LifePath

Life in French Polynesia

East Asia & Pacific · high-income · capital Papeete

World Bank country code PYF · ISO PF · Data sources

Live a life in French Polynesia

Start from this country's own statistics — its mortality curve, its income level, its school system — and play the years out: what happens if you leave school at fifteen, or take the job that is offered, or move to the capital.

Start a life in French Polynesia

The statistics behind the simulation

Each figure shows the year it was observed. A missing row means the World Bank does not report that indicator for French Polynesia — not that the value is zero.

IndicatorValueYear
Life expectancy at birth
The average number of years a newborn would live if the year's mortality rates held for their whole life.
84.2 years2024
Fertility rate
The average number of children a woman is expected to have over her lifetime.
1.492024
Urban population
The share of people living in urban areas.
61.7%2024
Youth unemployment
The share of the labour force aged 15–24 that is without work and looking for it.
11.6%2024
Population
Total population.
281,8072024
Birth rate
Crude birth rate: births per 1,000 population per year.
10.72024
Female labour force participation
The share of women aged 15 and over in work or actively looking for work.
47.0%2024

What these numbers mean

A newborn in French Polynesia can expect to live 84.2 years, well above the median of 74.7 years across the 217 countries in this dataset. The fertility rate is 1.49 births per woman (2024) — below replacement level, so the simulation's households tend to be small. 61.7% of people live in urban areas (2024), so where you start — village, town, city or capital — is a real difference in what the same life can offer.

Other countries in East Asia & Pacific

Where French Polynesia sits within East Asia & Pacific

Of the 37 countries in East Asia & Pacific that report life expectancy, French Polynesia sits above the regional median, at 84.2 years against a regional median of 73.0. 1 country reports a higher figure and 35 report a lower one.

IndicatorFrench PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific medianEast Asia & Pacific range
Life expectancy84.273.062.3 – 85.4
Fertility rate1.52.10.6 – 3.8
Urban population61.7%64.7%15.4% – 100.0%

Ranges cover every country in the region that reports the indicator, in the year each country last reported it. Medians are unweighted, so a large country and a small one count the same.

Where French Polynesia shows up in the topics

These pages put French Polynesia's figures next to the other 216 countries, for the indicators that shape the decisions in the simulation.

About these figures

The statistics above are national averages from the World Bank Open Data, retrieved 2026-11-01 and released under World Bank data is released under CC BY 4.0. National averages do not describe any individual life, and this page does not rank French Polynesia against other countries. Life expectancy reflects a country's mortality conditions as a whole, which include healthcare access, income distribution, nutrition, sanitation and public safety — the simulation uses it as a risk curve, not as a measure of the people who live there.

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