Official Languages

French · French (Quebec)

Languages spoken here

French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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French Polynesia

Peoples

Largest first.

PeoplePopulationLanguageReligion
Tahitian176000 TahitianChristianity
Chinese-Tahitian Creole33000 TahitianChristianity
French16000 FrenchChristianity
Tuamotuan, Paumotu15000 TuamotuanChristianity
Euronesian11000 FrenchChristianity
Tubuaian, Austral6400 AustralChristianity
Marquesan, North5800 Marquesan, NorthChristianity
Marquesan, South3500 Marquesan, SouthChristianity
Cook Islands Maori1700 Cook Islands MaoriChristianity
Mangarevan1500 MangarevaChristianity
Rapa500 RapaChristianity
Pitcairner, Norfolk40 Pitcairn-NorfolkChristianity

Languages

10 languages recorded here.

Austral
Cook Islands Maori
French
Mangareva
Marquesan, North
Marquesan, South
Pitcairn-Norfolk
Rapa
Tahitian
Tuamotuan

All catalogue fields

142 fields recorded
rog3
FP
iso3
PYF
iso2
PF
ctry
French Polynesia
poplpeoples
270000
cntpeoples
12
jpscalectry
4
rol3officiallanguage
fra
officiallang
French
rlg3primary
1
religionprimary
Christianity
percentchristianity
89.380918529968
percentevangelical
7.8657670165045
c_10_40window
N
rog2
SOP
continent
Oceania
regioncode
1
regionname
Australia and Pacific
harvest_rog3
FP
harvest_iso3
PYF
harvest_iso2
PF
harvest_owcountrycode
FREP
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
PF
harvest_countrynumber
77
harvest_ctry
French Polynesia
harvest_ctryshort
French Polynesia
harvest_altname
Tahiti
harvest_countrynamechinese
法属波利尼西亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort
法属波利尼西亚
harvest_countrynamedutch
Frans-Polynesië
harvest_countrynamefrench
Polynésie Française
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
Polynésie Française
harvest_countrynamegerman
Französisch-Polynesien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort
Französisch-Polynesien
harvest_countrynameindonesian
Polinesia Perancis
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
Polinesia Perancis
harvest_countrynameitalian
Polinesia Francese
harvest_countrynameitalianshort
Polinesia Francese
harvest_countrynamekorean
프랑스령 폴리네시아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
프랑스령 폴리네시아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian
Fransk Polynesia
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
Fransk Polynesia
harvest_countrynameportuguese
Polinésia Francesa
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
Polinésia Francesa
harvest_countrynamerussian
Французская Полинезия
harvest_countrynamerussianshort
Французская Полинезия
harvest_countrynamespanish
Polinesia Francesa
harvest_countrynamespanishshort
Polinesia Francesa
harvest_countrynamevietnamese
Polynésie thuộc Pháp
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
Polynésie thuộc Pháp
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
-
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
harvest_ethnologuemapexists
Y
harvest_rog2
SOP
harvest_regioncode2414
32
harvest_regioncode
1
harvest_unsr
061
harvest_worldabc
C
harvest_capital
Papeete
harvest_population
282000
harvest_populationsource
UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_waldnerguide
prayer-guide-pacific-islands.pdf
harvest_unmap
https://un.org/geospatial/content/french-polynesia
harvest_jpscale
4
harvest_c_10_40window
N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
N
harvest_owpctevang
7.2
harvest_owpctcharismatic
13.869248
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
2.5999999
harvest_owcountrypage
french-polynesia
harvest_literacyrate
98
harvest_literacysource
Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized
62
harvest_rol3officiallanguage
fra
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
tah
harvest_rlg3primary
1
harvest_rlg4primary
3
harvest_pctanimist
0.3
harvest_pctbahai
0.25
harvest_pctbuddhism
0
harvest_pctchinese
2.1
harvest_pcthindu
0
harvest_pctislam
0
harvest_pctsikh
0
harvest_pctjudaism
0.1
harvest_pctnonreligious
5
harvest_pctother
0
harvest_pctchristian
92.25
harvest_pctchristianprotestant
41.92
harvest_pctchristianindependent
0.78
harvest_pctchristiananglican
0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
36.34
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal
13
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
11.22
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
-11.01000022026917
harvest_pctchristianother
0
harvest_pctchristianextra
0
harvest_rop1
A010
harvest_internetusers
68.40000000000001
harvest_flashmapzoom
325
harvest_flashmapzoomx
-275
harvest_flashmapzoomy
-167
harvest_googlemapzoom
2
harvest_googlemaplat
-16
harvest_googlemaplng
-145
harvest_ctrylatitude
-17.679742
harvest_ctrylongitude
-149.406843
harvest_securitylevel
0
harvest_provincesdisplayable
Y
harvest_adm1label
Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode
604
harvest_poplgrowthrate
1.048951048951049
harvest_datareportalurl
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-french-polynesia
harvest_internetusage
73
harvest_internetusagesourceyear
2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl
http://bible.org.fj/
harvest_areasquaremiles
1544
harvest_areasquarekilometers
3521
harvest_populationpersquaremile
167
harvest_countryphonecode
689
harvest_owpctchristian1986
87
harvest_owpctevangelical1986
3.9
harvest_owpctchristian1993
84.40000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical1993
3.7
harvest_owpctchristian2001
85.05
harvest_owpctevangelical2001
5.6
harvest_religiondatayear
2010
harvest_internetctrycode
.pf
harvest_worldfactbookurl
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/french-polynesia
harvest_source
pjj
harvest_editname
BM
harvest_editdate
09/12/02 00:00:00