Geography - note:
includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); 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
People French Polynesia
Population:
274,578 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.1% (male 36,541/female 34,999)
15-64 years: 67.9% (male 96,769/female 89,593)
65 years and over: 6.1% (male 8,428/female 8,248) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 27.9 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 27.5 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.48% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
16.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
4.69 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2006 est.)