| 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.
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Urban areas (2017)
| Urban areas | Population |
|---|---|
| Papeete | 207,333 inhabitants |
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Bora Bora
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10,549 inhabitants |
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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 |