Natural hazards: occasional cyclonic storms in January
Environment-current issues: NA
Environment-international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography-note: includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French
Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the
Pacific Ocean-the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and
Nauru
@French Polynesia:People
Population: 237,844 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 33% (male 40,264; female 38,770) 15-64 years: 62% (male 77,011; female 71,100) 65 years and over: 5% (male 5,347; female 5,352) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.81% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 22.67 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)