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French Polynesia

Flag of French Polynesia
Region
Oceania · Polynesia
Capital
Papeetē
Population
282,465 (2025)
Government
parliamentary democracy (Assembly of French Polynesia); an overseas collectivity of France
Currency
CFP franc (XPF)
Official languages
French
Spoken languages
French (official) 73.5%, Tahitian 20.1%, Marquesan 2.6%, Austral languages 1.2%, Paumotu 1%, other 1.6% (2017 est.)
Written scripts
Latin
Area
4,167 km²
Coastline
Coastal
UN member
No

Political stability

83 / 100

Population stability

42 / 100

0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).

Trade profile

Key exports
pearls, fish, aircraft parts, gas turbines, vanilla (2023)
Key imports
cars, packaged medicine, refined petroleum, poultry, broadcasting equipment (2023)
Natural resources
timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
Primary route
Feeder services to New Zealand and U.S. West Coast
Secondary route
Regional inter-island connections via Fiji and Tahiti

Trade research

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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.