Migration trends in French Polynesia

Oceania

27.8K people from around the world have made French Polynesia their home. That's 9.9% of the country population, arriving from 19 different countries

281.8K

Population

27.8K

Immigrants

Emigrants

+25.8K

Inflow

Every 10th person in French Polynesia was born abroad

The #176 largest immigrant destination worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in French Polynesia

Where people come from

22.4K80.6%

2.2K8.0%

6812.4%

Where people move to

59129.4%

52125.9%

44722.3%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

22.4K immigrants · 3.1K emigrants

2010

The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 49%

Today

Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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