitants (2019) Population growth 0.40 % / year Area 3,792 km² Density 73.45 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 170e )4.904 billions $USD (2015) GDP/capita (ranking ) 17,839 $USD (2015) GDP growth 1.10 % / year (2015) Life expectancy (ranking ) 75.95 years (2018) Birth rate 13.60 ‰ (2018) Fertility rate 1.80 children / woman (2018) Death rate (ranking ) 5.44 ‰ (2018) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.70 ‰ (2018) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2019) Official languages French Currency CFP franc (XPF) HDI (ranking: n.c. )0.000 / 1 (2015) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2016) Government Overseas collectivity of France Head of State President Emmanuel Macron National Day 14 July (French Revolution of 1789) ISO Codes PF, PYF Demonym French, Polynesian Tourists (ranking ) 216,268 people (2018)
French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France . It is composed of five archipelagos grouping 119 islands, of which 74 are inhabited: the archipelago of the Society Islands, with the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the archipelago of Tuamotu, the archipelago of the Gambier, the Austral Islands archipelago and the Marquesas Islands. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean, approximately 5,700 kilometers east of Sydney, Australia and more than 17,000 kilometers from Paris, France, of which it is a dependence. It also includes the vast adjoining sea spaces of about 5.5 million km2 .
Raiatea, French Polynesia Marina Taina, in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Source: Wikipedia Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Papeete 207,333 inhabitants Bora Bora 10,549 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Archipelagos Population Area Austral Islands (Îles Australes) 6,965 inhabitants 145 km² Leeward Islands (Îles Sous-le-Vent) 35,393 inhabitants 408 km² Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises) 9,346 inhabitants 1,056 km² Tuamotu-Gambier Islands (Îles Tuamotu-Gambier) 16,881 inhabitants 983 km² Windward Islands (Îles du Vent) 207,333 inhabitants 1,200 km²
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