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
2K
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 move to
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