French Polynesia
Urban population in French Polynesia
Urban population in French Polynesia: 34.3% in 1950 and 61.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 61.8%
- Since 1950
- +27.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 127 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 67.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 67.7% in 2050.
- The highest was 61.8% in 2017, the lowest 34.3% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | French Polynesia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.8 |
| 2024 | 61.7 |
| 2023 | 61.7 |
| 2022 | 61.7 |
| 2021 | 61.7 |
| 2020 | 61.8 |
| 2019 | 61.8 |
| 2018 | 61.8 |
| 2017 | 61.8 |
| 2016 | 61.8 |
| 2015 | 61.7 |
| 2014 | 61.7 |
| 2013 | 61.6 |
| 2012 | 61.5 |
| 2011 | 61.3 |
| 2010 | 60.8 |
| 2009 | 60.1 |
| 2008 | 59.3 |
| 2007 | 58.4 |
| 2006 | 57.6 |
| 2005 | 56.9 |
| 2004 | 56.3 |
| 2003 | 55.9 |
| 2002 | 55.9 |
| 2001 | 55.9 |
| 2000 | 56 |
| 1999 | 56 |
| 1998 | 56.1 |
| 1997 | 56.3 |
| 1996 | 56.4 |
| 1995 | 56.5 |
| 1994 | 56.8 |
| 1993 | 57.1 |
| 1992 | 57.4 |
| 1991 | 57.6 |
| 1990 | 57.9 |
| 1989 | 58.2 |
| 1988 | 58.3 |
| 1987 | 58.5 |
| 1986 | 58.6 |
| 1985 | 58.7 |
| 1984 | 58.8 |
| 1983 | 58.8 |
| 1982 | 58.9 |
| 1981 | 59 |
| 1980 | 59.1 |
| 1979 | 59.1 |
| 1978 | 59.2 |
| 1977 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 59 |
| 1975 | 58.4 |
| 1974 | 57.6 |
| 1973 | 56.5 |
| 1972 | 55.4 |
| 1971 | 54.3 |
| 1970 | 53.3 |
| 1969 | 52.2 |
| 1968 | 51 |
| 1967 | 49.8 |
| 1966 | 48.6 |
| 1965 | 47.4 |
| 1964 | 46.2 |
| 1963 | 45.2 |
| 1962 | 44.2 |
| 1961 | 43.2 |
| 1960 | 42.3 |
| 1959 | 41.4 |
| 1958 | 40.6 |
| 1957 | 39.8 |
| 1956 | 39 |
| 1955 | 38.2 |
| 1954 | 37.4 |
| 1953 | 36.6 |
| 1952 | 35.8 |
| 1951 | 35.1 |
| 1950 | 34.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | French Polynesia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 61.8 |
| 2027 | 61.9 |
| 2028 | 62 |
| 2029 | 62.1 |
| 2030 | 62.2 |
| 2031 | 62.3 |
| 2032 | 62.5 |
| 2033 | 62.7 |
| 2034 | 62.8 |
| 2035 | 63 |
| 2036 | 63.2 |
| 2037 | 63.5 |
| 2038 | 63.7 |
| 2039 | 64 |
| 2040 | 64.2 |
| 2041 | 64.5 |
| 2042 | 64.8 |
| 2043 | 65.1 |
| 2044 | 65.5 |
| 2045 | 65.8 |
| 2046 | 66.2 |
| 2047 | 66.5 |
| 2048 | 66.9 |
| 2049 | 67.3 |
| 2050 | 67.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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