MigrantoMigration trends in French Polynesia
Oceania
French Polynesia takes in more people than it loses: 27.8K immigrants against 2K emigrants. Net balance +25.8K — 9% of the country's population
281.8K
Population
27.8K
Immigrants
2K
Emigrants
+25.8K
Inflow
1 in 10 residents of French Polynesia was born abroad — and 1 in 141 people born in French Polynesia lives abroad
#176 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in French Polynesia
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
22.4K immigrants · 3.1K emigrants
2010
- The exodus eased — the diaspora shrank by 49%
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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