Urban population share in French Polynesia in 2025 — 61.8%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19.5 pp.
1960–2025 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: French Polynesia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.8 | +0 pp |
| 2024 | 61.7 | +0 pp |
| 2023 | 61.7 | +0 pp |
| 2022 | 61.7 | −0 pp |
| 2021 | 61.7 | −0 pp |
| 2020 | 61.8 | −0 pp |
| 2019 | 61.8 | −0 pp |
| 2018 | 61.8 | −0 pp |
| 2017 | 61.8 | +0 pp |
| 2016 | 61.8 | +0 pp |
| 2015 | 61.7 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 61.7 | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 61.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 61.5 | +0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 61.3 | +0.5 pp |
| 2010 | 60.8 | +0.7 pp |
| 2009 | 60.1 | +0.8 pp |
| 2008 | 59.3 | +0.9 pp |
| 2007 | 58.4 | +0.8 pp |
| 2006 | 57.6 | +0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 56.8 | +0.6 pp |
| 2004 | 56.3 | +0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 55.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 55.9 | −0 pp |
| 2001 | 55.9 | −0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 56 | −0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 56 | −0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 56.1 | −0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 56.3 | −0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 56.4 | −0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 56.5 | −0.2 pp |
| 1994 | 56.8 | −0.3 pp |
| 1993 | 57.1 | −0.3 pp |
| 1992 | 57.3 | −0.3 pp |
| 1991 | 57.6 | −0.3 pp |
| 1990 | 57.9 | −0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 58.1 | −0.2 pp |
| 1988 | 58.3 | −0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 58.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 58.6 | −0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 58.7 | −0.1 pp |
| 1984 | 58.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 58.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 58.9 | −0.1 pp |
| 1981 | 59 | −0.1 pp |
| 1980 | 59.1 | −0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 59.1 | −0 pp |
| 1978 | 59.2 | −0 pp |
| 1977 | 59.2 | +0.2 pp |
| 1976 | 59 | +0.6 pp |
| 1975 | 58.4 | +0.9 pp |
| 1974 | 57.6 | +1.1 pp |
| 1973 | 56.5 | +1.1 pp |
| 1972 | 55.4 | +1.1 pp |
| 1971 | 54.3 | +1 pp |
| 1970 | 53.3 | +1.1 pp |
| 1969 | 52.2 | +1.2 pp |
| 1968 | 51 | +1.2 pp |
| 1967 | 49.8 | +1.2 pp |
| 1966 | 48.6 | +1.2 pp |
| 1965 | 47.4 | +1.2 pp |
| 1964 | 46.2 | +1.1 pp |
| 1963 | 45.1 | +1 pp |
| 1962 | 44.1 | +0.9 pp |
| 1961 | 43.2 | +0.9 pp |
| 1960 | 42.3 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.
Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
